The Meridian Ball is one of the most prestigious annual events in Washington, DC. Now in its 45th year, it brings together public and private sector leaders to celebrate Meridian’s ongoing efforts to global leadership through the exchange of ideas, people, and culture.
Traditionally held in October, the Ball is known for Ambassador-hosted dinners, in addition to a dinner hosted by Meridian at its White-Meyer House. Following dinner, all guests gather for dancing, dessert, and dialogue at Meridian House, an architectural treasure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Ball is well attended by public officials including Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices, and members of the U.S. Congress, as well as prominent media figures, foreign ambassadors, and representatives from the international business and cultural communities.
Each year the Ball plays a key role in helping Meridian generate awareness of and support for its mission. Proceeds from the Ball support Meridian’s global leadership exchanges, cultural activities, conferences, and seminars.
Senator Lamar Alexander and Mrs. Alexander
The Honorable Yvette Alexander
The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard and The Honorable Edward T. Allard, III
Senator John Barrasso and Mrs. Barrasso
The Honorable Joyce Beatty and Mr. Otto Beatty
Senator Mark Begich and Mrs. Bonito
The Honorable Dan Benishek and Mrs. Benishek
Senator Michael F. Bennet and Susan Daggett
The Honorable Marsha Blackburn and Mr. Chuck Blackburn
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Blanchard
The Honorable Anita Bonds
The Honorable Muriel Bowser
The Honorable Bruce L. Braley and Mrs. Braley
The Honorable Julia Brownley
Senator and Mrs. Richard Burr
The Honorable Dave Camp and Mrs. Camp
The Honorable Tony Cárdenas and Mrs. Cárdenas
Senator and Mrs. Ben Cardin
The Honorable David N. Cicilline
The Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay
The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver and Mrs. Cleaver
Senator Thad Cochran
The Honorable Mike Coffman and Mrs. Coffman
The Honorable Steve Cohen
The Honorable Tom Cole and Mrs. Cole
The Honorable Chris Collins and Mrs. Collins
The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly and Mrs. Connolly
The Honorable Joseph Crowley and Mrs. Crowley
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and Mrs. Cummings
The Honorable Charles W. Dent and Mrs. Dent
The Honorable John D. Dingell and Mrs. Dingell
The Honorable Donna F. Edwards
The Honorable Keith Ellison
The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo
The Honorable Blake Farenthold and Mrs. Farenthold
The Honorable Chaka Fattah
The Honorable Michael G. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Fitzpatrick
The Honorable Bill Flores and Mrs. Flores
The Honorable Trent Franks and Mrs. Franks
The Honorable Kay Granger
The Honorable Sam Graves
The Honorable Gene Green and Mrs. Green
The Honorable David Grosso
The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday and Mrs. Holliday
The Honorable Steven A. Horsford and Dr. Horsford
The Honorable Jared Huffman and Mrs. Susan Huffman
Senator Johnny Isakson
Senator and Mrs. Mike Johanns
Senator Tim Johnson and Mrs. Johnson
The Honorable David P. Joyce and Mrs. Kelly Joyce
The Honorable Ron Kind and Mrs. Kind
Senator Mary L. Landrieu and Mr. Frank Snellings
The Honorable Tom Latham and Mrs. Latham
The Honorable Barbara Lee
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren and Mr. John Marshall Collins
The Honorable Alan S. Lowenthal and Dr. Deborah Malumed
The Honorable Blaine Luetkemeyer and Mrs. Luetkemeyer
The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch
Senator Joe Manchin, III and Mrs. Manchin
The Honorable Tom Marino and Mrs. Marino
The Honorable Doris O. Matsui
The Honorable Michael T. McCaul and Mrs. McCaul
