Ron Book nabs Nobel Peace Prize nomination for nonprofit leadership, advocacy
Prominent South Florida lobbyist, advocate and nonprofit leader Ron Book can add another title to his list: Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
Book was among thousands nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, his in recognition of decades of advocacy and nonprofit work.
His nominator: U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a fellow Broward Democrat.
Book has served for more than 30 years as Chair of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, which helped to reduce the county’s homeless population from 8,000 in 1993 to just over 1,000 unsheltered people today.
He also is Chair and pro bono General Counsel of Lauren’s Kids, a nonprofit he co-founded in 2007 with his daughter, Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book, to combat...
