Contributors

DANA BUCHMAN

Buchman designs an anonymously named clothing line for "real women. A Special Education", which she co-wrote with her daughter, Charlotte, is her first book.

KEVIN CHAFFEE

Kevin Chaffee is the assistant features editor and society editor of The Washington Times.

JACK DAVIES

Jack Davies was founder and president of AOL International. He is a member of the board and the executive committee of Venture Philanthropy Partners.

RENEE DRAKE

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 New York City to work for Sotheby's auction house and became the Managing Editor of Sotheby's Preview magazine and Art at Auction.

JANET DONOVAN

Janet Donovan is 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.

RAUL FERNANDEZ

Raul Fernandez is chairman and CEO of ObjectVideo. He also acts as special advisor to General Atlantic LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, and sits on the boards of Liz Clairborne and Internosis. He is a founder of Venture Philanthropy Partners.

SHWETA GOVINDARAJAN

Shweta Govindarajan writes on politics, health and beauty and has contr ibuted to the Los Angeles Times and Cox Newspapers. She currently works as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly.

DR. KHALED HOSSEINI

Hosseini was bor n in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. Khaled's family asked for and was granted political asylum in the U.S. He moved to San Jose, Califor nia, with his family in 1980. He attended Santa Clara University and graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine. He has been in practice as an inter nist since 1996. The Kite Runner is his first novel.

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, Joynt began hosting monthly neighborhood power lunches. The lunches feature the city's best known figures speaking candidly in an intimate atmosphere. When not at Nathans, Joynt focuses her time raising her son, Spencer.

JAMES V. KIMSEY

10 James V. Kimsey is a lifelong Washingtonian and the founding CEO of America Online, Inc. (AOL). He transformed what began as Quantum Computer Services in 1985 into AOL, the nation's leading independent provider of interactive online services to consumers. He is a founding investor in Venture Philanthropy Partners.