The 25th annual record of notably social individuals from politics, diplomacy, business, philanthropy and the arts.
Michael & Cleo Gewirz
Michael Gewirz is president of Potomac Investment Properties, a Washington, D.C. real estate investment firm. Cleo Gewirz serves on the boards of the Alliance Francaise of Washington, the Piedmont Environmental Council and the Newport Art Museum.
You divide your time among Washington, D.C., the Virginia hunt country and Newport, R.I. What is your major focus in each? When we are in Virginia our lifestyle is casual, we enjoy hosting tailgates at the steeplechase races, putting together a group for the Middleburg Film Festival, country sports like riding and foxhunting, shooting, hiking, biking, etc. Newport is very social too, and a bit more formal. You can go out every night! We play a lot of tennis and golf, spend time on the water and at the beach, and we love the Newport Folk Festival and newportFILM. We host a lot of houseguests (family and friends) there.
How would you describe your entertaining style? In Newport we do all the black-tie galas, but our favorite thing is to have people over for dinner or cocktails, which sometimes turn into dinner! It’s also fun to organize a picnic at Newport Polo or for newportFILM (weekly movies shown outside at incredible locations). In Virginia, we mostly have people to dinner at home.We both love to cook and Michael is a great bartender and DJ. I enjoy growing and arranging my own flowers for the house and table. Our style is casual and easy unless we are having a larger party and then I call in help!
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Mr. and Mrs. JAMES ABDO (Mai)
Mrs. JOHN WILLIAM ABEL-SMITH (Mimi)
The Honorable and Mrs. TYLER ABELL (Bess)
Mr. JOHN B. (JAY) ADAMS, JR.
Mr. THEO ADAMSTEIN
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER ADDISON (Sylvia Ripley)
Mr. and Mrs. JORGE ADELER (Graziela) Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT S. AIKEN (Loran) Mr. and Mrs. DADI AKHAVAN (Farinaz) Mr. and Mrs. JOHN E. (CHIP) AKRIDGE, III (Sally)
Mr. DAVID ALBERSWERTH and Ms. CARY RIDDER
Her Royal Highness PRINCESS LALLA JOUMALA ALAOUI, Ambassador of Morocco, and Mr. MUHAMMAD REZA NOURI ESFANDIARI
The Honorable MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT Mr. JAMES A. ALEFANTIS
The Honorable and Mrs. LAMAR ALEXANDER (Honey)
Associate Justice and Mrs. SAMUEL ALITO, JR. (Martha-Ann)
His Excellency the Ambassador of Bahrain ABDULLA BIN RASHED AL- KHALIFA and Her Excellency Sheikha AISHA BINT JABER AL-KHALIFA
Mrs. JOE L. ALLBRITTON (Barbara Jean/“Barby”)
Mr. ROBERT L. ALLBRITTON and Dr. ELENA ALLBRITTON
Her Excellency the Ambassador of Oman HUNAINA AL-MUGHAIRY and Mr. FUAD AL-HINAI
His Excellency the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates and Mrs. YOUSEF AL OTAIBA (Abeer)
His Excellency the Ambassador of Kuwait Sheikh SALEM ABDULLAH AL-SABAH and Sheikha RIMA AL-SABAH
His Excellency the Ambassador of Qatar Sheikh MESHAL BIN HAMAD AL- THANI and Sheikha EVA AL-THANI
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT ALTMAN (Lynda Carter) Mr. ANTONIO ALVES
Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL ANSARI (Karen)
Mrs. R. W. APPLE, JR. (Betsey)
His Excellency the Ambassador of France PHILIPPE E?TIENNE and Madame E?TIENNE (Patricia)
Mr. and Mrs. LOUIS M. ARONSON (Ami Becker) Ms. ADRIENNE ARSHT
Mrs. ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL (Margaret)
Mr. ANDREW ATHY, JR.
The Honorable ALEX M. AZAR, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Mrs. (Jennifer) AZAR
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Mr. and Mrs. BRET BAIER (Amy)
Mr. JAMES BANKOFF and Ms. DIANE ELSON
Mr. and Mrs. ANTHONY (ANKIE) BARNES (Fran) Mr. ROBERT BARNETT and Ms. RITA BRAVER Mr. and Mrs. ALEXANDER BARTH (Mary)
Mrs. CHARLES L. BARTLETT (Martha)
Ms. JUDITH N. BATTY
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN S. BEALE, JR. (Louise)
Mr. and Mrs. MORTON BENDER (Grace)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT BENNETT (Ellen)
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM J. BENNETT (Elayne)
Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND (RAY) BENTON (Nina)
The Honorable and Mrs. ALAN BERMAN (Michele)
The Honorable and Mrs. WAYNE L. BERMAN (Lea)
Mr. and Mrs. ADAM K. BERNSTEIN (Tracy) The Honorable and Mrs. STUART
A. BERNSTEIN (Wilma)
Mr. MAX N. BERRY
Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS (Afsaneh)
The Honorable and Mrs. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE, III (Madzy)
The Honorable and Mrs. DONALD F. BEYER, JR. (Megan)
Mrs. JAMES H. BILLINGTON (Marjorie)
Mrs. ROBERT O. BLAKE (Sylvia)
The Honorable ANTONY J. (TONY) BLINKEN
and the Honorable EVAN RYAN
Ms. CAROL BLUE
The Honorable and Mrs. ROY BLUNT (Abigail)
Mr. and Mrs. DOUGLAS C. BOGGS (Virginia/”Nina”)
Mrs. THOMAS HALE BOGGS (Barbara)
Mrs. SAMUEL E. BOGLEY (Rose Marie)
The Honorable and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER S. (KIT) BOND (Linda)
Countess PEDER BONDE (Clarissa)
Mr. and Mrs. SHELBY BONNIE (Carol)
Mr. and Mrs. LYNDON BOOZER (Karen)
The Mayor of Washington, D.C.,
MURIEL BOWSER
Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE F. BRADLEY (Sharon)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT S. BRANDT (Hilary)
Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT BRICKMAN (Patrice)
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM (BILL) BRAWNER (Greta)
Miss EDITH H. (BOBBIE) BREWSTER Associate Justice and Mrs. STEPHEN
G. BREYER (Joanna)
Mr. and Mrs. ARTURO E. BRILLEMBOURG
(Hilda Ochoa Brillembourg)
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM
E. BROCK, III (Sandra)
Mr. and Mrs. KENNETH D. BRODY (Carolyn)
Mr. and Mrs. MATTHEW BRONCZEK (Ashley Taylor)
Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND C. BROPHY (Jeanette) The Honorable ANN BROWN
Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD H. BROWN, III (Diane Ray)
Ms. MAGALEN OHRSTROM BRYANT Mrs. WILLIAM L. BRYANT (Aliki)
The Honorable and Mrs. MARK BRZEZINSKI (Natalia)
Mrs. ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI (Emilie)
Mr. and Mrs. ANTHONY D. BRUCE (Collette)
Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS W. (TOMMY) BRUCE (Constance)
Mr. and Mrs. WILEY T. BUCHANAN, III (Janis) Mr. and Mrs. JOEL BUCHWALD (Tamara)
The Right Reverend MARIANN EDGAR BUDDE, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, and Mr. PAUL BUDDE
Mrs. KATHLEEN BUHLE
The Honorable LONNIE G. BUNCH, III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Mrs. MARIA MARABLE-BUNCH
Ms. MAUREEN BUNYAN
Mr. and Mrs. CHILDS FRICK BURDEN (Elaine)
Mr. and Mrs. I. TOWNSEND BURDEN, III (Valerie)
The Honorable RICHARD R. BURT Mr. and Mrs. DWIGHT L. BUSH
(Antoinette/Tony)
Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN P. BUSH (Margaret)
Mr. and Mrs. WESLEY G. (WES) BUSH (Natalie) Mr. and Mrs. C. MICHAEL BUXTON (Charlotte)
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Mr. and Mrs. CALVIN CAFRITZ (Jane)
Mr. and Mrs. CONRAD CAFRITZ (Ludmila) Mrs. WILLIAM N. CAFRITZ (Buffy)
Mrs. CHARLES A. CAMALIER, JR. (Anne) Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES A.
