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A GUIDE TO WASHINGTON’S MOST INFLUENTIAL -AND-UNDER YOUNG LEADERS PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART DIRECTION BY TONY POWELL PHOTOGRAPHED AT MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER www.tony-powell.com MAKEUP ARTIST Flaminia Garioni, Luigi Parasmo Salon HAIRSTYLIST Rita Tadros LIGHTING ASSISTANTS Naiffer Romero, Mike Rizzo, Daniel Britt, Carlyle Smith

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PRANAV VORA AND PHILIP SORIANO

FOUNDER AND CEO ; CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE/ OPERATIONS, HUGH AND CRYE

Pranav Vora and Philip Soriano, the duo behind the sleekly tailored shirts you’ve seen on Washington’s most stylish men, are no strangers to hard work. Wharton School graduate Pranav is a former consultant for Fortune 500 companies while Philip earned his chops on the soccer field at American University, after spending the majority of his youth in Germany. Together, they launched Hugh and Crye in 2009.The secret behind the timeless modern feel of their menswear essentials? A sizing system that offers clean lines and fit for each individual. Since its inception, the brand, whose name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to old English refinement, has been featured in GQ, Forbes, Southern Living and American Express’ shop local commercial.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT ABOUT PRANAV In 2008, I directed a short film on super 16 mm in one continuous shot, on a moving bus... in Mumbai, India. The film went on to premiere alongside “Slumdog Millionaire” at a film festival in New York City. Amazing experience all around.

MOTTO/QUOTE PRANAV LIVES BY If you’re so lucky to be inspired, you owe it to yourself to do something about it.

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PHILIP’S FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE We’ve had a close relationship with Martha’s Outfitters since the day we opened our doors. Aside from the many hours we’ve volunteered, we have an ongoing promotion that gives a customer 10 percent off their order when they donate their gently-worn, ill-fitting shirts.

We then donate the shirts on their behalf to Martha’s Outfitters.

PHILIP’S FAVORITE APP Google Voice. It allows me to call my parents in Germany for 2 cents a minute.

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NICHOLAS CAFRITZ

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CROSSFIRE STRATEGIES

During the day, this born-and-raised Washingtonian is a mild-mannered business exec, helping high-profile clients protect their reputations. Come nightfall, Nick swaps his monkey suit for a pair of headphones and a turntable as alter ego DJ Chest Rockwell. You may have bobbed to his tunes at nightclubs around the world, in New York City and right here in the District.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION I’m really original ... Get back in shape.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE My mother has been on the board of the Washington Ballet for years and I have become involved as a result. I never miss a show (or a party). What’s truly amazing is the community outreach and inner-city dance programs they run through THEARC. This has been a great boon to the kids of this city who otherwise might not have had the opportunity to pursue their dreams of becoming a dancer.

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PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, RK PRODUCTIONS

This scion of one of Washington’s most philanthropic families has his eye on topping the Neilsen’s one day as an executive producer and showrunner. Matthew’s racked up credits on programs for National Geographic and The History Channel for Half Yard Productions (the company behind “The Real Housewives of D.C.” and TLC fave “Say Yes to the Dress”).

Recently, he wrangled talent for no less than four inauguration balls through RK Productions.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION This year if there’s something I want to change, don’t wait until New Year’s to do it.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Woodley House FAVORITE APP Egg dyeing 101 from Martha Stewart LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I haven’t watched “Game of Thrones” yet

JAMES ALEFANTIS Owner, Buck’s Fishing and Camping, Comet Ping Pong; President, Transformer Gallery

DEVIN ANDERSON Senior Program Associate, NationalCoalition on Black Participation

IMAN BINT AL-HUSSEIN Princess of Jordan Student, American University

MICHAEL ANDREWS Owner/Founder, Michael Andrews Bespoke

ANIELLO ALIOTO Political Director, Progress Now

RONIT AVNI Founder/Executive Director, Just Vision

GRANT ALLEN Vice President, ABB Technology ABEER AL-OTAIBA Wife of UAE Ambassador JUSTIN AMASH U.S. Congressman (R-Mich.)

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CARLA BABB International Broadcaster, Voice of America MOIRA BAGLEY Communications Director, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

LUCAS BAIANO Executive Producer/ Director, WeRPolitics

KIRA BATES Founder and Principal, MacKenzie Public Relations

KATHERINE KALLINIS BERMAN Co-founder, Georgetwon Cupcake

BRANDON BANKS Wide Receiver, Washington Redskins

STEPHANIE BAUCUS Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs, Perennial Strategy Group

KIRSTEN BERSET Sports Anchor/Reporter, WUSA9 News

KENDRA BARKER Press Secretary to the Vice President NATASHA BARRETT Anchor, WJLA-TV VINODA BASNAYAKE International Associate, Patton Boggs LLP; Co-founder, Night Life Agency Group Inc. AARON BATALION CTO/Co-Founder, LivingSocial

BRADLEY BEYCHOK EVP, Media Matters

CHAD BAUMAN Deputy Director, Arena Stage KATIE BEIRNE Staff Director, Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Center CARMEN BERKLEY Executive Director, Generational Alliance

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ASHLEY BOALCH Miss DC 2011 J QUINN BRADLEE Author and Filmmaker LESLIE BRADSHAW Chief Operating Officer, Stealth Startup

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ANNA LEFER KUHN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ARCA FOUNDATION

During Anna’s tenure at the Arca Foundation (which works to advance social justice and human rights in the U.S. and abroad) she turned its attention to the economic crisis, promoting the engagement of citizens in Wall Street accountability as a means to advance a more equitable economy and just democracy. This Wesleyan grad is on the steering committee of the Funders Committee for Civic Participation, and chairwoman of the advisory board of the Youth Engagement Fund, a project she launched with the Democracy Alliance in 2008.

