Contributors

DON BAER

Is the senior executive vice president for strategy and development of Discovery Communications, Inc., a leading global real-world media and entertainment company. He has a background as a lawyer, political adviser and journalist.

SUSAN BLUMENTHAL

M.D., a major force in bringing important public health issues to scientific and public attention who has served as a White House advisor, is Clinical Professor at Georgetown University and medical director of the SILVER DOCS Rx global health film series.

ROY COX

A native of Baltimore, Roy Cox began his career as a fashion and advertising photographer. Having no formal training in the medium, Cox turned a weekend hobby of photographing friends and local scenes into a full time passion.

DEBORAH K. DIETSCH

Writes about architecture, art and design. Trained as an architect, she also serves on the Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel for the city of Baltimore.

RENEE HARRISON DRAKE

has had a diverse career in the arts. While living in Washington, D.C., she was a curator for the U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies Program. She moved to become the managing editor of Sotheby's Preview magazine and Art at Auction. After eight years, she left Sotheby's to make the documentary film "The Way Back."

JANET DONOVAN

Is the founder and president of Creative Enterprises International, a Washington, D.C., publicity firm whose clients include celebrities, authors, politicians and publications. She created and hosted The Beltway Broads radio show and writes the column Hollywood on the Potomac for Washington Life

PATRICIA FINNERAN

Is festival director of SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, hailed as “non-fiction nirvana” by Variety. The Festival presents nearly 100 films from all over the world at the AFI Silver Theatre. She is a graduate of Barnard College.

INA GINSBURG

Is a prominent member of the arts community in Washington and worldwide. She served as a long-term member on the Board of Trustees at the American Film Institute and was the Washington editor of Interview magazine for many years.

ELEANOR HERMAN

Author of Sex with Queens, is a lecturer and TV and radio commentator on royal issues. Related to most of the royal families of Europe through her grandmother twenty-eight times removed, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Ms. Herman is married, lives in McLean, VA, and writes history from a woman’s perspective.

CAROL JOYNT

A former producer for Larry King, Charlie Rose and Chris Matthews, is the owner of the popular Georgetown restaurant, Nathans. After 9/11, she began hosting monthly neighborhood power lunches called Q & A Cafe. When she’s not at Nathans, Joynt focuses her time on her number one priority: her son, Spencer.

KAY KENDALL

Has been president of The Washington Ballet for the last seven years. Previously she served as president of the Maret School Board, president of Ashoka International’s Washington chapter and as a board member of the Ladies Board of Children’s Hospital.

CHARLIE KOONES

Is president and publisher of The Variety Group, the worldwide leader in entertainment business information. Mr. Koones is responsible for the global business operations of Variety, Daily Variety, Daily Variety Gotham, Variety.com, Variety Careers.com and Variety China.

NORA MACCOBY

Is an award-winning screenwriter (Buffalo Soldier, Bongwater), director (Dropping the Bomb on My Street), co-founder of Nature’s Partners, a bi-partisan energy literacy initiative, a participant in Energy Consensus, and an advisor to organizations like the Internati

BARBARA MCCONAGHY

Washington Life’s fashion editor, is a nationally recognized stylist, show producer and editor. Her work has appeared in Elle and Detour magazines, and locally in Washingtonian, Baltimore Magazine and DC Style. She has dressed stars such as Lauren Hutton, Brandy and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

VICKY MOON

Has chronicled the lives of the rich, the not-so-rich, the famous, and the notso- famous for more than twenty years. She has covered local murders and prominent lives in Middleburg, Virginia for People Magazine and the Washington Post; and written about Middleburg’s hunt balls, steeplechase races and parties for Town and Country, Millionaire, Veranda and Southern Accents magazines.

MALLORY NORTON

A native southern Californian, was lured to Washington D.C. to attend Georgetown University. She currently works as a freelance writer and yoga instructor.

LANA ORLOFF AND SONYA PATE

With over 15 years of experience in the high fashion industry, have joined to form PSI (Personal Shoppers Inc.), a nation-wide personal shopping and style consulting company which offers style and image management, gift buying and global shopping tour experiences.

DONNA SHOR

Is an internationalist who has lived in five countries on three continents, climbed the Great Wall of China, tracked tigers in Bangladesh, raised twins in a Provencal mas and a Bordeaux wine chateau, and hobnobbed with greats from Peck (Gregory) to Picasso (Pablo). She has written widely, from the National Geographic to the Paris-based International Herald Tribune.

AMBASSADOR BOUDEWIJN VAN EENENNAAM

Has represente the Netherlands in the U.S. since March 2002. He has a law degree from the University of Leyden and has served as advisor to the Netherlands Permanent Mission to NATO in Brussels and director-general for political affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at The Hague.

MEL ZUCKERMAN

is the founder and CEO of Canyon Ranch health resorts and SpaClubs. He has worked with many research and health organizations including the Arizona Prevention Center, the Arizona Arthritis Center and the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, among others.

MARY MEWBORN

Has written for publications worldwide. With degrees in International Relations and a penchant for travel, she has served as a feature writer, contributing editor and columnist for WL for over six years.