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CORINNE BENSAHEL is a French journalist, who writes on architecture, interior design and contemporary art for French magazines such as Le Figardo and Architectural Digest. She also developed a line of fine jewelry and travels the world to find stones for her clients. She recently became the correspondent for DIAMAID, a humanitarian organization trading diamonds against infrastructure in African countries.

CLAY BLACKMORE is an established portrait and wedding photographer. His client list includes such luminaries as Larry King, Forrest Whitaker and Jenna Elfman and events as diverse as the PGA and inaugural balls.


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.	DONNA EVERS has more than 30 years experience in residential real estate in the Washington Metro marketplace. She is the broker and president of Evers & Co. Real Estate, the largest independent woman-owned and run residential brokerage in the area. Evers researches and reports on Metro area history on her radio show, Real Estate Today.


ADRIAN FENTY was born in the District and raised in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and holds a Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. Adrian lives with his wife Michelle and their twin sons, Matthew and Andrew, in the Crestwood neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C.	MICHELLE FENTY met husband Adrian Fenty at Howard Law School and married in 1997. She practices law at Perkins Coie in Washington along with supporting her husband in his public service career. Born in London and later moving to New York and now to Washington she takes pride in her family, home and career.	ROLAND FLAMINI Writer and journalist Roland Flamini spent almost three decades at Time magazine, mostly as a foreign correspondent. He has been an opera enthusiast since his teens, and bears the scars for it: Soprano Renata Scotto once chased him across the San Fransisco Opera stage brandishing an umbrella.

MATTHEW KLAM lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife. In 1999 he was named one of the twenty best young fiction writers in America by The New Yorker. He is an O. Henry Award winner. His nonfiction has been featured in such places as Harper's and The New York Times Magazine.

LAURETTA J. MCCOY has established a reputation for excellence in makeup artistry, styling and creative direction, in fashion, film, and television. Her credits include assignments both domestically and internationally for celebrities such as Lauren Holly, Alicia Keys, Liya Kebede, Lacey Chabert, Mya and Sheila Johnson. Her clients include MTV, DreamWorks, BET, New York Fashion Week for Cotourier Vincent Licari and Rusk Hair.

LANA ORLOFF & SONYA PATE, with over 15 years of experience in the high fashion industry, have joined to form PSI (Personal Shoppers, Inc.), a nationwide personal shopping and style consulting company which offers style and image management, gift buying and global shopping tour experiences. www.psi-shoppers.com

GAIL SCOTT, author of Diplomatic Dance: The New Embassy Life in America, was Washington's first solo TV anchorwoman. Covering the world's most powerful diplomats for The Washington Times and The Washington Diplomat, she also produces Smithsonian Associates' "Top Embassy Chefs," organizes monthly Junior League diplomatic events and creates ambassadorial briefings for leading educational institutions. www. gailscott.com.


CURTIS SITTENFELD's first novel, Prep, was a national bestseller. It was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times, it will be translated into twentytwo languages, and its film rights have been optioned by Paramount Pictures.	YVONNE TAYLOR began her career as a model in New York, with aspirations of becoming a designer. While attending college in New Haven, Ct., she began to experiment with photographing landscapes and fashion. She now photographs for many leading publications.