Contributors

SENATOR GEORGE ALLEN

the family-conscious Republican senator from Virginia, lives in Mount Vernon with his wife Susan and three children.

CLAY BLACKMORE

is an innovator in the world of portraiture and wedding photography. A celebrity and society favorite, his client list includes such luminaries as Larry King, Forrest Whitaker and Jenna Elfman and events as diverse as the PGA and political inaugural balls.

LILA CASTELLANETA

is the wife of the Italian Ambassador Giovanni Castellaneta. She was raised in Tehran and lived in New York, London, Paris and Rome before moving to Washington, D.C.

KEVIN CHAFFEE

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

REP. TOM DAVIS

Tom Davis is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the Eleventh Congressional District of Virginia, in Northern Virginia. He was formerly chairman of the Fairfax, Va., Board of Supervisors, vice president and general counsel of PRC Inc., and spent eight years with the Virginia National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve.

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

SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY

Senator Ted Kennedy has represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for 43 years. He is currently the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and also serves on several

ALISON LUKES

WL’s Style Editor, returned to Washington after four and half years in New York and Paris, ready to dress some of the city’s power players. As a personal stylist she is sought after by some of Washington’s best dressed and will help anyone find the perfectly appropriate and effortlessly chic wardrobe. She heads up her own company, Alison Lukes et Cie. www. alisonlukes.com

GARY LANDSMAN

has been shooting images for over 20 years. His clients refer to him as a photographer who warms with all of his subjects while creating captivating images. Gary’s extensive experience includes shooting still life subjects ranging from food to full scale interior architecture and corporate and advertising lifestyle.

TED AND LYNN LEONSIS

established the Leonsis Foundation in 2000 to help build a legacy of giving. They have served as co-chairs of the Best Buddies Ball and in 2000 received that organization’s “The Spirit of Leadership Award.” Ted is also the vice chairman of AOL Online, Inc., and owner of the Washington Capitals. They live in Virginia with their two children.

ELIZABETH LOWERY

is the chair of the board of directors for the World Environment Center and the General Motors vice president of environment and energy. She serves on the board of Haven, a nonprofit organization that works to create violence-free homes and communities, and she also chairs the Women’s Leadership Forum, which focuses on areas critical to leadership effectiveness, personal growth.

STEPHANIE MANSFIELD

is a veteran of the Washington Post Style Section. She is the author of The Richest Girl in The World, a biography of the late Doris Duke, and has been a contributing editor for Vogue and GQ. She is married to Tsotne Bakuria, a former member of the Parliament of Georgia and is currently a national reporter for The Washington Times. She has never appeared in The Green Book.

SARA MATTHEWS

Sara started her work as a wine photographer in 1986, when she and her husband, Thomas Matthews, moved from New York to a small wine village near Bordeaux, France. Their book, A Village in the Vineyards, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1993. Since then, she has done six more books, including Mendoza, Our Terroir, and Chile: The Art of Wine and Washington: The State of Wine was published. K E N T H A N S O N ©

THOMAS MATTHEWS

is the executive editor of Wine Spectator magazine in New York. He is the lead taster for the wines of Spain and one of the magazine’s principal restaurant reviewers and travel writers.

VICKY MOON

has chronicled the lives of the rich, the not-so-rich, the famous, and the not-so-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.

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.

GAIL SCOTT

is the author of the critically acclaimed Diplomatic Dance: The New Embassy Life in America. A veteran Washington journalist and award-winning broadcaster, she is currently diplomatic correspondent for The Georgetowner and a featured host on WMAL radio.

CHRIS WALLACE

is the host of Fox News Sunday and contributes to the network’s political and election news coverage. He has won every major broadcast news award for his reporting, including three Emmy’s, the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton and the Peabody Award.

MICHAEL WHARTON

left the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health to become an editor at America Online CityGuide where he covers Baltimore. The former editor-in-chief of UC Berkeley’s Daily Californian, can be heard Friday mornings at 9:10a.m. on WTOP radio.

DEBORAH K. DIETSCH

writes about architecture, art and design for The Washington Times, The Washington Post and numerous magazines. Trained as an architect, she has authored several books and serves on Baltimore’s Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel.

ANN GERACIMOS

who reports on fashion, food, home design and consumers trends in the wine and spirits trade, is The Washington Times senior features reporter. She is well acquainted with the ins and outs of Washington’s social scene.