The DFE Leadership Award it is bestowed annually to the Duke senior(s) who best exemplify leadership, mentorship, and commitment to the goals of DFE.
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | Vipul Nadimpalli, Lilla Timperman, Athena Yeung, Michael Zhou |
| 2024-2025 | Caelyn DeSouza, Fernando Haddad, Claire Rubenstein |
| 2023-2024 | Clare Abboud, Connor Booher, Valerie Deligiannis, Abhinav Kolli, Blair Spencer |
| 2022-2023 | Lily Vore and Jason Zhang |
| 2021-2022 | Gianna Affi, Arjun Bakshi, William Bradley, Davis Jones, and Thomas Schaefer |
| 2020-2021 | Itamar Barak, Noah Karpel, Eric Little, and Hannah O'Sullivan |
| 2019-2020 | Karam Katariya and Julia Weidman |
| 2018-2019 | Cipriano Echavarria, Brandon Foreman, and Esteban Estevez Jüttner |
| 2017-2018 | Chinmay Pandit |
| 2016-2017 | Derek Chait and Felipe Concha |
| 2015-2016 | Jenna Garand and Diana Lam |
| 2014-2015 | Tony Hernandez and Max Lipscomb |
| 2013-2014 | Tim Evans |
| 2012-2013 | Jessica Chang and David Martorana |
| 2011-2012 | Monique Barrios and Esosa Osa |
| 2010-2011 | Qasim Khan |