Born and raised in New York, she now lives in Washington with her architecthusband and pre-school-aged twins.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION Don’t sweat the small things.

FAVORITE APP PRX: Public Radio Exchange. I’m a throwback, public radio groupie.

FUN FACT Before we turned our Petworth backyard into a playground for our kids, my husband and I had a very successful run as urban farmers growing everything from tomatoes and jalapenos to peanuts (unsuccessfully) and hops, that my husband used in his home brew IPA. MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT A Literri, an old-school Italian wholesale market in the warehouse district of northeast Washington,D.C. Outstanding Italian sandwiches, olives and wine.

FRITZ BROGAN Co-owner, Mason Inn and President, The Capital Club

CHAKA BURGESS Director Global Government Affairs, Amgen

ZACH CARTER Senior Political Economy Reporter, The Huffington Post

TERESA CHANG International Campaign Coordinator, U.S.A.S.

MATTHEW BRONCZEK President, Federal Home

MATT BUTLER CEO, Media Matters

CRAVEN RANDALL CASPER Principal, Clarion Partners

WILLIAM T BRAWNER JR Partner, Public New York City

ASHLEY TAYLOR BRONCZEK Founder/CEO, The WEAR Project

DAVID CATANESE Reporter, Politico

NICOLE BRENER-SCHMITZ Federal Political and Field Director, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

AUSTIN BRYAN Director of Sales, Ping Tone Communications

NICHOLAS CAFRITZ Director Business Development, Crossfire Strategies

KEO CHEA Outreach and Engagement Associate, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

ERIC BRAVERMAN Partner, McKinsey & Co. GRETA BRAWNER Journal Host and Senior Producer, C-SPAN’s Washington

LEE BRENNER Founding Principal, FastFWD Group/Publisher and Co-Founder, Hypervocal

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MATTHEW CAFRITZ JR Production Assistant, RK Productions

GREGORY CENDENA Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

WILL BYRNE Executive Director, Groundswell

NICHOLAS CAMBATA Co-Founder, 8112 Studios

DREW CHAFETZ CEO/Co-Founder, Love.fútbol

EVAN BURFIELD Chairman/Founder, Synteractive

ANDRE CARSON U.S. Congressman (D-Ind.)

TOBY CHAUDHURY Co-founder/CSO SocialxDesign and Strategic Communications Consultant, White House Initatives

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GEORGE CHOPIVSKY III Vice President, Development, Simpson Housing LLLP CLARA BRILLEMBOURG CHOPIVSKY Associate, Foley Hoag LLP KARIM CHROBOG Producer/Owner, Tangier Pictures

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SHAUNNA THOMAS

CO-FOUNDER, ULTRAVIOLET

This Los Angeles transplant has been championing progressive causes since the 2004 presidential election. Since then she has worked with Young People For (an arm of People for the American Way), P Street Project and the Progressive Congress. Her most recent work as co-founder, with partner Nita Chaudhury, of the women’s rights organization UltraViolet is chipping away at what some call “the war on women.” UltraViolet has been an influential voice in the fight to preserve women’s reproductive rights and campaign to defeat politicians with extremist views. It has also lobbied to encourage advertisers to discontinue their support of controversial right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh and called for women moderators in the 2012 presidential election debates.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION Get involved in local politics. I just moved back and I want to get involved in my community.

FAVORITE APP I have two I can’t live without. CongressPlus is an expensive app but it puts all the congressional office info at your fingertips. A must if you do any work on the Hill. RunPee tells you exactly when you can go pee during a movie and gives you a synopsis of what you missed. It’s the best thing ever.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I’ve been to over 1,000 baseball games but I couldn’t tell you what RBI stands for. I go for the Dodger dogs.

MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT If you’ve never been to the National Arboretum, you’re missing out. My boyfriend took me there and everything from the dogwoods to the bonzai gardens are spectacular. No one was there when I went and it felt like a private forest. A must if you have friends coming in, especially if they live in a big city.

MICHAEL COE COO/EVP, Government Relations, Hawthorn Group L.C.

DANIELLE CRUTCHFIELD Director of Scheduling, Office of the President

BRAD DAYSPRING Political Director, National Republican Senatorial Committee

ELBRIDGE COLBY Analyst, CAN

BEN CUNIS Artistic Associate, Synetic Theatre

TIM CONLON Director of Media Arts at DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

MONIQUE CURRIE Forward, Washington Mystics

TARA DE NICOLAS Executive Director, Fashion for Paws, Washington Humane Society

JEN CONSALVO COO/Co-editor, TECH Cocktail RORY COOPER Communications Director, U.S. House of Representatives RACHEL COTHRAN Public Relations, Corcoran Gallery of Art; Editor, ProjectBeltway.com

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JAKE CUSACK Co-founder, Cross Boundary BROOKE DALEY Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP KATE DAMON Owner, Kaze Design

RENAUD DE VIEL CASTEL General Manager,Veolia Transportation On Demand.

