A selection of guests who attended
the 41st Annual Meridian Ball*

Dr. Joseph Aldy

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Angle

His Excellency The Ambassador
of Afghanistan and Mrs. Jawad

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Arundel

His Excellency The Ambassador
of Australia and Mrs. Richardson

The Honorable Elizabeth Bagley
and Mr. Smith Bagley

Mr. Kris Balderston and Ms. Patricia Reilly

Her Excellency The Ambassador
of the Kingdom of Bahrain

Ms. Lisa Barry

Captain John Beaver and Mrs. Beaver

Mr. Emmett Beliveau
and Ms. Catherine Cameron

Dr. Regina Marcia Benjamin

The Honorable Howard Berman
and Mrs. Berman

Mr. and Mrs. Jacques Besnainou

Admiral Dennis Cutler Blair (ret.)

Governor James Blanchard
and Janet Blanchard

Mr. Antony Blinken and Ms. Evan Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. Wolf Blitzer

The Honorable Julia Chang Bloch
and Mr. Stuart Bloch

The Honorable Roy Blunt and Mrs. Blunt

The Honorable Gladys Boluda

The Honorable Eric J. Boswell
and Mrs. Boswell

Mr. Joseph Bredie
and Mrs. Carmen Suro-Bredie

The Honorable Kenneth Brill
and Mrs. Brill

The Honorable Esther D. Brimmer

The Honorable Carol Martha Browner
and the Honorable Tom Downey

Ms. Lisa Brown

Mr. Michael Brown

Mr. Ron Brownstein

Mr. Erinn J. Burnough

The Honorable William Burns

Mr. Ralph Burns and Ms. Terrell McSweeny

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Cafritz

His Excellency Ambassador of Canada
and Mrs. Wilson

Ms. Alma Candelaria

Mr. Jonathan Capehart

Mr. Jay Carney

The Honorable and Mrs. Donald K. Charney

The Honorable Michael Chertoff
and Mrs. Chertoff

Minister Xie Feng Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the People’s Republic
of China and Mrs. Wang Dan

Mr. Jon Clifton

Her Excellency The Ambassador of Colombia

The Honorable C. Miller Crouch and Mrs. Crouch

Mr. Philip J. Crowley

The Honorable and Mrs. Walter L. Cutler

His Excellency The Ambassador of Cyprus
and Mrs. Kakouris

Ms. Nancy-Ann DeParle

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Di Bona

The Honorable Norm Dicks and Mrs. Dicks

His Excellency The Ambassador of the Dominican Republic and Mrs. Saladin

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald I. Dozoretz

His Excellency The Ambassador
of Ecuador and Mrs. Gallegos

His Excellency The Ambassador of Egypt
and Mrs. Shoukry

The Honorable Everett Eissenstat
and Mrs. Eissenstat

Mr. Mark Ein

Mr. and Mrs. David Eisner

Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo Ernst

The Honorable and Mrs. Richard M. Fairbanks

Mr. and Mrs. Huda Farouki

The Honorable Adrian Fenty
and Mrs. Fenty

Mr. Howard Fineman
and Ms. Amy Nathan

His Excellency The Ambassador
of Finland and Ms. Laurel Colless

His Excellency The Ambassador of France

The Honorable Alonzo L. Fulgham
and Mrs. Fulgham

Ms. Ina Ginsburg and Mr. Mark Ginsburg

The Honorable and Mrs. Daniel Glickman

Ms. Juleanna Glover

The Honorable Bart Gordon and Mrs. Gordon

Ms. Carol Grabauskas

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Graham

Mr. and Mrs. David Gregory

Ms. Carol Guthrie

Ms. Savannah Guthrie

Mr. Mike Hammer

The Honorable Lloyd N. Hand
and Mrs. Hand

The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison
and Mr. E. Bruce Harrison

Mr. Fred Hochberg

The Honorable and Mrs. Paul Hodes

Mr. Alan Hoffman

Ms. Janet Howard

His Excellency Ambassdor of the Republic
of Hungary and Mrs. Szombati

His Excellency The Ambassador of Iraq
and Mrs. Sumayda'ie

Mr. Chris Isham and Ms. Jennifer Maguire

Ms. Roberta Jacobson

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Jardot

The Honorable David T. Johnson

The Honorable Paul Jones and Mrs. Jones

The Honorable David J. Kappos

The Honorable Kenton W. Keith
and Mrs. Keith

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kennedy

The Honorable Patrick F. Kennedy
and Ms. M. Elizabeth Swope

Mr. Ron Klain

Mr. Kevin Klose
and Ms. Deborah T. Ashford

The Honorable Tom C. Korologos
and the Honorable Ann M. Korologos

The Honorable Michael Kozak
and Mrs. Kozak

Mr. James Kulikowski
and Ms. Michelle Tessier

The Honorable Rick Larsen
and Ms. Tiia Karlen

Ms. Debra Lee

Her Excellency The Ambassador of Liechtenstein

The Honorable and Mrs. Richard Linn

Mr. Thomas Luebke

His Excellency The Ambassador
of the Grand Duchy Luxembourg
and Mrs. Louise Åkerblom

Mr. and Mrs. Rafat Mahmood

The Honorable Charles T. Manatt
and Mrs. Manatt

The Honorable Capricia Penavic Marshall
and Dr. Robert Marshall

His Excellency The Ambassador of Mexico
and Ms. Veronica Valencia Sarukhan

His Excellency The Ambassador of the
Principality of Monaco and Mrs. Noghès

His Excellency The Ambassador
of Morocco and Mrs. Mekouar

Mr. and Mrs. F. Joseph Moravec

The Honorable Edward Markey
and Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal

The Honorable Doris Matsui

The Honorable and Mrs. Frederic V. Malek

Mr. Michael McFaul

The Honorable Howard McKeon
and Mrs. McKeon

The Honorable Charles Melancon
and Mrs. Melancon

Mr. and Mrs. Tobia Mercuro

Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Morrell

Mr. and Mrs. Marc Nathanson

The Honorable John D. Negroponte

Her Excellency The Ambassador
of the Netherlands

His Excellency The Ambassador
of New Zealand and Mrs. Ferguson

Ms. Mary O’Connor and Mr. James Forese

Mr. and Mrs. Nels Olson

The Honorable Peter Orzag

Dr. and Mrs. Ramin Oskoui

The Honorable Mary Ourisman
and Mr. Mandell J. Ourisman

His Excellency The Ambassador of Panama
and Mrs. Humbert

Mr. Barry S. Pavel

Mr. Mark Penn and Ms. Nancy Jacobson

His Excellency The Ambassador of Peru
and Mrs. Valdivieso

The Honorable Daniel Poneman
and Mrs. Poneman

The Honorable Dina Habib Powell

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rencheck

Mr. John Rogers and Ms. Deborah Lehr

The Honorable Alina Romanowski

The Honorable Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt

Dr. Cecilia Rouse

The Honorable Ed Royce and Mrs. Royce

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sachs

The Honorable Susan C. Schwab
and Mr. Faryar Shirzad

Mr. Carl Shepard

Mr. Soroush Shehabi and Ms. Nancy Bagley

Her Excellency The Ambassador
of the Republic of Singapore

His Excellency The Ambassador
of South Africa and Mrs. Nhlapo

His Excellency The Ambassador of Spain
and Ms. Dezcallar

His Excellency the Ambassador of Sweden
and Mrs. Hafström

Mr. George Stephanopoulos
and Mrs. Ali Wentworth

The Honorable Todd Stern
and Ms. Jennifer Klein

Ms. Karen B. Stewart

Mr. and Mrs. William Sweeney

His Excellency The Ambassador
of Switzerland and Mrs. Ziswiler

The Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Tanner

The Honorable Mac Thornberry
and Mrs. Thornberry

His Excellency The Ambassador of Turkey
and Mrs. Sensoy

Mr. & Mrs. Jake Tarr

His Excellency The Ambassador
of the United Arab Emirates

The Honorable Tom Udall and Mrs. Udall

The Honorable Fred Upton

The Honorable Melanne Verveer
and Mr. Philip Verveer

Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Von Lipsey

Ms. Kerry Washington

Mr. Tommy Wells

The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr.
and Mrs. West

Mr. and Mrs. Curtin Winsor III

His Excellency The Ambassador
of the Republic of Yemen


*If you attended the Ball and would like to be listed, or would like your name removed or changed on this page, please contact David Edmondson at dedmondson@meridian.org