CAMALIER, III (Patricia)
Mr. and Mrs. F. DAVIS CAMALIER (Lynda)
Ms. LORI D. CAMALIER
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN CAMPANELLA (Kathy)
Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL CANTACUZENE (Elizabeth)
Mrs. RODION CANTACUZENE (Melissa) Mr. L. MICHAEL CANTOR and
Ms. JENNY SPRINGER
Mr. and Mrs. BERNARD J. CARL (Joan)
Ms. MARGARET CARLSON
The Honorable and Mrs. RICHARD W. CARLSON (Patricia)
Mr. and Mrs. TUCKER CARLSON (Susan) Mrs. FRANK C. CARLUCCI (Marcia) Mrs. SUSAN CARMEL
Mr. and Mrs. IRA CARNAHAN (Kitty
Mr. JAMES (JAY) CARNEY and Ms. CLAIRE SHIPMAN
Mrs. JORGE E. CARNICERO (Jacqueline) Mr. and Mrs. JORGE J. CARNICERO (Rima)
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHANE CARNOT (Brooke)
Mr. and Mrs. PAUL CARTER (Rose)
Mr. TOM CARVER and Ms. KATTY KAY
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN M. (STEVE) CASE (Jean) Mrs. EUGENE B. CASEY (Betty)
Mr. and Mrs. HENRY C. CASHEN, II (Diana) Mr. and Mrs. CARLOS CECCHI (Lisa)
Mr. and Mrs. ENRICO CECCHI (Andrea)
Mr. and Mrs. G. JOHN CECCHI (Kristin)
Mr. and Mrs. GIUSEPPE CECCHI (Mercedes) Mr. KEVIN ST. CLAIR CHAFFEE
The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN E. CHAPOTON (Sally)
Mrs. KEVIN P. CHARLES (Ellen MacNeille Charles)
Ms. JULIE CHASE
The Honorable RICHARD B. CHENEY
and the Honorable LYNNE B. CHENEY The Honorable and Mrs. MICHAEL
CHERTOFF (Meryl)
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. CICERO (Catherine Conover)
Mrs. BRICE MCADOO CLAGETT (Diana)
Mr. SNOWDEN CLARKE
Mr. STEVE CLEMONS and Mr. ANDREW OROS
The Honorable and Mrs. RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER, III (Leslie)
The Honorable WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON and The Honorable HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Mr. and Mrs. BROOKE COBURN(Gina)
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COCHRAN (Barbara)
Mr. and Mrs. ANDREW COCKBURN (Leslie)
Mr. and Mrs. C. SHELBY COFFEY, III (Mary Lee)
Mr. and Mrs. NEIL D. COHEN (Marcy)
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM S. COHEN (Janet Langhart)
Mr. CARL COLBY
Mr. and Mrs. ELBRIDGE COLBY (Susana)
Mr. and Mrs. JONATHAN E. COLBY (Susan)
Mrs. WILLIAM T. COLEMAN (Lovida)
The Honorable SUSAN M. COLLINS and Mr. THOMAS DAFFRON
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT CONNOLLY(Evonne) Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL M.
(MIKE) CONNORS (Julia) Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE T.
CONWAY, III (Kellyanne)
The Honorable ESTHER COOPERSMITH Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COREY (Page Evans) Dr. and Mrs. MILTON CORN (Gilan Tocco) Ms. JAN COUSTEAU
Mr. and Mrs. WARREN J. COX (Claire) Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT H.
CRAFT, JR. (Margaret)
Ms. FRANCESCA CRAIG
Miss CAROLINE CROFT
Ms. LAVINIA CURRIER
The Honorable and Mrs. WALTER L. (WALT) CUTLER (Didi)
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Mr. and Mrs. ALAN DABBIERE (Ashley)
Mr. and Mrs. GORDON T. DALE (Connie Carter)
Mr. and Mrs. LEO A. DALY, III (Grega) Mr. and Mrs. JOHN M.
DAMGARD, II (Britty Bardes)
Miss REBECCA P. DARLINGTON
The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS A. DASCHLE (Linda Hall)
Mrs. STUART C. DAVIDSON (Sally) Mr. JOHN L. (JACK) DAVIES
and Ms. KAY KENDALL
Mr. and Mrs. ELI WHITNEY
DEBEVOISE, II (Heidi) Mrs. ARNAUD DE
BORCHGRAVE (Alexandra) Mr. DAVID A. DECKELBAUM Mr. and Mrs. JOHN J.