ANAIS DE VIEL CASTEL Public Relations and Fashion Consultant JOAQUIN CASTRO U.S. Congressman (D-Texas) MATTHEW CORGAN CEO, Hotpads.com

LAURENT DESBOIS Correspondent, France 2 Television SAMANTHA DEZUR Vice President of Communication, Education Finance Council MICHAEL DOVE Co-founder/Artistic Director, The Forum Theatre MARK DRAPEAU Director of Innovative Social Engagement, Microsoft

JOSH EARNEST Deputy Press Secretary, The White House MAX ENGLING Staff Assistant, Committee on House Administration JON EDWARDS Senior Consultant, Blue Canopy

JEFF DUFOUR Editor, UrbanDaddy DC

JULIA EISMAN Digital Health and Public Affairs Strategist/New Media Communications Director, HHS

BEN DUNHAM Legislative Director, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

RENEE EISMAN Director of Public Relations, Park Hyatt Washington

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ERICA WILLIAMS

SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGIST AND APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S GLOBAL AGENDA COUNCIL ON SOCIAL MEDIA

A proud Washington-area native, Erica’s passion is to help leaders and businesses change a changing world. Through content development, cause campaign consulting, coaching and training, she breaks down the theory and practice of what it takes to create social impact in today’s diverse, youthful, technology-driven world. Her expertise emanates from nearly a decade of work with some of America’s largest nonprofits and businesses, such as the Aspen Institute and Coca Cola, utilizing technology, political organizing, coaching and campaign design. She also co-founded Progress 2050, a project of the Center for American Progress that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT During my “free time” in college, I also trained to be both an aesthetician and real estate agent. I can sell you a house and give you a great Aveda facial.

MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Amazing free performances every day MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “Leap and the net will appear.” (John Burroughs) FUN FACT I learned how to swim in 2012

EBONG EKA President, Ericorp Consulting, Inc.

RONAN FARROW Writer/human rights attorney

SCOTT FLETCHER Founder/Principal, Tier 10 Marketing

RUI GARCIA CEO, Acuity Inc.

LINDSAY ELLENBOGEN Founder, Sara Start Fund

ABBY FENTON Director of Community Relations ABC 7/WJLA-TV and News Channel 8

DANIELLA FOSTER Chief of Staff, Office of Emerging Democracies, Department of State

MATTHEW GARDINER Associate Artistic Director, Signature Theatre

ALEX FIELD Management Consultant, Agensys Corp.

ADAM FRANKEL Senior Presidential Speechwriter, White House Office of Communications

LISA ELLMAN Chief Counselor for the Open Government Partnership and Counselor to the Administrator at OIRA, OMB, The White House MARKHAM ERICKSON Director, Open Internet Coalition

GUY FILIPPELLI Chairman, Berico Technologies

ALISON FAIRBANKS Director, Public Trust Project

MEREDITH FINEMAN Founder/Principal, Finepoint

BRIAN FALLON Communications Director, DPCC/Sen. Chuck Schumer

ANNA FINK Senior Program Officer, The New World Foundation

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JUDITH FREEMAN Co-founder/Executive Director, New Organizing Institute TREVOR FROST Photographer, National Geographic JAMES “TRIPP” FUSSELL Principal, Fish & Richardson

PATRICK GAVIN Staff Writer, Politico LISA GILBERT Director, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch MARK GILLESPIE Artistic Manager,YOA Orchestra of the Americas SHANA GLICKFIELD Partner, Beekeeper Group; Online Community Director, www.NextGenWeb.org

BECCA GLOVER WATKINS Deputy Communications Director, Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives ANGIE GOFF Anchor/Reporter, NBCUniversal (WRC) JONICE GRAY TUCKER Partner, BuckleySandler ADAM GREEN Co-Founder, Progressive Change Campaign Committee MORGAN GREENHOUSE Founder, The verdeHOUSE LLC

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CAROLYN AMIRPASHAIE KING

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, REP. RANDY FORBES

Carolyn is now a Washingtonian through and through. Born and raised in Woodbridge,Va., she ventured across the border to attend St. Mary’s College in Maryland and spent her days in the District interning for her current boss. She says she is proud to work for a member of Congress who is ethical, exhibits deep convictions, strongly supports our Armed Forces and veterans, and who is fiscally responsible.When she’s not helping to look after our wounded warriors, she can be found kicking a soccer ball around in Arlington or Fairfax where she competes in two soccer leagues.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION To finish up projects around the house. I recently bought a house with my husband and have been working on small upgrades.

BEST PARTY/EVENT YOU ATTENDED IN My wedding on August 11, 2012 at Bluemont Vineyard in Virginia. It was the best day of my life and the most fun I’ve had!

WHAT MOTTO DO YOU LIVE BY The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT The top of the Old Post Office Pavilion. The bell tower offers a really cool vantage point from which to view the city, and not many people know about it; oftentimes you might be the only person up there, which gives you the opportunity to take in the city all on your own. It’s a great place to put D.C. in perspective.

