Holiday Lunch Honoring Cabinet Spouses

December 9 • Kuwaiti Embassy

Power lunching (from left to right): Rev. Kathi Card (wife of White House Chief of Staff), Edilia "Edi” Gutierrez (wife of Secretary of Commerce), Suzann Nicholson (wife of Secretary of Veteran Affairs), Joyce Rumsfeld (wife of Secretary of Defense), Marcia Jackson (wife of Secretary of HUD), Debbie Johnson (wife of Seof EPA), Rima Al-Sabah (wife of Kuwati Ambassador), Diane Bodman (wife of Secretary of Energy), Deni Mineta (wife of Secretary of Transportation), Meryl Chertoff (wife of Secretary of Homeland Security), Jacalyn Leavitt (wife of Secretary of Health), Ann Hadley (wife of National Security Advisor) and Becky Gonzales (wife of Attorney General).

THE PARTY
Hostess extraordinaire Rima Al-Sabah’s ladies-only holiday lunch honoring 100 of Washington’s most powerful women who came dressed to impress with hands full of gifts, including games, dolls, books and balls for children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

THE SCENE
Al-Sabah is known for her attention to detail, and this lunch didn’t disappoint: she doled out handmade gingerbread snowmen, decorated the embassy with hundreds of red roses, and invited a singer from the Washington National Opera to perform Ave Maria.

THE PEOPLE
Buff y Cafritz, Sally Quinn, Mary Ourisman, Rev. Kathleen Card, Edilia "Edi" Gutierrez, Suzanne Nicholson, Joyce Rumsfeld, Marcia Jackson, Debbie Johnson, Diane Bodman, Deni Mineta, Meryl Chertoff , Jacalyn Leavi , Ann Hadley, Diane Negropante and Becky Gonzales.

Rima Al-Sabah and Diana Negroponte	Joyce Rumsfeld and Diane Jones

Meryll Chertoff and Evelyn Joyce Rumsfeld and Diane Jones elyn de Bona	Buffy Cafritz, Susan Watters and Amb. Nancy Brinker

Ann Johnson, Linda Sonnenreich, Willee Lewis and Becky Gonzales	Marcia Jackson and Suzanne Nicholson

Elizabeth Natsios, Rev. Kathi Card and Mary Ourisman	Maureen Orth, Sally Quinn and Andrea Mitchell

Jacalyn Leavitt, Norah O’Donnell, and Diane Bodman	Suzanne Micholson and Ann Hadley

PHOTOS BY VICKY POMBO