The Honorable Mike McIntyre and Mrs. McIntyre
The Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and Mrs. McKeon
The Honorable Jerry McNerney and Mrs. McNerney
The Honorable Mark Meadows and Mrs. Meadows
The Honorable Grace Meng and Mr. Wayne Kye
The Honorable Luke Messer and Mrs. Jennifer Messer
The Honorable John L. Mica and Mrs. Mica
Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
The Honorable Gwen Moore
Senator Lisa Murkowski and Mr. Verne Martell
Senator Christopher Murphy and Ms. Catherine Holahan
The Honorable Steven M. Palazzo and Mrs. Palazzo
The Honorable Ed Pastor and Mrs. Pastor
The Honorable Thomas E. Petri and Mrs. Petri
The Honorable Chellie Pingree and Mr. Donald Sussman
The Honorable Trey Radel and Mrs. Radel
The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II and Mrs. Rahall
Majority Leader Harry Reid and Mrs. Reid
The Honorable Reid J. Ribble and Mrs. Ribble
The Honorable Harold Rogers and Mrs. Rogers
The Honorable Thomas J. Rooney
and Mrs. Tara Rooney
The Honorable Dennis A. Ross and Mrs. Ross
The Honorable Edward R. Royce
and Marie Thérèse Royce
The Honorable C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
and Mrs. Ruppersberger
The Honorable Adam B. Schiff and Mrs. Schiff
The Honorable Aaron Schock
Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Mr. William Shaheen
The Honorable John Shimkus and Mrs. Shimkus
The Honorable Kyrsten Sinema
The Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter and Mr. Slaughter
The Honorable Dina Titus and Dr. Tom Wright
The Honorable Paul Tonko
Senator Tom Udall and Mrs. Jill Cooper Udall
The Honorable Fred Upton and Mrs. Upton
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen
and Katherine Wilkens-Van Hollen
Senator Mark Warner
The Honorable Maxine Waters
and Ambassador Sid Williams
The Honorable Ed Whitfield and Mrs. Whitfield
Senator and Mrs. Roger Wicker
MERIDIAN BALL CHAIR
Dalia Mroue-Fateh
CORPORATE CHAIR
Christophe Navarre
Chairman and CEO, Moët Hennessy
DIPLOMAT’S CIRCLE
Anonymous
Dalia and Hossein Fateh
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Blanchard
Congressman John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney
TERRACE CIRCLE
The Honorable Frederic V. Malek and Marlene Malek
The Honorable and Mrs. Thomas F. McLarty III
BALL COMMITTEE
Grace and Morton Bender
The Honorable and Mrs. Stuart Bernstein
The Honorable Julia Chang Bloch and Stuart Bloch
Conrad and Ludmila Cafritz
The Honorable Michael Chertoff and Mrs. Chertoff
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald I. Dozoretz
A. Huda and Samia Farouki
The Honorable Melvyn J. Estrin and Mrs. Estrin
Ms. Denise Grant and Mr. Franklin Raines
The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison
Jay L. Johnson and Sydney McNiff Johnson
The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann Korologos
Aimee and Robert Lehrman
Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. O’Gorman, Sr.
Rachel Tinsley Pearson
Justin and Kier Peterson
Edwin and Linda Phelps
Nanda Shaheen and Michael Collins
Brad Welling
WHITE-MEYER CHAIR
Britlan Malek
LINDEN CIRCLE
Frederic and Britlan Malek
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Loran and Robert Aiken
Tammie and John Collins
TERRACE CIRCLE
Andrea and George Ferris
Irene Pollin
WHITE-MEYER COMMITTEE
7 Second Strategies
Mai and Jim Abdo
Jim Bell
Ashley and Matt Bronczek
Robert Fardi and Jacquelyn Puente
Suzanne and George Folsom
Maria Elena Gutierrez
Wilhelmina Holladay
Karina Homme
Susan Lacz
Karen Maples
Laura and Brent McIntosh
Pamela and Bowman Miller
Pilar and William O’Leary
Michelle and Chris Olson
Susanna and Jack Quinn
Reem Sadik
Brian Wolff
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS
Frances Holuba and Jaclyn Mason
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE
Khaled Alhegelan
Sandra Maria Barros