(JACK) DEGIOIA (Theresa) F Ms. JULEANNA GLOVER
The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN DELANEY (April)
Mr. and Mrs. DONALD DELL (Carole)
Ms. OLVIA DEMETRIOU
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES J. DIBONA (Evelyn)
Mrs. C. WYATT DICKERSON (Tandy)
The Honorable DEBBIE DINGELL
Ms. GLORIA STORY DITTUS
Mr. BARRY DIXON
The Honorable PAULA J. DOBRIANSKY
The Honorable and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. DODD (Jacki Clegg)
The Honorable ROBERT J. (BOB) DOLE and the Honorable ELIZABETH DOLE
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. DONATELLI (Karen)
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN DONOVAN (Linda Semans) Mrs. CHRISTINE DOWNEY
Her Excellency the Ambassador of Monaco
MAGUY MACCARIO DOYLE Ms. ELIZABETH DREW
The Honorable and Mrs. KENNETH M. DUBERSTEIN (Jacqueline)
Mrs. RICHARD N. DUBIN (Elizabeth)
Mrs. ROBERT W. DUEMLING (Louisa)
The Honorable JOSEPH D. (JOE) DUFFEY
Ms. JAN DUPLAIN
Mr. LAMMOT du PONT
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM H. (MIKE) du PONT (Rein)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT DUVALL (Luciana Pedraza)
Geoffrey & Anne Pohanka
Geoff Pohanka is president of Pohanka Automotive Group. Anne Kline Pohanka is a business banker at Revere Bank.
You are a keen supporter of arts and education causes. What keeps you busy these days?
ANNE KLINE POHANKA: I’m taking five different groups of people to see “Magic Flute” at the Kennedy Center, including alumni from my alma mater, Lehigh University. I just started going back toThe Barns atWolfTrap for some shows and whenever I can, I try to catch a performance with theWashington National Opera’sYoungArtists.I also love hosting my W*O*W—Women, Opera, and Wine— events to help my girlfriends learn about opera.
You are known for your belief that small schools make a difference. How do you put that into practice?
GEOFF POHANKA: I am the board chairman and an alumnus of Saint James School in western Maryland, grades 8-12.They offer a great education. It is easier to see one’s impact when giving to a small school.The Pohanka Fine Arts Center will soon open there.
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Mr. and Mrs. MARK D. EIN (Sally)
Ms. SUSAN EISENHOWER
Mr. JAMES P. ELDER, JR.
Mr. PETER ELLEFSON and Ms. DEBORAH F. RUTTER
Mrs. ANNE LIVINGSTON EMMET
The Reverend Monsignor JOHN J. ENZLER
Mr. XAVIER F. EQUIHUA
Mr. and Mrs. RICARDO ERNST (Isabel)
Dr. and Mrs. AHMAD R. ESFANDIARY (Judy)
His Excellency the Ambassador of France PHILIPPE E?TIENNE and Madame PATRICIA E?TIENNE
Mrs. BENJAMIN C. EVANS, JR. (Jan) Mrs. ROWLAND EVANS, JR. (Katherine)
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Mrs. RICHARD M. FAIRBANKS, III (Shannon) Mr. and Mrs. A. HUDA FAROUKI (Samia) Mrs. NORMAN FARQUHAR (Elinor)
Mr. and Mrs. HOSSEIN FATEH (Dalia)
Mrs. MICHELLE CROSS FENTY
Mr. and Mrs. RAUL J. FERNANDEZ (Jean-Marie)
Mrs. GEORGE M. FERRIS, JR. (Nancy)
The Honorable JULIE FINLEY
Mr. JOHN D. FIRESTONE
Mrs. HAMILTON FISH, JR. (Mary Ann)
Mr. and Mrs. ROLAND A. FLAMINI (Diane)
Mr. ALAN FLEISCHMANN and Ms. DAFNA TAPIERO
Mr. and Mrs. LEE M. FOLGER (Juliet)
Mrs. NANCY MCELROY (BITSEY) FOLGER
Mr. and Mrs. NEIL C. FOLGER (Izette)
Mr. and Mrs. HENRY FONVIELLE (Lee)
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES C. FREE (Ann)
Ms. MICHELLE FREEMAN
Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED FRIENDLY, JR. (Marie Louise/”Pie”)
Mr. DAVID FRUM and Ms. DANIELLE CRITTENDEN
The Honorable and Mrs. CRAIG L. FULLER (Karen)
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Mr. JAMES E. GALE and Ms. LISA B. BARRY Mr. and Mrs. DOUGLAS GANSLER (Laura)
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM B. GARRISON, JR. (Mary)
Dr. and Mrs. MATTHEW B. GAVIN (Holidae Hayes)
Reverend WILLIAM GEORGE, S.J.
Ms. ANN GERACIMOS
Mr. BERNARD S. GEWIRZ
Mr. and Mrs. CARL S. GEWIRZ (Nancy) Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL K. GEWIRZ (Cleo) Mr. and Mrs. STEVEN B. GEWIRZ (Katrina) The Honorable and Mrs. JOSEPH
B. GILDENHORN (Alma)
The Honorable and Mrs. DOUGLAS
H. GINSBURG (Deecy)
Associate Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG
Ms. SUSAN GINSBURG
Mr. BRENT GLASS and Ms. CATHRYN KELLER
The Honorable and Mrs. DANIEL R. GLICKMAN (Rhoda)
Mr. and Mrs. DONALD GLICKMAN (Mia)
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN GOLDBERG (Diana) Ms. KATE GOODALL
The Honorable and Mrs. BARTON J. (BART) GORDON (Leslie)
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN C. GORE (Antonia/”Toni)” Mrs. MARY ELIZABETH (TIPPER) GORE
Mr. and Mrs. KINGDON GOULD, III (Kristin) Mr. DONALD E. GRAHAM and
Ms. AMANDA BENNETT
The Honorable C. BOYDEN GRAY
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN D. GRAY (Melissa Phipps)
Mr. GEORGE GRAYSON
Mrs. HERMEN GREENBERG (Monica)
The Honorable ALAN GREENSPAN
and Ms. ANDREA MITCHELL
Mr. and Mrs. G. LAUDER GREENWAY, II (Abigail Adams)
Ms. NELSE L. (KUBIE) GREENWAY Mr. and Mrs. ANDERSON
GRENNAN (Mae Haney)
Mr. and Mrs. ROLF GRAAGE (France)
Mr. and Mrs. CARTER GRIFFIN (Margaret
Ms. ANNIE GROER
Mrs. RUTH NOBLE GROOM
Mr. KEN GROSSINGER and Ms. MICHELINE KLAGSBRUN
Mr. and Mrs. EDWIN S. GROSVENOR (Deborah) Mr. and Mrs. GILBERT M.