HILARY GRIDLEY Digital Marketing Coordinator, Ocean Conservancy ROBERT GRIFFIN III Rookie Quarterback, Redskins RYAN GRIM Washington Bureau Chief, The Huffington Post FRANK GRUBER Founder/CEO TechCocktail.com KRISTIN GUITER Communications, Public Relations, Marketing Expert CARLOS GUTIERREZ JR Associate, Clark Hill

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ERIKA GUTIERREZ Founder/President, epgPR, LLC

DAWN HALFAKER President/CEO, Halfaker & Assoc.

KARINA GUTTIERREZ Associate, epgPR, LLC

BLAKE HALL CEO, Troopswap

INDIVAR DUTTA GUPTA Senior Policy Advisor, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

PETER HAMBY Political Correspondent, CNN

BRANDON HADLEY Associate, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ALLISON LONG HARDY Artist

LT MICHAEL HAFT Lietutenant, U.S. Marine Corps

CHANELLE HARDY SVP of Policy for the National Urban League/Executive Director, National Urban League Policy Institute

ANDREA HAILEY Consultant

BRYCE HARPER Star rookie, Washington Nationals

DANNIA HAKKI Co-founder, MoKi Media

KRIS HART Owner/Founder, Relaxed Tans and FoBoGro; President, Washington Circle Buisness Association ROY HELU Running Back, Washington Redskins JAMES HENRY President, Teavine Inc. JUSTIN HERMAN Director of Federal Social Media, The Center for Excellence in Digital Government at GSA LAUREN HICKEY Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of State LIESL HICKEY Executive Director, NRCC

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ILYSE HOGUE President, NARAL Pro Choice America FRANCES HOLUBA National Security Staff, The White House ALEX HORNBROOK Director of Scheduling, Office of the Vice President KAMBIZ HOSSEINI Host and Writer,Voice of America GREG HOUSTON Vice President, The Meridian International Center CHINYERE HUBBARD Vice President of Marketing, Events DC

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MAX ENGLING

STAFF ASSISTANT, COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

You may recognize this Hill staffer from a Kohl’s ad or Subway commercial since the political newcomer spent three years as a model in the fashion industry. He left the field in 2011 to pursue a career in which he could use the political science degree he earned from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. After wetting his feet as an intern he has been rising in the ranks ever since. Now, he’s organizing lecture series and bringing major names to advise interns on their budding careers. In his spare time, Engling and his wife volunteer for several charities aiding orphans, combating slavery and human rights abuses and working to end sexual exploitation.

FAVORITE APP Drudge Report and ESPN’s SportsCenter FUN FACT I have worked with AIDS orphans and children in distress in both Ukraine and South Africa.

MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT Theodore Roosevelt Island or Great Falls Park in Virginia

WIN HUFFMAN Chairman, Emeritus, Capital Club NICHOLAS HUNTER Vice President, Pounds Properties SHIN INOUYE Director, Specialty Media LGBT, The White House

BRIAN MARSHALL JOHNSON Federal Tax Lobbyist and Blogger

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GOLDY KAMALI Founder/CEO, FedScoop OLIVIER KAMANDA Associate, White and Case

MYRIAH JAWORSKI Associate, Phillips Lytle LLP

ASHLEY JONES Chief of Staff, Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.)

JONATHAN JORDAN Principal Dancer, The Washington Ballet

CASSIDY KARAKORN Associate Marketing Director, Human Rights Campaign; DJ SAM KASS Assistant Chef, White House; Senior Policy Advisor, Healthy Food Initiatives CODY STEPHEN KEENAN Special Assistant to the President Deputy Director of Speechwriting

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BRIANNA KEILAR White House Correspondent, CNN JOSEPH P KENNEDY III U.S. Congressman (D-Mass.)

SANDRO KERESELIDZE Co-founder, Art Soiree LINDSAY KIN Executive Director of Business Development, Luke’s Wings EZRA KLEIN Reporter/Columnist, The Washington Post ALBERT KLEINE Senior Economics Researcher, Media Matters

ERIKKA KNUTI Vice President of Public Affairs, Ogilvy Public Relations

MARIA TERESA KUMAR Founding Executive Director,Voto Latino

JULIE KOHLER EVP/COO, Democracy Alliance

MICHELLE KWAN Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, State Department

CARINE KRAWIEC Owner, Carine’s Bridal Atelier MATTHEW KROENIG Assistant Professor of Government, Georgetown University JACKIE KUCINICH Politics Writer, USA Today ANNA LEFFER KUHN Executive Director, Arca Foundation

CHRISTINA LAGDAMEO Deputy Director, White House Initiatives on AAPIs SOPHIE LAMONTAGNE Co-founder, Georgetown Cupcake NOE LANDINI Co-owner, Landini Bros.

Restaurant, and Owner, CXIII Rex and The Fish Market

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FINANCIAL GLAMAZON 9

SAMANTHA DEZUR

VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRY RELATIONS, EDUCATION FINANCE COUNCIL

Growing up in Oshkosh, Wis., Samantha dreamed of something bigger, which led her to the Big Apple when she was 21. She landed an internship at Marie Claire that was documented as a reality show. Despite her 15 minutes of fame, she quickly learned the fashion world was not for her and that she wanted a career where she could affect change. Her next stop was Washington where she got a master’s degree in public relations and corporate communications from Georgetown. Now, Samantha is playing a leading role in shaping the Education Finance Council’s advocacy strategy on higher education and finance issues. When she’s not busy analyzing key congressional, regulatory, political and economic issues, she can be spotted at her favorite District haunt:The Columbia Room.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation because my younger brother has type 1 diabetes LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I was on a reality show on the Style network called “Running in Heels.”

MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, ‘I’m possible.’” (Audrey Hepburn)

SARA LANGE Public Relations Manager, Neiman Marcus KARIM LATEEF Trade Development Director Charmer Sunbelt Group/Diageo North America MATT LAUER Partner, Qorvis Communications LLC EDDIE LEE Co-founder, Jubilee Project BECKY LEE Executive Director Founder, Becky’s Fund PUM LEFEBURE Co-founding Partner/Creative Director, Design Army

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JAKE LEFEBURE CEO/Co-founder, Design Army SVETLANA LEGETIC Co-founder BrightestYoungThings KEITH LEMER President, Wellnet Healthcare Group ZACH LEONSIS Manager, Business and Development, Monumental Sports & Entertainment JEFFREY LERNER Political Director, DNC RACHEL LERNER SVP of Community Relations, J Street ALEXIS LEVINE Founder/Innovation Officer, Savvy Media

PAUL LINDSAY Communications Director, National Republican Congressional Committee

VIOLETTA MARKELOU Photographer,Visual Artist

SOMMER MATHIS Editor, Atlantic Cities

KRISTEN LODAL Co-founder/CEO, LIFT

KOURI MARSHALL Campaign Manager, Anita Bonds for DC Council

ASHINDI MAXTON Director Political Partnership Programs, SEIU International

LINDSEY MASK Founder/CEO, Ladies America and Mask Media Co.

RICHARD MCADAMS Manager of Major Gifts, Heritage Foundation

JACLYN MASON Owner, Charm Georgetown

AMBER MCDONALD Associate, Baker & Mill; Founder, The Kindness Collective

LT ORIANA MASTRO Asst. Tenured Professor, Edwin Walsh School of Foreign Service, Strategic Analyst, Department of Defense

TOMMY MCFLY DJ/Radio Host, 94.7 Fresh FM

LARHONDA LOMBARDI Sports marketing professional RAFAEL MENDES LOUREIRO Foreign Associate, Hogan & Hartson LLC ANNIE LOWREY Economic Policy Correspondent, The New York Times SARAH MARGON Deputy Washington Director, Human Rights Watch

ALYSSA MASTROMONACO Deputy Chief of Staff, The White House

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RACHEL LERNER

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS, J STREET

After earning a bachelor’s degree in literature from SUNY Binghamton, Rachel has spent her professional career working with Jewish-based organizations — not too surprising since her master’s in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School is taken into account. Prior to moving to Washington to work for J Street four years ago, she spent over a year in Canada working as the director of strategic community planning initiatives for the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto. Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., she also worked for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs in New York City.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Bread for the City. I focus a good deal of my time and energy on change in the Middle East, but I think it’s important to give locally.

MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT The National Museum of Women in the Arts. I’m almost embarrassed to say that I lived here over three years before discovering it.

MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, over-thinking it. You have to go down the chute.” (Tina Fey) BEST PARTY/EVENT YOU ATTENDED IN That’s easy. The J Street 2012 Conference and Gala Dinner. Engaging with 2,500 pro-Israel pro-peace leaders and activists from the U.S. and the Middle East has kept me energized all year.

TARA MCGUINNESS Executive Director, Center for American Progress Action Fund; SVP Communications, Center for American Progress

MARIKA MEYER Marika Meyer Interiors

BRITT MCHENRY Sports Anchor/Reporter, ABC 7/WJLA-TV

KATE MICHAEL President, K Street Kate LLC

PATRICK MCHENRY U.S. Congressman (R-N.C.) SPIKE MENDELSOHN Restaurateur, Good Stuff Eatery and We, the Pizza

TIM MILLER Deputy Communications Director, RNC ALEX MILLS Actor, Synetic Theater

ELAINE MENSAH Founder/Fashion Director, SVELTE LLC

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SETH MESSNER Attorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

JEFF MILLS Executive Director, Food Service, D.C. Public Schools

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DIANA MINSHALL Realtor, TTR Sotheby’s

CHRIS MOODY Political Reporter,Yahoo! News

KONRAD NG Director, Smithsonian APA Program

JEN MISHORY Deputy Director,Young Invincibles

CORI SUE MORRIS Speechwriter, Dept. of Energy Co-Founder, Bitches Who Brunch

PAUL NITZE Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

PATRICK MURPHY U.S. Congressman (D-Fla.)

ORA NWABUEZE Owner, The Dunes

CHRIS MURPHY U.S. Senator (D-Conn.)

