The 2009 Opus Prize jurors include prominent individuals from the fields of journalism, academia and social and humanitarian action:

Father Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas
Father William Cooper, chief executive officer of TCF Financial Corp.
Charles Denny Jr., retired chief executive officer of ADC Telecommunications
Father John Estrem, chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis
John Finnegan Sr., retired editor and senior vice president of the St. Paul Pioneer Press
Dr. Josie Johnson, president of Josie R. Johnson and Associates and a former University of Minnesota regent and associate vice president for academic affairs
Robert Kierlin, chairman of Fastenal Co. in Winona and a former state senator
Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors and a member of the Board of Governors for the Opus College of Business at St. Thomas
Alan Page, associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Edward Phillips, chairman and chief executive officer of Phillips Beverage Co.
Albert Quie, former governor of Minnesota
Richard Schulze, founder and chairman of Best Buy Co., a member of the St. Thomas Board of Trustees since 1995 and co-chair of the Opening Doors capital campaign at St. Thomas
Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, senior rabbi of Temple Israel in Minneapolis