GROSVENOR (Mary Helen)
Miss SARA A. GROSVENOR
Mrs. CHARLES GUGGENHEIM (Marion)
Mr. and Mrs. ARUN GUPTA (Anjali)
The Honorable and Mrs. CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ (Edi)
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Ms. TAMMY HADDAD
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT M. HAFT (Mary)
Mr. and Mrs. GREGORY HALL (Wendy Adeler)
The Honorable and Mrs. LLOYD N. HAND (Ann)
Mr. and Mrs. FRANKLIN L. HANEY, SR. (Emmy)
Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD HANLON (Pamela)
Mr. THOMAS HARDHART and Ms. VIRGINIA SHORE
The Honorable JANE HARMAN The Honorable and Mrs. BARTON
J. (BART) GORDON (Leslie)
The Honorable PATRICIA de STACEY
HARRISON and Mr. E. BRUCE HARRISON Mr. MATTHEW T. HASTINGS
Mr. TODD HATHAWAY and Ms. NORA MACCOBY HATHAWAY
The Honorable CARLA D. HAYDEN, Librarian of Congress
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN A. HAYES (Theo)
Mr. and Mrs. WEBB COOK HAYES, IV (Sara)
Mr. and Mrs. S. ROSS HECHINGER (Susan)
Mr. ROBERT E. (BOB) HEGGESTAD
Mr. and Mrs. J. RODERICK HELLER, III (Kay)
Ms. CAM HENDERSON,Chief of Protocol of the United States
Ms. HELEN LEE HENDERSON
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HENDRICKS (Maureen)
Mr. C. WOLCOTT HENRY
Mr. JOHN HENRY and Ms. ANN CRITTENDEN
Mr. and Mrs. PHIL;IP R. HERGET (Lisa)
Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL HERRALD (Susan)
Mrs. ANITA G. HERRICK
Mrs. CHRISTIAN A. HERTER, JR. (Catherine)
Mr. ROBIN HILL and Mrs. MARCIA MCGHEE CARTER
The Honorable CARLA HILLS
Ms. IRENE HIRANO
Mr. ROBERT G. HISAOKA
Mr. JIM HOAGLAND and Ms. JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTIAN C. HOHENLOHE (Nora)
The Honorable ERIC H. HOLDER, JR. and Dr. SHARON MALONE
Mrs. WALLACE F. HOLLADAY (Wilhelmina) Mr. and Mrs. WALLACE F.
HOLLADAY, JR. (Winton)
The Honorable and Mrs. STUART
W. HOLLIDAY (Gwen)
The Honorable and Mrs. SVEN ERIK
HOLMES (Lois Romano)
The Honorable and Mrs. LINWOOD
HOLTON (Virginia/”Jinks”) Mr. and Mrs. H. CARTER
HOOD (Amanda Smith)
Mr. and Mrs. OUTERBRIDGE
HORSEY (Georgina)
Mr. and Mrs. PAUL HORVATH (Cecile)
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN K. HOSKINSON (Ana)
Miss JANET A. HOWARD
Mr. and Mrs. HORACE HOWELLS (Ivy)
The Honorable STENY H. HOYER
Mr. AL HUNT and Ms. JUDY WOODRUFF
The Honorable BONNIE MCELVEEN HUNTER
Mr. and Mrs. HARRIS HYMAN (Stephanie)
Mary Mochary
Businesswoman, philanthropist and lawyer
You’ve had a fascinating and varied career. What have the highlights been? Born in war-torn Budapest, I’ve been extremely fortunate to live the American dream. I benefited greatly from the women’s movement as first woman mayor of Montclair, N.J., the first woman to be her party’s candidate for U.S. Senate in New Jersey and the first woman principal deputy legal advisor in the U.S. Department of State. But the thing I’m most proud of are my children, son Matthew and daughter Alexandra, wonderful contributing people making the world a better place.
Your family foundation has a major private art collection. What are your plans to share these works with the public both now and in the future? The art collection, started by my parents, and continually being expanded by myself and my brother, has been exhibited by the Kasser Mochary Foundation in many museums both in the U.S. and abroad.The collection includes works by major 19th- and 20th-century European and North and South American artists (Rodin, Monet, Diego Rivera, Giacometti, Henry Moore, Mary Cassatt, etc.).The Tucson Museum of Art currently has a smaller exhibition and in 2021 we plan a major exhibition at the National Museum of Luxembourg. Between the foundation’s major shows, many works are lent to various museums for specialized exhibitions.
