2017 - Lesley Stahl

Longtime CBS News correspondent and 60 Minutes co-editor Leslie Stahl shared her perspective after decades of covering the biggest stories of our times. She first joined CBS News in 1972, a female pioneer in a male-dominated industry.

Along with serving as a White House correspondent for CBS during the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, she also served as moderator of the Sun- day morning staple, Face the Nation. Stahl has earned a collection of Emmy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Emmy earned in 2003. She continues as a major contributor to 60 Minutes and recently authored a New York Times bestseller, Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of New Grandparenting.