CARLOS ODIO Director of Special Projects, New Organization Institute

NAVROOP MITTER CEO/Co-Founder at Gryphn AFSHIN MOLAVI Senior Advisor, Global Geo Political Risk, Oxford Analytica JOHNNY MONIS Restaurateur, Komi and Little Serow MICHAEL MONROE Chief of Staff, BCTD, AFL-CIO DANIELLE MOODIE-MILLS Director Eduction Policy, National Wildlife Federation

DAVID MUSE Artistic Director, Studio Theatre DEEJAY NEEKOLA DJ, Music Producer JARED NELSON Company Dancer, Washington Ballet

ANNE OLAIMEY Director of Office Business Liaison, U.S. Department of Commerce MAGGIE O’NEILL Owner, O’Neill Studios LLC

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INTERNATIONAL CRUSADER 11

MARK V. VLASIC

SENIOR FELLOW AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY/PRINCIPAL, MADISON LAW & STRATEGY GROUP PLLC

The politically oppressed have no better ally than this Southern California native, who has worked on international teams to prosecute accused war criminals like Slobodan Milosevic and to recover assets stolen from developing countries under the U.N.’s stAR initiative. It’s no surprise that Mark’s bona fides run long: Fulbright scholar, White House fellow, Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service recipient, Army Commendation Medal recipient and membership on multiple international and national security boards, just to name a few.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Humanity in Action, Luke’s Wings, Atlas Service Corps, Fulbright Association, White House Fellows Foundation, the Special Operations Fund, Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology, Lantos Foundation/FDR International Disability Rights Award FAVORITE APP GoogleMaps LITTLE-KNOWN FACT Spent a year backpacking around the world between college and law school MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT Local 16 roof deck for brunch MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “All men dream; but not equally.

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” (T. E. Lawrence) BEST PARTY/EVENT YOU ATTENDED IN New Year’s Eve in St. Bart’s, at the Yacht Club, and every sunset party at HulaHula

BRIAN ORAKPO Defensive End, Washington Redskins GINA ORMAND Campaign Services Director, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee LAURA O’SHAUGHNESSY CEO, SocialCode TIM O’SHAUGHNESSY Founder/CEO Living Social ALEX OVECHKIN NHL Left Wing, Washington Capitals; Founder, Crazy Eights JOHN PACHECO Director, C&M International

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CHARLIE PARET Managing Director at Paxton Stuart LLC Co-founder, The Sundance Collective and DC Entrepreneurs Week TOM PERRIELLO President/CEO, Center for American Progress Action

ERICH PICA President, Friends of the Earth ROBERT PILON Chief Development Officer, The ONE Campaign ADA POLLA Founder/CEO, Alchimie Forever

JEN PSAKI Chief Spokeswoman, Secretary of State John Kerry

ROLAND REYNOLDS Managing Director, Industry Venture LLC

GAUTAM RAGHAVAN Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement

BEN RHODES Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, The White House

OSCAR RAMIREZ Principal, Podesta Group

MELANIE PETIT Management Consultant, PwC Consulting

OMAR POPAL Co-owner, Cafe Bonaparte Napoleon/Malmaison

DAN PFEIFFER Communications Director, The White House

MICHAEL LEE POPE Author/Reporter, NPR

STEPHANIE VALENCIA RAMIREZ Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement

DREW PORTFIELD Curator/Director, LongView Gallery

EZRA REESE Partner, Perkins Coie

MACON PHILLIPS Director of Digital Strategy, White House Office of Communications

STEVE RESSLER Founder/President, GovLoop

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KAREN RICHARDSON Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement SEBASTIAN RIVERA Senior Loan Officer, Potomac Mortgage Group JOSEPH ROBERT III Board of Directors, Fight for Children; Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps

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DANIELLA FOSTER

CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

This L.A. native helps strengthen emerging democracies and civil societies worldwide through her work at the U.S. Department of State. She formerly worked in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and played a pivotal role in launching the bureau’s public-private partnership initiative. Off the clock, Daniella pounds the pavement with the Georgetown Alumni Triathlon Training Team, which she founded, or mentors community college students through Emergent Leaders Network, a nonprofit she recently co-founded.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION While I was in China I saw an amazing aerial acrobatic performance, where acrobats hang from a special fabric. I’ve been inspired to try it.

Now that classes are offered in D.C., I have no excuse not to.

FAVORITE APP I’m a fan of RunKeeper. It tracks the mileage you run, gives a verbal readout when you’ve hit specific mile marks, and keeps track of your best times.

It’s like having a mobile personal trainer.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I’ve done a triathlon on my birthday for the past three years.

NICOLE RODGERS Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Role/Reboot; Branding/ Marketing Strategist/Instigator of Culture Change

KARIM SADJADPOUR Associate, Carnegie Endowment

LEO SCHMID Editor, Thrillist

VICTOR SANCHEZ President, US Student Association

AARON SCHOCK U.S. Congressman (R-Ill.)

SCOTT RODGERS Chief Creative Officer/Partner, Tier 10 Marketing

JAYNE SANDMAN Director, BrandlinkDC

NIKKI SCHWAB Yeas & Nays Columnist, Washington Examiner

ALICIA RODRIGUES Marketing Director, The Jefferson Hotel ALLYN ROSE Miss DC 2012 KIM ROSENBERG Co-founder, Mixology Inc. LUKE RUSSERT Reporter, NBC News

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MICHAEL SAPIENZA Executive Director, Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation ADAM SARVANA Communications Director for Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)/ Communications lead for Congressional Progressive Caucus BRIAN SCHATZ U.S. Senator (D-Hawaii)

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SHELDON SCOTT General Manager, Marvin JANA SEDLAKOVA Self-Help Coach, Business Development Specialist and Model RYAN SEELBACH Principle Owner, The Huxley RACHEL SERGI Beverage Director, Hanks on the Hill

NICK SHAPIRO Special Assistant to the Homeland Security Advisor

ALEX SKATELL Media Director, National Republican Senatorial Committee

MUNA SHIKAKI Correspondent, Al Arabiya

BILLY SLOAN Corporate Attorney/Partner, Latham Watkins

ARASH SHIRAZI Founder and President, Bullitt Bookings ALEX SHRIVER Chairman of the National College Republican Committee CYNEE SIMPSON Reporter, WJLA/ABC-7 KYRSTEN SINEMA U.S. Congresswoman (D-Ariz.)

AMOS SNEAD Principle, Story Partners; Founder Famous DC DOUGLAS SONDERS Photographer/Co founder, 8112 Studios ANNA M SOELLNER Vicec President, Communications, Motion Picture Association of America

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FRANCES HOLUBA

NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF, THE WHITE HOUSE

Few 24-year-olds run around Washington with a security clearance, but this New Jersey native is on that short list. A UVA graduate, Frances started working at the White House as an intern in the office of the press secretary straight out of college and joined the national security staff a year and a half ago.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION Hike the Inca Trail and visit Machu Picchu in 2013 FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Becky’s Fund and One Love Foundation. I was friends with Yeardley Love and her memory drive me to work hard in the field of domestic and dating violence, particularly in redefining the imbalance of power and control associated with athletics.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT ABOUT YOU I’m an adrenaline junky — bungee jumping, snowboarding, skydiving, whitewater rafting, you name it and I’ll go. I just booked a plane ticket to New Zealand and Australia to go backpacking in March.

PAMELA SORENSEN Founder, Pamela’s Punch

KARIN TANABE Author, “The List”

PHILIP SORIANO Customer Experience Operations, Hugh and Crye

KATHERINE TARBOX Writer

RYAN SPARKS Founder and CEO, Sparks Consulting GEORGETTE SPANJICH Manager of Government Relations, ML Strategies

JOSIE TAYLOR Marketing Specialist, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center NEISHA TAYLOR Director of Business Development, The Webster Group

MATTHEW SPENCE Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense For Middle East Policy, US Department of Defense

STEVE TAYLOR Principl Software Engineer, Invincea Inc.

GREG STAMAS Associate, The Carlyle Group

HOLLY THOMAS D.C. Editor, Refinery 29

MICHAEL STEEL Press Secretary, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio)

JESSE THOMAS Founder/CEO, JESS3

SALLY STEPONKUS Sally Steponkus Interiors CLARK STEVENS Assistant Press Secretary, The White House DORIAN SULLIVAN Group Account Supervisor, Red Peg Marketing JESSE SUSKIN Public Affairs Manager, Google

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SHAUNNA THOMAS Founder, UltraViolet AURETA THOMOLLARI President, D&A Luxury Consulting JOHN THORNLEY Lead Singer, US Royalty PAUL THORNLEY Guitarist, US Royalty ERIN THORNTON Executive Director, Every Mother Counts

NICOLE TICHON Executive Director, Tax Justice Network USA

ERICA WILLIAMS CEO Foolish Life Ventures

JESSY TOLKAN Consultant

DAVID WILLIAMSON Financial Analyst/Editor, The Motley Fool

ELLIOT TOTAH President Oxbridge Development CHRIS VIESON Deputy Director of Floor Operations for Eric Cantor MARK VLASIC Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown PRANAV VORA Founder, CEO Hugh and Crye AMELIA WANG Chief of Staff, Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.)

JON WARD Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post WILLIAM “PEPPER” WATKINS Special Projects Manager, The National Trust for Historic Preservation PAUL WHARTON TV Host of Paul Wharton Style on the CW CHRISTINA WILKIE Staff Reporter, The Huffington Post

JESSICA WRIGHT Director of Scheduling, The White House WARREN WRIGHT Military fellow in Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office

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PATTY WU International Policy Consultant Director, C&M International

think should be on next year’s Young and The Guest List,

STEPHANIE YOUNG National Press Secretary, Office of the Democratic Whip, Rep. Steny Hoyer

email editorial@washingtonlife. com. Include the person’s full name, occupation, age and a brief description about why

URI ZAKI USA Director, B’Tselem

they should be on the list.

MICHAEL ZAMORE Chief of Staff, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) RYAN ZIMMERMAN Third Baseman, Washington Nationals IVORY ZORICH Special Events Director, Motion Picture Association of America

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SNAPSHOTS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Pergrin Pervez PHOTOGRAPHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR Bobby Bruderle HAIR STYLIST Sirrani Hair LOCATION M-st.udio Georgetown (3207 M Street, NW)

VIDEOGRAPHER Alexis Fedorov SEE THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO ON WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM

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hile many of the nation’s top video producers went to film school and now live either in New York or Los Angeles, Nicholas Cambata went to American University, majored in business management, and lives in D.C. The self-taught film and video producer founded 8112 Studios, a full-service film production company based in DC. A hands-on kind of guy, Cambata as director has worked with everyone from the Federal government to Lady Gaga.

He’s also shot commercials for Acura and directed music videos and commercials for 50 Cent and Mya among others. Nicholas recently co-hosted and produced a show on one-off automobiles, which allowed him an exclusive look into Jay Leno’s garage.

