the release of Bryant's video on VINwiki, AER and Bryant both released statements in response to the incident taking full responsibility for his mistake and further explaining the situation, respectively. Appointments On June 13, 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Bryant to a four-year term on the non-partisan U.S. Community Development Advisory Board for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In September 2008, he was selected to be a member of the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. On January 29, 2010, he became a part of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Financial Capability. Honors and awards 1994: selected by Time magazine as "One of America's 50 Most Promising Leaders of the Future," as part of their 50 for the Future cover story. 1998, the first African-American to be knighted by German nobility and the royal House of Lippe. 2004 he received an honorary Doctorate Degree of Humane Letters from Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas, for his work around education and poverty eradication. 2005, received the Crystal Heart Award from the University of Southern California School of Social Work for his work in community service. 2010, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers received Bryant on behalf of the Republic of Latvia as the second speaker for the Latvia Presidential Speaker Series at Latvia University, on the topic of "The Economic Reset, Love Leadership in a fear-based world, and financial literacy as a new civil right." 2010, Newsmax magazine named him for his work at Operation HOPE, as one of their 2010 Heroes. 2011, The Root named him to its 2011 100 List of Influencers and Iconoclasts. 2011, Operation HOPE and Bryant received the Marcus Garvey Bridge Builder in the Diaspora Award during the 16th Annual Caribbean Multi-National Business Conference in Jamaica. 2012, Leaders and Legends Award from the California Black Chamber of Commerce at their annual conference in Sacramento, California. 2012, Working Group Advisor to CGI America for the Clinton Global Initiative and former U.S. President Bill Clinton Bryant is the namesake of the "John Bryant Scholarship in Urban Social Development", a permanent scholarship fund at the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Named 2016 Innovator of the Year by American Banker magazine Inc. "The World's 10 Top CEO's" in 2016 (honorable mention) Atlanta Business Chronicle "The Power 100: Most Influential Atlantans in 2020"