The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held its annual Democracy Award Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The theme of this year’s dinner is “From Protest to Politics: Honoring Ukraine’s New Democrats.” Three young Ukrainian activists -- Hanna Hopko, Serhiy Leshchenko and Oleksandr Solontay -- will receive the Democracy Award at the dinner. Each of the honorees had achieved prominence in their respective fields before the political situation in Ukraine prompted them to take part in the demonstrations that led to the fall of the country’s autocratic government earlier this year. They have now transitioned to the political arena. Two of them -- Hopko and Leshchenko -- were elected to parliament on political party lists on Oct. 26.

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5. Global Leaders
Richard C. Blum
The Kovler Foundation/ Peter and Judy Kovler
Marc and Jane Nathanson
The Melvin and Bren Simon Foundation
Maureen White and Steve Rattner

8. Oleskandr
Solontay

9. Global Partners
The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright
Carol and Kevin Sharer

13. Global Patrons
The American Federation of Teachers
The Coca-Cola Company
Digicel
Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
The Honorable Nancy and Miles Rubin
Michael Steed, Managing Partner, Paladin Capital Group
Lynda Thomas and family

15. Hanna Hopko

17. Friends
Bernard Aronson, Founding Partner ACON Investments LLC
The Honorable Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
The Honorable Robin Carnahan
The Honorable Tom Daschle and Linda Daschle
Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman
Rob Liberatore
The Murphy Family Foundation
The Honorable Louis B. Susman

20. Serhiy Leshchenko

24. Sponsors
Amazon Web Services
The Honorable James and Janet Blanchard
Frank M. Conner, III and Cynthia H. Conner
The Honorable Laurie S. Fulton
The Honorable Mark Gitenstein
The Glover Park Group
Google Inc.

25. Sponsors
The Honorable Patrick and Abbey Griffin
The Honorable Jane Harman
International Masonry Institute
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Dr. Omar and Dr. Nancy Kader
The Honorable Ted Kaufman
The Honorable Herbert C. Klein

26. Sponsors
William and Amalia Mahoney
The Honorable Gerald S. McGowan and Susan Brophy
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the
United States
Unity Resources Group
Dorothy Walsh and Dick D'Amato
Elizabeth, Maxwell and Stephen Whisnant
Wolfensohn Family Foundation

33. NDI is grateful for the support of:
Serhiy Lysenko/Generation Film
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Voice of America
Kyiv Post
Maksym Lisovoy & Telekritika
NikVesti

37. NDI gratefully acknowledges the National
Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Agency for
International Development, the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights and Labor and Middle East
Partnership Initiative, and other international
development agencies whose support enables
the Institute to carry out its democratic
development mission.