Leadership recognition
The Asia Foundation’s leadership awards, including the Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Leadership Award, Lotus Leadership Award, and Visionary Leader, Lifetime, and President’s Leadership Awards honor prominent individuals from government, business, and philanthropy; inspiring changemakers in gender equality and women’s empowerment; and extraordinary leaders advancing Asia’s progress. Learn about past awardees.
Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Leadership Award
Lotus Leadership Award
Visionary/Lifetime/President's Leadership Award
2021
Eileen Fisher
Eun Mee Kim
Yo-Yo Ma
The Rockefeller Foundation
Women in Need, Sri Lanka
2020
Radhika Coomaraswamy
The Gender Lab, India
Eleni Kounalakis
Mastercard
Ratan Tata
Ziauddin Yousafzai
2019
Christiane Amanpour
Jennifer Cabalquinto
Center for Education and Development, Vietnam
Lana Condor
Oyun Sanjaasuren
SafetiPin
George Shultz
2018
Akie Abe
Ban Ki-moon
Colorful Girls of Myanmar
2017
Henry Luce Foundation
Amartya Sen
2016
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Rula Ghani
2015
Ranjana Kumari
Sheryl WuDunn
2014
Muhammad Yunus
Nani Zulminarni
2013
Chong-Moon Lee
Sapana Pradhan Malla
2012
National Geographic Society
2011
David D. Ho
Akie Abe
2018
Center for Education and Development, Vietnam
2019
The Gender Lab, India
2020
Ranjana Kumari
2015
National Geographic Society
2012
Amartya Sen
2017
Ziauddin Yousafzai
2020
Christiane Amanpour
2019
Colorful Girls of Myanmar
2018
Rula Ghani
2016
Chong-Moon Lee
2013
Oyun Sanjaasuren
2019
George Shultz
2019
Sakena Yacoobi
2012
Ban Ki-moon
2018
Lana Condor
2019
David D. Ho
2011
Henry Luce Foundation
2017
Sapana Pradhan Malla
2013
Ratan Tata
2020
Muhammad Yunus
2014
Jennifer Cabalquinto
2019
Radhika Coomaraswamy
2020
Eun Mee Kim
2021
Yo-Yo Ma
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation
2021
Women in Need, Sri Lanka
2021
Nani Zulminarni
2014
Carnegie Corporation of New York
2016
Eileen Fisher
2021
Eleni Kounalakis
2020
Mastercard
2020
SafetiPin
2019
Sheryl WuDunn
2015