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Mr. and Mrs. DAVID IGNATIUS (Eve)
The Honorable PAUL R. IGNATIUS
Mr. JOHN PETERS IRELAN
Ms. MAXINE ISAACS
Mrs. C. OLIVER ISELIN, III (Swannie)
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER ISHAM (Jennifer) Mrs. EUGENE ISTOMIN (Marta)
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Mr. and Mrs. SIMON T. JACOBSEN (Ruth)
Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST D. (ERNIE) JARVIS (Debbie)
Mr. JOHN JEPPSON, III and Ms. WENDY BENCHLEY
Mr. and Mrs. FREEBORN GARRETSON JEWETT, JR. (Joan)
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES A. JOHNSON (Heather) Admiral (U.S.N. Ret’d.) and Mrs. JAY
L. JOHNSON (Sydney/”Nini”)
Mr. ROBERT (ROBIN) JOHNSON
Mr. and Mrs. EVAN JONES (Cindy)
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN JORDAN (Roxana) Mr. and Mrs. VERNON E. JORDAN (Ann) Mrs. J. HOWARD JOYNT, III (Carol)
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Mr. MICHAEL KAISER and
Mr. JOHN ROBERTS
Her Excellency the Ambassador
of Jordan DINA KAWAR
Mrs. ALAN I. KAY (Dianne)
Associate Justice (Retired) and Mrs. ANTHONY M. KENNEDY (Mary)
Mrs. EDWARD M. KENNEDY (Victoria Reggie) The Honorable and Mrs. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY,
III, and Ms. LAUREN BIRCHFIELD Mr. JOSEPH KEUSCH and
Ms. JAN NEUHARTH
Mrs. MAHA KADDOURA
Mr. and Mrs. ROY KAPANI (Manisha)
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM E. KAYE (Ann)
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM J. KILBERG (Bobbie) Mr. and Mrs. MARK KIMSEY (Sarah)
Mr. and Mrs. KNIGHT A. KIPLINGER (Ann) Mr. JAY KLUG and Ms. JAMIE HECHINGER Mr. and Mrs. STEVEN KNAPP (Diane)
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER KOCH (Susan)
Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD KOCH (Doro Bush) Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT KOGOD (Arlene)
The Honorable TOM C. KOROLOGOS and the Honorable ANN DORE MCLAUGHLIN KOROLOGOS
Mr. THOMAS KRAHENBUHL and Ms. DOROTHY M. KOSINSKI
Mr. and Mrs. RAJ KUMAR (Maria Teresa) Dr. SACHIKO KUNO
Mr. JARED C. KUSHNER and Ms. IVANKA TRUMP
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The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES
C. LANGDON, JR. (Sandy) Mrs. CHISWELL DABNEY
LANGHORNE, JR. (Barbara)
Mr. and Mrs. ANTHONY LANIER (Isabelle)
Mr. and Mrs. ERIC J. LARSEN (Susi)
Mr. and Mrs. CLIMIS G. LASCARIS (Carol)
Mr. and Mrs. MATTHEW J. (MATT) LAUER and Ms. SAMANTHA SAULT
Mrs. PAUL LAXALT (Carol)
The Honorable and Mrs. PATRICK
LEAHY (Marcelle)
Mr. ROBERT E. LEE, IV
Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL H. LEEDS (Sunita)
Mrs. LASALLE D. LEFFALL, JR. (Ruthie)
Mr. LASALLE D. (DONNEY) LEFFALL, III
Mr. and Mrs. JONATHAN LEGG (Liz)
Mr. CATESBY LEIGH
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES LEHRER (Kate)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT LEHRMAN (Aimee)
Mr. JAMES H. LEMON, JR.
The Honorable and Mrs. THEODORE J. (TED) LEONSIS (Lynn)
Mr. and Mrs. DANI LEVINAS (Mirella)
Mr. DAVID C. LEVY and Ms. CAROLE L. FELD
Mr. and Mrs. H. FINLAY LEWIS (Willee)
Mr. CHRISTOPHER LIDDELL and Ms. RENEE HARBERS LIDDELL
Mr. THOMAS L. LILJENQUIST
Mr. and Mrs. JUSTIN W. LILLEY (Stephanie)
Mr. and Mrs. JAN M. LODAL (Elizabeth)
Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT ALAN LOGAN (Lydia)
Mr. and Mrs. WINSTON BAO LORD (Stephanie)
Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH LOTUFF (Tia) Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE LUND (Kristen)
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The Honorable JOHN D. MACOMBER
Mr. and Mrs. VICTOR MADDUX (Michelle)) Mr. and Mrs. RAY MAHMOOD (Shaista) Mrs. CHRISTOPHER J. MAKINS (Wendy) Mrs. FREDERIC V. MALEK (Marlene)
Mr. and Mrs. FREDERIC W. MALEK (Britlan) Ms. ANN WALKER MARCHANT
The Honorable EDWARD J. MARKEY and Dr. SUSAN J. BLUMENTHAL
Mr. and Mrs. DAVID S. MARRIOTT (Carrie) Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD E. MARRIOTT (Nancy)
Mr. and Mrs. J. WILLARD MARRIOTT, JR. (Donna Rae)
Ms. JACQUELINE BADGER MARS
Mrs. VIRGINIA CRETELLA MARS
Mr. and Mrs ALEX MARSHALL (Amanda)
The Honorable CAPRICIA P. MARSHALL
and Dr. ROBERT MARSHALL
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN J. MASON (JoAnn)
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN MURDOCH MATHESON (Susan)
Mr. GARY MATHER and Ms. CHRISTINA CO MATHER
Mrs. BONNIE BUCHANAN MATHESON
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES T. MATHESON (Julie)
Mr. MALCOLM MATHESON, III
Mr. CHARLES B. MATHIAS
Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD J. MATHIAS (Dale)
The Honorable DORIS MATSUI
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS (Kathleen)
The Honorable TIMOTHY J. MCBRIDE and The Honorable ANITA MCBRIDE
Mrs. JOHN S. MCCAIN, JR. (Cindy)
Mrs. JOHN S. MCCAIN, SR. (Roberta)
The Honorable MITCH MCCONNELL and the Honorable ELAINE LAN CHAO, Secretary of Transportation
Ms. DOROTHY MCGHEE
The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS F.
(MACK) MCLARTY, III (Donna) Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM F.
MCSWEENY (Dorothy)
The Honorable and Mrs. MARK
MEADOWS (Debbie)
Mr. THEODORE A. MILES and Dr.
CARLOTTA (BUFFY) MILES
Dr. and Mrs. WENDELL G. MILES (Ann)
Mr. SCOTT MILLER and Ms. SHARON VIRTS Mr. and Mrs. JAMES P. MILLS, JR. (Deborah)
The Honorable and Mrs. NORMAN MINETTA (Danealia/“Deni”)
The Honorable and Mrs. GEORGE J. MITCHELL (Heather)
The Honorable and Mrs. STEVEN T. MNUCHIN (Louise Linton)
The Honorable MARY V. MOCHARY Mr. and Mrs. ROGER MODY (Kyle)
The Honorable and Mrs. ANTHONY J. (TOBY) MOFFETT, JR. (Myra)
Ms. JULIA MOFFETT
Mr. and Mrs. JARL MOHN (Pamela)
Mr. ADAM MOHR
Mr. and Mrs. C. BRAXTON MONCURE (Deborah)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT LATANE? MONTAGUE, IV (Patricia)
Mr. and Mrs. MARK MOORE (Brenda)
The Honorable CONSTANCE A. (CONNIE)
MORELLA and Mr. DAVID MORELLA Mrs. WENDY BURDEN MORGAN
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT (ROB) MOSBACHER, JR. (Carolina Barco)
Mr. ERIC L. MOTLEY
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT MOUNTCASTLE (Lisa)
Mr. ROGER H. MUDD
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER MURRAY (Carlotta)
Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS J. MURRAY (Evelyn)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT MUSSELEWHITE (Jeannie)
Curtis & Amanda Polk
Curtis J. Polk is the Managing Partner of the Charlotte Hornets N.B.A. basketball team and Hornets Sports & Entertainment and oversees the family office of basketball great Michael Jordan. Perfumer Amanda Polk launched the Saudade fragrance and cosmetic house in 2018. They reside in Washington and Palm Beach, Fla.
