A distinguished bipartisan committee of political and community leaders annually selects the New Frontier Award recipients based on their contributions to the public and their embodiment of the forward-looking public idealism to which President Kennedy hoped young Americans would aspire.
Co-Chairmen
Tom McNaught, Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Trey Grayson, Director, Institute of Politics
Committee Members
Ranny Cooper, President & COO, Weber Shandwick Public Affairs, former Chief of Staff for Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Dan Fenn, former staff member, President John F. Kennedy, and former Director of the John F. Kennedy Library
Tina Flournoy, Assistant to the President for Public Policy, American Federation of Teachers
Rachel Kaprielian, Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles; recipient, 1999 New Frontier Award
Kika Matos, Director of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice, Center for Community Change; recipient, 2005 New Frontier Award
Kristin McSwain, Chief of Program Operations, Corporation for National and Community Service
Rick Musiol, Senior Vice President and Director of Public Affairs, Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
The Honorable Doug Palmer, former Mayor, Trenton, NJ (1990-2010)
Barbara Souliotis, Former State Director, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy