A List - April 2015

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French Ambassador Gerard Araud

French Ambassador Gérard Araud

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President BARACK H. OBAMA and First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA

Vice President JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. and JILL BIDEN, Professor of English, Northern Virginia Community College H.E. the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia ADEL BIN AHMED AL-JUBEIR and Ms. FARAH AL-JUBEIR

Mr. ROBERT L. ALLBRITTON, Owner and Founder, Capitol News Company, and Dr. ELENA ALLBRITTON, Dermatologist, MedStar Washington Hospital Center H.E. the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, YOUSEF AL-OTAIBA, and Ms. ABEER Al-OTAIBA

H.E. the Ambassador of Kuwait, Sheikh SALEM ABDULLAH AL-JABER AL-SABAH, and Sheikha RIMA AL-SABAH, Goodwill Ambas-

sador, United Nations Refugee Agency H.E. the Ambassador of France GERARD ARAUD Mr. PHILIPPE AUGUIN, Conductor, the Washington Opera Mr. MARTIN BARON, Editor,The Washington Post The Honorable WAYNE BERMAN, Senior Advisor for Global Government Affairs, Blackstone Group, and Ms. LEA BERMAN, Writer and Blogger, “America’s Table” Mr. JEREMY BERNARD, Social Secretary, The White House The Honorable JAMES H. BILLINGTON, Librarian of Congress, and Ms. MARJORIE BILLINGTON

H.E. the Ambassador of Italy CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO and Ms. LAURA DENISE BISOGNIERO

The Honorable ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and The Honorable EVAN RYAN, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State The Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Ms. DEBBIE BOEHNER, Realtor, Cleveland, Ohio

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Mr. DAVID G. BRADLEY, Chairman and Owner, Atlantic Media Company, and Ms. KATHERINE BRADLEY, President, CityBridge Foundation The Honorable JOHN O. BRENNAN, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Ms. KATHY BRENNAN Associate Justice STEPHEN G. BREYER and Ms. JOANNA BREYER, Pediatric Psychologist, The Dana Farber Cancer Institute Mr. CALVIN CAFRITZ, Principal, Cafritz Enterprises and Chairman, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and Ms. JANE LIPTON CAFRITZ, Principal, Cafritz Enterprises and Director, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Ms. BUFFY CAFRITZ, Philanthropist The Honorable ASHTON CARTER, Secretary of Defense, and Ms. STEPHANIE CARTER Mr. STEVEN B. CASE, Founder, Revolution LLC and Chairman, Case Foundation, and Ms. JEAN CASE, CEO, Case Foundation The Honorable RICHARD B. CHENEY, former Vice President of the United States, and The Honorable LYNNE CHENEY, Author, Historian and Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute The Honorable WILLIAM JEFFERSON (“BILL”) CLINTON, former President of the United States, and The Honorable HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, former Secretary of State The Honorable THAD COCHRAN, Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Mr. WILLIAM E. (“BILL”) CONWAY, JR., CoFounder, Co-CEO and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group, and Ms. JOANNE CONWAY, Co-Founder, Bedford Falls Foundation The Honorable JOHN CORNYN, Senate Majority Whip, and Ms. SANDY CORNYN Count JEHAN-CHRISTOPHE DE LA HAYESAINT HILLAIRE, Retired Banker, and Countess DE LA HAYE-SAINT HILLAIRE (CONSTANCE MILSTEIN), Attorney and CoFounder, Ogden CAP Properties

General MARTIN E. DEMPSEY, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ms. DEANIE DEMPSEY

The Honorable CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, President, Motion Picture Association of America, and Ms. JACKIE CLEGG DODD The Honorable RICHARD J. ( “DICK”) DURBIN, Senate Minority Whip, and LORETTA DURBIN, Founder, Government Affairs Consulting LLC Mr. and ROBERT S. DUVALL, Actor, and Ms. LUCIANA PEDRAZZA DUVALL, Co-Founder, The Robert Duvall Children’s Fund The Honorable DIANNE FEINSTEIN, U.S. Senate, and Mr. RICHARD BLUM, Chairman and President, Blum Capital Miss RENEE FLEMING, soprano, and Mr. TIMOTHY JESSELL,Attorney, Greenberg Traurig The Honorable AL FRANKEN, U.S. Senate, and Ms. FRANNIE FRANKEN Associate Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG Mr. DONALD E. GRAHAM, CEO and Chairman, Graham Holdings Company, and Ms. AMANDA BENNETT, Journalist The Honorable LINDSEY GRAHAM, U.S. Senate Mr. JOHN S. HENDRICKS, Founder, Discovery Communications, and Ms. MAUREEN HENDRICKS, Co-founder, John and Maureen Hendricks Charitable Foundation The Honorable STENY H. HOYER, House Minority Whip Ms. VALERIE JARRETT, Senior Advisor to the President The Honorable JEH JOHNSON, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Dr. SUSAN MAUREEN DEMARCO, Dentist and Jewelry Designer.

Mr. VERNON E. JORDAN JR., Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, and Ms. ANN JORDAN, Emeritus Trustee, The Kennedy Center Mr. MICHAEL KAHN, Artistic Director, The Shakespeare Library

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Associate Justice ANTHONY KENNEDY and Ms. MARY KENNEDY The Honorable JOHN F. KERRY, Secretary of State, and Mrs. TERESA HEINZ, Chairman, The Heinz Endowments Mr. JIM YONG KIM, President, The World Bank, and Dr. YOUNSOOK LIM, Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Mrs. CHRISTINE LAGARDE, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Mr. THEODORE J. (“TED”) LEONSIS, Owner and CEO, Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Ms. LYNN LEONSIS Mr. THEODORE N. (“TED”) LERNER, Managing Principal Owner, Washington Nationals, and Ms. ANNETTE LERNER, Principal Owner, Washington Nationals The Honorable JACOB. J. (“JACK”) LEW, Secretary of the Treasury, and Ms. RUTH SCHWARTZ Mr. J. WILLARD MARRIOTT JR., Chairman and CEO, Marriott International and Ms. DONNA MARRIOTT

Mrs. JACQUELINE BADGER MARS, Philanthropist Mr. CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS, Host, “Hardball” and “The Chris Matthews Show,” MSNBC, and Ms. KATHLEEN MATTHEWS, Executive Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs, Marriott International The Honorable JOHN S. MCCAIN III, U.S. Senator, and Ms. CINDY MCCAIN, Chairman, Hensley & Co.

Robert and Elena Allbritton Her Imperial Majesty Empress FARAH PAHLAVI The Honorable RAND PAUL, U.S. Senate, and Ms. KELLEY PAUL, Writer

Mr. EARL A. (“RUSTY”) POWELL III, Director, The National Gallery of Art, and Ms. NANCY POWELL

The Honorable MITCHELL MCCONNELL, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, and the Honorable ELAINE LAN CHAO, Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable NANCY PELOSI, Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, and Mr. PAUL PELOSI, Owner, Financial Leasing Services

Mr. DENIS MCDONOUGH. Chief of Staff, the White House, and Ms. KARI MCDONOUGH

Mr. DAN PFEIFFER, Senior Advisor to the President

The Honorable WILLIAM T. NEWMAN JR., Circuit Court Judge, Arlington County, Va.,and Ms. SHEILA JOHNSON, CEO, Salamander Hotels and Resorts and co-founder, Black Entertainment Television

Mr. JOHN D. PODESTA, Chairman and Counselor, Center for American Progress, and Ms. MARY PODESTA, Attorney

The Honorable HARRY M. REID, Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, and Ms. LANDRA REID

General COLIN L. POWELL, former Secretary of State, and Ms. ALMA POWELL, Cochairman, America’s Promise

The Honorable SUSAN E. RICE, National Security Advisor, and Mr. IAN O. CAMERON, Television Producer

Her Majesty Queen NOOR AL-HUSSEIN

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The Honorable PENNY S. PRITZKER, Secretary of Commerce, and Dr. BRIAN TRAUBERT, Ophthalmologist, Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Ill. Ms. SALLY QUINN , Columnist, The Washington Post

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Associate Justice ANTONIN SCALIA and Ms. MAUREEN SCALIA, Crisis Pregnancy Counselor and Pro-Life Advocate, Nurturing Network Rep. STEVE SCALISE, House Majority Whip, and Ms. JENNIFER SCALISE Mr. DAVID J. SKORTON, Secretary, The Smithsonian Institution, and Ms. ROBIN L. DAVISSON, Professor, Cornell University Mr. DANIEL M. SNYDER, owner, The Washington Redskins, and Ms. TANYA SNYDER Associate Justice SONIA SOTOMAYOR Mr. GEORGE C. STEVENS JR., founding director, American Film Institute, and Ms. ELIZABETH (“LIZ”) STEVENS

H.E. the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China CUI TIANKAI and Ms. NEI PEIJUN Mr. CHUCK TODD, Moderator, “Meet the Press,” NBC News, and Ms. KRISTIAN TODD Dr. RYUJI UENO, Co-founder, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. SACHIKO KUNO, Co-founder, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Dr. Ryuji Ueno and Dr. Sachiko Kuno Chief Justice JOHN G. ROBERTS JR. and Ms. JANE ROBERTS, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa

and Mr. PETER ELLEFSON, Trombonist

The Honorable ELIZABETH WARREN, U.S. Senate, and Mr. BRUCE MANN, Professor, Harvard Law School

Mr. FREDERICK J. RYAN, Publisher, The Washington Post, and Ms. GENEVIEVE (“GENNY”) RYAN,Vice Chairman, The National Theatree

H.E. the Ambassador of the United Kingdom SIR PETER WESTMACOTT and

Representative PAUL RYAN, Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee, and Ms. JANNA RYAN

Mr. ROBERT WOODWARD, Associate Editor and Journalist, The Washington Post, and Ms. ELSA WALSH, Journalist

Mr. DAVID RUBENSTEIN, Co-founder, the Carlyle Group, and Ms. ALICE RUBENSTEIN, Founder, Alaska Native Arts Foundation

Mr. ROGER SANT, Chairman Emeritus and Co-founder, The AES Corporation, and Ms. VICKI SANT, President, The Summit Foundation and Chairman, National Gallery of Art

The Honorable JANET L. YELLEN, Chairman, The Federal Reserve System, and Mr. GEORGE AKERLOF, Economist

The Honorable MARCO RUBIO, U.S. Senate, and Ms. JEANETTE DOUSDEBES RUBIO

H.E. the Ambassador of Japan KENICHIRO SASAE and Ms. NOBUKO SASAE, Interpreter

Ms. DEBORAH RUTTER, President, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,

Mr. B. FRANCIS SAUL II, CEO, Saul Centers, and Ms. PATRICIA SAUL

The Honorable JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, U.S. Senate (Ret’d.) and Ms. SHARON PERCY ROCKEFELLER, CEO, WETA-TV Representative HAL ROGERS, Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, and Ms. CYNTHIA DOYLE

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Lady (SUSIE) WESTMACOTT

Ms. FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO, Artistic Director, Washington National Opera, and Ms. FAITH E. GAY, Senior Partner, Quinn Emanuel

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