You are generous supporters of many local causes. Which are the most important to you and why? They are all important, from D.C. Humane Rescue to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.We like to come into an organization, shake things up, take them to a new level and let them grow from there. Communities have many different needs, so we go where we are needed.We like to help in many different areas to make the community better as a whole.
How do you describe your entertaining style? It’s all about fun, fun, fun. Nobody wants to go out for just an okay or awkward time. I love putting the ladies together at one end of the table and gentleman at the other. We have our girls/guys night out at the same time and always keep new couples to the group close to each other so they don’t feel awkward.
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Mr. and Mrs. VALI R. NASR (Darya)
The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN D. NEGROPONTE (Diana)
Mr. and Mrs. BRAD NIERENBERG (Callie) Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM V. NEWLIN (Louisa)
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN, JR. (Sheila Johnson)
Mr. and Mrs. MATTHEW NICELY (Severina) Mrs. ROBERT C. NICHOLAS, III (Lynn)
Dr. and Mrs. THOMAS P. NIGRA (Jane)
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM
A. (BILL) NITZE (Ann)
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT H. (BOB) NIXON (Sarah) Her Majesty Queen NOOR AL-HUSSEIN
Mr. and Mrs. FRANCO NUSCHESE (Tania)
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The Honorable and Mrs. BARACK
OBAMA (Michelle)
Ms. DIANA (DEEDY) OGDEN and
Ms. MARGO L. CARPER
Mr. and Mrs. CLARKE OHRSTROM (Molly)
Mrs. GEORGE L. OHRSTROM, JR. (Jacqueline)
Mrs. RICARD R. OHRSTROM (Allen
Dr. MICHAEL OLDING
Her Excellency the Ambassador of Sweden KARIN OLOFSDOTTER and Mr. MARTIN BENGTSSON
Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER OLSEN (Michelle) Ms. MAUREEN ORTH
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE P. O’SULLIVAN (Nancy Howar)
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Her Imperial Majesty FARAH PAHLAVI Their Imperial Highnesses Prince REZA
PAHLAVI and Princess YASMINE PAHLAVI Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM CUSHING
PALEY (Alison)
Mr. and Mrs. NEIL PATEL (Amy)
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN C. PATY, III (Alma)
Mr. MALCOLM E. (MIKE) PEABODY
Mr. and Mrs. PAYSON R. PEABODY (Karin)
Mr. and Mrs. HAVEN N. B. PELL (Mina)
The Speaker of the House of Representatives NANCY PELOSI and Mr. PAUL PELOSI
Mr. LUCIAN PERKINS and Ms. SARAH TANGUY
Mr. and Mrs. DAVID PERLIN (Skye Raiser)
Mr. JOSEPH G. PERPICH and Ms. CATHY SULZBERGER
Mrs. LORI PETERS LAUTHIER
Mr. and Mrs. MILTON V. PETERSON (Carolyn)
Ms. LAUREN PETERSON
Dr. and Mrs. MICHAEL J. PETITE (Jeannette)
The Honorable THOMAS R. PICKERING
Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL P. PILLSBURY (Susan)
Mr. and Mrs. PHILIP W. PILLSBURY, JR. (Nina)
Mr. and Mrs. RORY L. PILLSBURY(Lauren)
Mr. and Mrs. WALTER H. PINCUS (Ann)
Mrs. SALLY ENGELHARD PINGREE
The Honorable CHELLIE PINGREE and Mr. DONALD SUSSMAN
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN D. PODESTA (Mary) Mr. ANTHONY T. (TONY) PODESTA
Mr. GEOFFREY P. POHANKA and Mrs. ANNE R. KLINE POHANKA
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN J. POHANKA (Lynn)
Mr. and Mrs. CURTIS POLK (Amanda)
Mrs. ABE POLLIN (Irene)
The Honorable MIKE POMPEO, Secretary of State, and Mrs. (Susan) POMPEO
Mrs. HERMAN PORTEN (Regina) The Honorable and Mrs. COLIN
L. POWELL (Alma)
Miss JUDY LYNN PRINCE
Mrs. FREDERICK H. PRINCE, IV (Diana)
Dr. and Mrs. JEROLD J. PRINCIPATO (Marjorie)
Mr. JOHN PYLES and Ms. BARBARA HARRISON
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Mr. and Mrs. WHAYNE S. QUIN (Ursula) Mrs. J. EUGENE QUINN (Irene/”Margy”)
The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN M. (JACK) QUINN (Susanna)
Ms. SALLY QUINN
Mr. THOMAS H. (TOMMY) QUINN
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The Honorable MARY (MOLLY) RAISER
Mr. and Mrs. MITCHELL (MITCH) RALES (Emily)
Mr. and Mrs. W. RUSSELL RAMSEY (Norma)
Mr. FRANK B. RANDOLPH
Mrs. DONALD RAPPAPORT (Susan)
The Honorable and Mrs. JAMIN B. (JAMIE) RASKIN (Sarah Bloom)
Mr. and Mrs. GANT REDMON (Frances) Mr. and Mrs. SAMUEL S. REED (Juliet)
Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS A. REED (Vanessa) Ms. DIANE REHM and The Reverend
Dr. B. JOHN HAGEDORN, JR.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER REITER
Mr. and Mrs. RANDOLPH W. RENCHARD (Lila)
Mr. JAMES V. REYES
Mr. and Mrs. R. ROLAND REYNOLDS (Diana)
Mr. and Mrs. WAYNE REYNOLDS (Catherine)
Mrs. WALTER T. RIDDER (Marie)
The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS J. RIDGE (Michele)
The Honorable CHARLES RIVKIN and Ms. SUSAN TOLSON
The Honorable and Mrs. CHARLES S. (CHUCK) ROBB (Lynda)
The Chief Justice of the United States and Mrs. JOHN G. ROBERTS (Jane)
Ms. ROXANNE ROBERTS Mr. STEPHEN ROBERTS
The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN D. (JAY) ROCKEFELLER, IV (Sharon)
The Honorable and Mrs. FREDERICK B. ROONEY (Evelyn)
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES ROONEY (Jennifer) Mr. TIMOTHY C. ROONEY and
Ms. DANA DEMANGE The Honorable SELWA S.
