1996 - MARTIN SCHWAB
Professor, Brain Research Institute
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstr, Switzerland

1997 - FRED GAGE
Professor of Biology
Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute
San Diego, California

1998 - DENNIS CHOI
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

1999 - SERGE ROSSIGNOL
Director, Center of Research in Neurological Sciences
University of Montreal
Quebec, Canada

REGGIE EDGERTON
Professor of Physiological Science and Neurobiology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

2000 - ALBERT AGUAYO
Director, McGill Center for Research in Neuroscience
Montreal General Hospital Institute
Quebec, Canada

LISA MCKERRACHER
Professor of Pathology and Cellular Biology
University of Montreal & McGill University
Quebec, Canada

2001 - MARY BUNGE
Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Neurological Surgery & Neurology
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

2002 - STEN GRILLNER
Professor of Physiology
Karolinkska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden

2003 - JAMES FAWCETT
Chairman, Cambridge University Centre for Brain Repair
Director of Medical Studies at Kings College
Cambridge, United Kingdom

JERRY SILVER
Professor of Neuroscience
Case University
Cleveland, Ohio

2004 - LLOYD GUTH
Former Professor Department of Biology
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia

2005 - CARL W. COTMAN
Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

GEOFFREY RAISMAN
Director of the Spinal Repair Unit,
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
London, England

2006 - Corey S. Goodman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Renovis, Inc.
Adjunct Professor of Neurobiology, UC Berkeley
San Francisco, California

Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Senior Vice President, Research Drug Discovery
Genentech, Inc.
San Francisco, California

2007 - WILLIAM C. DE GROAT
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2008 - SUSAN HARKEMA
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville
Rehabilitation Research Director, Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
Director of Research, Frazier Rehabilitation Institute
Louisville, Kentucky

HUGUES BARBEAU
Professor School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
Montréal, Québec, Canada