NICHOLAS CAMBATA Film director/co-founder, 8112 Studios FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Stop Modern Slavery (combating human trafficking) FAVORITE APP Mobli (the best parts of Twitter and Instagram combined) LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I’m getting my pilot’s license so I can start flying myself around when I need to go somewhere.

MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.”

(William Blake) FUN FACT I’m a worldwide hot dog connoisseur. The best are Sibylla from Sweden.

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RYAN GRIM SCRIBE Washington Bureau Chief, The Huffington Post If you’re like many Washingtonians, you can’t get enough of the HuffPost Hill, a late-day wrap-up of Capitol Hill news delivered daily to reader’s inboxes via email. Ryan and a couple of his fellow HuffPo colleagues get to turn their wits loose there, wrapping up otherwise staid political news in a humorous bow. It’s a refreshing side of the serious reporting one normally sees from this award-winning reporter, whose clips weigh more heavily toward investigative pieces and hard news as seen in City Paper, Mother Jones and The Politico.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Law Enforcement Against Prohibition/drug legalization LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I exist MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT Congress MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “May the bridges I burn light the way.”

LINDSEY MASK ADVOCATE Founder and CEO, Ladies America Though many know Lindsey as the power-suit with big ideas behind Ladies DC, now Ladies America, a grassroots organization that empowers women to succeed both professionally and personally, you may not know that she loves science and philosophy, is already a great aunt and recently went on a mission trip to Haiti. It’s this renaissance attitude that she tries to inspire in others, whether as co-founder of DC Entrepreneurship Week or on the board of the Women Under Forty Political Action Committee.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT There are probably quite a few “little known facts” about me, but I will just toss out a few: I am a 22-year vegetarian, have been engaged twice, and I haven’t had a television for three years now.

FAVORITE APP I would have to say any and all of the car service apps, because when you need a ride in a pinch, nothing helps like an Uber, Taxi Magic, Hitch or myTaxi.

MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “Get up, be amazing, go back to bed.”

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INDIVAR DUTTA-GUPTA ECONOMIC EQUALIZER Senior Policy Advisor, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities This University of Chicago grad and 2004 Harry S. Truman Scholar came to America with his family from India when he was just 3 years old. Today, Indivar works on behalf of the nation’s poor. As a member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, his work left an indelible imprint on social policies that affect low-income families. While consulting for the Center for American Progress, he co-authored a paper that dared to develop a workable plan to cut poverty in half.

When he’s not busy fighting for his favorite cause (see below), he and his wife Shally spend time with their newborn son and plan future travels.

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Social justice FAVORITE APP Scoutmob LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I hated vegetables before I became vegetarian for ethical reasons about 11 years ago.

MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT FDR Memorial BEST PARTY/EVENT YOU ATTENDED IN Birth of my son in September!

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TREVOR FROST ADVENTURER National Geographic Young Explorer, photographer and filmmaker Trevor has mapped and photographed caves in Central Africa, studied jaguars in Bolivia, and flown a bush plane with explorer Mike Fay across Southeast Alaska and Northern British Columbia to survey the expansion of industrial development into wild areas. His proudest accomplishment to date is the photo book, “The Sacred Headwaters: The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena and Nass,” he produced with renowned author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis. The book was an integral part of a campaign that recently won a ban on all oil and gas development across a one million acre wilderness in Northern British Columbia. Originally from Richmond, Va., his next endeavor is a book that celebrates people from indigenous cultures who navigate the wild corners of the earth using only nature, such as waves, wind and sun as a compass.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION To be more reckless FAVORITE APP Instagram, because it re-ignited my love for photography MOST UNDER-RATED WASHINGTON SPOT The Library of Congress MOTTO/QUOTE YOU LIVE BY “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” (T.E. Lawrence)

PATRICIA WU GLOBAL BIZ WHIZ International Policy Consultant, Director, C&M International This Harvard M.B.A. knows a thing or two about international relations.

At C&M, she puts her considerable skill set (she speaks three languages) to good use, helping multinational companies navigate the political and regulatory waters in emerging markets around the world. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts, where she majored in International Relations and Asian Studies then went on to study at both the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and Peking University.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION To only speak in Mandarin to my 7-month-old daughter and hone my Tiger Mom skills FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE Friends of Penyem, a micro-philanthropy founded by Washington-area friends. Every dollar goes directly to life-changing water projects in West African villages.

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JOHN PACHECO GIVER Director, C&M International Whether engaging his love of music as a volunteer at Adams Morgan’s Sitar Arts Center, co-founding a pre-law mentoring program at Thurgood Marshall Academy or collaborating with USAID on agricultural development in Costa Rica and Guatemala, this 32-year-old, is concerned with one thing: helping others. The Massachusetts-born graduate of Johns Hopkins ‘s Nitze School of Advanced International Studies splits his time between C&M Internaltional, a trade, regulatory policy and investment firm, and Georgetown University, where he serves as an assistant director of liturgical music.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION To learn all 30 of J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” for piano in 2013 FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE My two little brothers, a freshman and sophomore at Georgetown University. Unfortunately, weekly buffalo wings and pizza are not tax deductible.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT I spend my weekends conducting liturgical music at Georgetown University and occasionally playing piano in Capitol Hill restaurants.

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