(LUCKY) ROOSEVELT
Mrs. ROBERT M. ROSENTHAL (Marion)
The Honorable JONATHAN C. ROSE and The Honorable SUSAN PORTER ROSE
Mr. ROB ROSENSTEIN and Ms. GEORJEANA (JEAN) HARVEY
The Honorable WILBUR L. ROSS, JR., Secretary of Commerce, and Mrs. (Hilary) ROSS
Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE C. ROSS-LARSON (Shelly)
Ms. RYNTHIA M. ROST
Mrs. RANDOLPH D. ROUSE (Michelle)
The Honorable EDWARD (ED) RANDALL ROYCE and The Honorable MARIE ROYCE
Mr. DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
Mr. and Mrs. MILES RUBIN (Nancy)
Mrs. OTTO J. RUESCH (Jeanne)
Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS D. RUTHERFOORD, JR. (Jean)
The Honorable and Mrs. FREDERICK J. RYAN, JR. (Genevieve/”Genny”)
Mr. CHASE W. RYND
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Miss PATRICIA BENNETT SAGON
Mr. and Mrs. KYLE SAMPERTON (Kim)
Mr. ROGER SANT
Mr. CHRISTOPHER S. SARGENT
and Ms. IRENE P. PRITCHARD
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN A. SARGENT (Susan)
Mr. and Mrs. ARTURO SARUKHAN (Veronica Valencia)
Mr. and Mrs. B. FRANCIS SAUL, II (Tricia) Mr. and Mrs. JAMES SAVIN (Nazlee)
Mrs. ANTONIN SCALIA (Maureen)
Mr. and Mrs. ARLIE SCHARDT
(Bonnie Nelson Schwartz)
Mr. and Mrs. FRED SCHAUFELD (Karen)
Mr. and Mrs. BOB SCHIEFFER (Patricia)
Mr. and Mrs. NASH WHITNEY SCHOTT (Aniko Gaal Schott)
The Honorable CAROL L. SCHWARTZ Ms. GAIL SCOTT
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN T. SEARS (Starr)
His Imperial Highness Prince ERMIAS SAHLE-SELASSIE HAILE SELASSIE and Her Highness Princess SABA KEBEDE
Her Highness Princess GELILA SELASSIE The Honorable PETER A. SELFRIDGE
and Ms. PARITA SHAH
The Honorable and Mrs. IVAN SELIN (Nina)
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM S. SESSIONS (Alice)
Mr. VICTOR SHARGAI and Mr. CRAIG PASCAL Mr. PAUL SHERRILL
Mrs. DONNA HAMILTON SHOR
Mr. and Mrs. MARK SHRIVER (Jeanne) Mr.TIMOTHY SHRIVER and
Ms. LINDA POTTER
Mr. and Mrs. SIMON SIDAMON-
ERISTOFF (Nancy)
Mrs. DONALD SIGMUND (Deborah)
Mr. JONATHAN SILVER and Ms. MELISSA MOSS
Ms. JANE SLOAT
Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT H. SMALL (Shirley)
Mr. and Mrs. DOUGLAS SMITH (Gabriella)
Ms. JAN SMITH
Ms. MOLLY SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT BLAND (BOB) SMITH, JR. (Niente)
Mrs. ROBERT H. SMITH (Clarice) Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN SMITH
(Sally Bedell Smith)
The Honorable MARION H. (JOE) SMOAK
Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL SNYDER (Tanya)
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM C. SONNEBORN (Karen)
Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL R. SONNENREICH (Linda)
Mr. JONATHAN SPALTER and Ms. CARRISA GOUX (Carrie)
Mr. GENE SPERLING and Ms. ALISON ABNER Mr. and Mrs. EARL W. STAFFORD, SR. (Amanda) Mr. and Mrs. DAVID J. STEEL (Susan Watters)
Mr. and Mrs. PATRICK STEEL (Lee Satterfield) Mr. T. GARRICK STEELE
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES MORGAN (JAMIE) STERLING (Lisa)
Mrs. ISAAC STERN (Linda)
Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD R. (TED)
STETTINIUS (Sarah)
Mrs JOSEPH STETTINIUS, JR. (Regina)
Ms. MARY STUART (CRICKET) STETTINIUS
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE C. STEVENS, JR. (Liz)
Mrs. THEODORE F. STEVENS (Catherine)
The Honorable ANN STOCK and Mr. STUART C. STOCK
Mrs. AUCHINCLOSS STRAIGHT (Nina)
Mr. and Mrs. OAK STRAWBRIDGE (Susan)
Mrs. FRANKLIN L. STROUD (Kandy)
His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan and Mrs. SHINSUKI J. SUGIYAMA (Yoko)
Mr. A. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, JR.
Mr.. KEVIN SULLIVAN and Ms. MARY JORDAN
The Honorable and Mrs. JAMES WADSWORTH SYMINGTON (Sylvia)
LaSalle D. (Donney) Leffall, III
Businessman and lawyer
You have a hectic professional, sporting, and social life. What are you focusing on most these days? I travel to Atlanta and New York frequently for my work on the boards of FHLB Atlanta and Mutual of America mutual funds and for business.When home, I am an avid tennis player and enjoy playing at St. Albans Tennis Club and the Chevy Chase Club. Our family would celebrate special occasions at Citronelle (I still miss it) and The Metropolitan Club. I explore the vibrant restaurant scene in our area. Out of town visitors, especially those from London and New York, are surprised at the variety, quality, and reasonableness of prices (the last point proving that everything is relative).
You are following in the footsteps of your parents, LaSalle D. Leffall Jr. and Ruthie Leffall, in supporting many local causes. Which mean the most to you? The National Museum of African American History and Culture,The National Gallery, Howard University, the BishopWalker School and the DC Prep charter school.Why? Educational institutions provide opportunity,the artistic help us appreciate beauty and provide different perspectives,and the spiritual challenge to understand better why we are here and how to live. (Since my days at Beauvoir and St. Albans, Washington National Cathedral has always been special. Perhaps I am atoning for the mischief I caused.At Beauvoir, I was sent to the principal’s office so often, I knew how to operate the phone system).
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The Honorable and Mrs. STROBE TALBOTT (Barbara)
Mr. and Mrs. JAKE TARR (Carrington) Mrs. W. WAVERLY TAYLOR (Edme?e) Mr. RILEY K. TEMPLE
Mr. and Mrs. MARK TERCEK (Amy) Mrs. DANIEL J. TERRA (Judith)
Mr. and Mrs. JONATHAN TERRELL (Christine) Mr. and Mrs. EVAN THOMAS (Oscie)
Mr. and Mrs. PHILIP THOMAS (Patti)
Mr. D. DODGE THOMPSON
and Ms. COLLEEN DALY
Mr. RICHARD E. THOMPSON
Mrs. MAURICE B. TOBIN (Joan)
Mr. and Mrs. VLADIMIR S. TOLSTOY- MILOSLAVSKY (Suzanne)
Mrs. SAMI E. TOTAH (Annie) The Honorable KATHLEEN
KENNEDY TOWNSEND
Mrs. LEWIS R. TOWNSEND (Ann Van Devanter)
Mr. GEOFFREY O. TRACY and Ms. NORAH O’DONNELL
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Mr. and Mrs. C. BOWDOIN TRAIN (Georgina) The President of the United States and
Mrs. DONALD J. TRUMP (Melania)
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The Honorable and Mrs. TOM UDALL (Jill Cooper)
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Mr. JAMES F. VALENTINE and Ms. KATHY KEMPER
Mr. and Mrs. PETER P. VAN ROIJEN (Beatrice) His Excellency the Ambassador of Italy and Mrs.
ARMANDO VARICCHIO (Micaela Barbagallo) Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE D. VASSILIOU (Sarah)
The Honorable PHILIP L. VERVEER and the Honorable MELANNE VERVEER
The Honorable and Mrs. RICHARD N. VIETS (Dorette Fleischmann)
Mr. GEORGE VRADENBURG, III
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Mr. WILLIAM L. WALDE and Dr. MARY FRANCES SMOAK
Mr. ADAM WALDMAN and Dr. BARBARA STURM WALDMAN
Mr. and Mrs. MALLORY WALKER (Diana) Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM. M.
(WILLY) WALKER (Sheila) Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTOPHER
(CHRIS) WALLACE (Lorraine) Ms. CHRISTINE WARNKE
The Honorable and Mrs. JOHN W. WARNER (JeanneVander Myde)
Ms. MARGARET G. WARNER The Honorable and Mrs. MARK
R. WARNER (Lisa Collis)
Miss VIRGINIA (OZZIE) WARNER
Mrs. C. LANGHORNE WASHBURN (Judith)
Mr. GEORGE T. WEBB
The Honorable and Mrs. WILLIAM H. WEBSTER (Lynda)
The Honorable EDWARD L. WEIDENFELD and The Honorable SHEILA RABB WEIDENFELD
Mr. and Mrs. J. ROBINSON (ROBIN) WEST (Eileen Shields-West)
Mrs. TOGO. D. WEST, JR. (Gail) Ms. KATHARINE WEYMOUTH
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE Y. WHEELER, III (Frances)
The Honorable and Mrs. THOMAS WHEELER (Carol)
Mr. DAVID WHITE and Ms. KIMBALL STROUD The Honorable and Mrs. SHELDON
WHITEHOUSE (Sandra)
Mr. and Mrs. STEPHEN H. WILLARD (Linda)
Mr. DAVID WILLIAMSON and Ms. ANDREA HAILEY
Mr. and Mrs. WESLEY S. WILLIAMS, JR. (Karen) Mr. and Mrs. GAVIN WILSON (Odile)
Mrs. CURTIN WINSOR, III (Deborah)
Mr. ELLIS WISNER
Mr. GRAHAM WISNER and Ms. RANIA HANANO WISNER
The Honorable NEAL S. WOLIN and Ms. NICOLE ELKON
Mr. and Mrs. KENNETH R. WOODCOCK (Dorothy)
Mr. ROBERT (BOB) WOODWARD and Ms. ELSA WALSH
Mrs. MICHAEL WOYEVODSKY (Xenia) Mrs. CATE MAGENNIS WYATT
IN MEMORIAM
Warren Adler
The Honorable Birch E. Bayh, Jr. Susan Brinkley
Elaine Broadhead
Donald A. Brown
Ruth Hale Buchanan
The Honorable Mortimer M. Caplin Marion Oates (Oatsie) Leiter Charles The Honorable Thad Cochran The Honorable John D. Dingell Carol Foley
Sarah Gewirz
Georgie Anne (GeeGee) Geyer The Honorable Ernest Hollings Pamela Howar
Nancy W. Ignatius
Dr. Marvin C. Korengold
Jane Carew Lee
Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.
The Honorable Richard Lugar The Honorable FrederickV. Malek Edmund Morris
Mary Johnson Munroe Nancy Beebe Maguire Gray Pyne Cokie Roberts
Robert M. Rosenthal
John Safer
Vicki Sant
Elaine Silverstein
Helen (Leni) Stern Associate Justice John Paul Stevens
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Mr. and Mrs. ANGUS YATES (Elizabeth/“Sissy”)
Mr. and Mrs. GLENN YOUNGKIN (Susanne)
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Mr. and Mrs. JEFFREY ZELL (Lauri)
Mr. PAUL ZEVNIK and Ms. GINNY GRENHAM Mr. and Mrs. JEFFREY D. ZIENTS (Mary)
Eric & Susi Larsen
Eric Larsen is president of the Advisory Board Company,aWashington-based professional services firm that provides research, technology and strategic guidance to the healthcare industry. He also serves as chairman ofWashington National Opera. Susi Larsen, a former real estate executive, focuses on the couple’s three children and various arts organizations including the opera andThe Washington Ballet.
You set a major example for your business peer group because of your active involvement in the cultural life of the nation’s capital. What are your favorite causes?
ERIC LARSEN: Our first passion is of course Washington National Opera! We feel so fortunate to have this world-class company at the Kennedy Center. It’s up to us as Washingtonians to ensure its continued vitality and success and it is a joy to help evangelize to a new generation about the beauty of this art form. We are also endlessly inspired by what Julie Kent is doing at The Washington Ballet. She is a Washington treasure.
What describes your entertaining style?
SUSI LARSEN: We love to entertain at our house in McLean and invite a fun, unexpected and diverse combination of friends. We prefer intimate gatherings of 12-14 guests. Occasionally we’ll include an unannounced musical element. Recently we invited three brilliant young artists from the opera’s Domingo-Cafritz program to sing excerpts from Mozart’s “Magic Flute.” I don’t fancy myself much of a cook, so for formal dinners I work with a talented young chef to come up with thematic menus and wine pairings.