Thomas Ewin
Garance Franke-Ruta
Elizabeth Kane
Maryam Ariana Mesbahzadeh Mujica
Sean J.O. Randall
Christina Sevilla
Senator Lamar Alexander and Mrs. Alexander
The Honorable Yvette Alexander
The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard and The Honorable Edward T. Allard, III
Senator John Barrasso and Mrs. Barrasso
The Honorable Joyce Beatty and Mr. Otto Beatty
Senator Mark Begich and Mrs. Bonito
The Honorable Dan Benishek and Mrs. Benishek
Senator Michael F. Bennet and Susan Daggett
The Honorable Marsha Blackburn and Mr. Chuck Blackburn
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Blanchard
The Honorable Anita Bonds
The Honorable Muriel Bowser
The Honorable Bruce L. Braley and Mrs. Braley
The Honorable Julia Brownley
Senator and Mrs. Richard Burr
The Honorable Dave Camp and Mrs. Camp
The Honorable Tony Cárdenas and Mrs. Cárdenas
Senator and Mrs. Ben Cardin
The Honorable David N. Cicilline
The Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay
The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver and Mrs. Cleaver
Senator Thad Cochran
The Honorable Mike Coffman and Mrs. Coffman
The Honorable Steve Cohen
The Honorable Tom Cole and Mrs. Cole
The Honorable Chris Collins and Mrs. Collins
The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly and Mrs. Connolly
The Honorable Joseph Crowley and Mrs. Crowley
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and Mrs. Cummings
The Honorable Charles W. Dent and Mrs. Dent
The Honorable John D. Dingell and Mrs. Dingell
The Honorable Donna F. Edwards
The Honorable Keith Ellison
The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo
The Honorable Blake Farenthold and Mrs. Farenthold
The Honorable Chaka Fattah
The Honorable Michael G. Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Fitzpatrick
The Honorable Bill Flores and Mrs. Flores
The Honorable Trent Franks and Mrs. Franks
The Honorable Kay Granger
The Honorable Sam Graves
The Honorable Gene Green and Mrs. Green
The Honorable David Grosso
The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday and Mrs. Holliday
The Honorable Steven A. Horsford and Dr. Horsford
The Honorable Jared Huffman and Mrs. Susan Huffman
Senator Johnny Isakson
Senator and Mrs. Mike Johanns
Senator Tim Johnson and Mrs. Johnson
The Honorable David P. Joyce and Mrs. Kelly Joyce
The Honorable Ron Kind and Mrs. Kind
Senator Mary L. Landrieu and Mr. Frank Snellings
The Honorable Tom Latham and Mrs. Latham
The Honorable Barbara Lee
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren and Mr. John Marshall Collins
The Honorable Alan S. Lowenthal and Dr. Deborah Malumed
The Honorable Blaine Luetkemeyer and Mrs. Luetkemeyer
The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch
Senator Joe Manchin, III and Mrs. Manchin
The Honorable Tom Marino and Mrs. Marino
The Honorable Doris O. Matsui
The Honorable Michael T. McCaul and Mrs. McCaul
The Honorable Mike McIntyre and Mrs. McIntyre
The Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and Mrs. McKeon
The Honorable Jerry McNerney and Mrs. McNerney
The Honorable Mark Meadows and Mrs. Meadows
The Honorable Grace Meng and Mr. Wayne Kye
The Honorable Luke Messer and Mrs. Jennifer Messer
The Honorable John L. Mica and Mrs. Mica
Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
The Honorable Gwen Moore
Senator Lisa Murkowski and Mr. Verne Martell
Senator Christopher Murphy and Ms. Catherine Holahan
The Honorable Steven M. Palazzo and Mrs. Palazzo
The Honorable Ed Pastor and Mrs. Pastor
The Honorable Thomas E. Petri and Mrs. Petri
The Honorable Chellie Pingree and Mr. Donald Sussman
The Honorable Trey Radel and Mrs. Radel
The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II and Mrs. Rahall
Majority Leader Harry Reid and Mrs. Reid
The Honorable Reid J. Ribble and Mrs. Ribble
The Honorable Harold Rogers and Mrs. Rogers
The Honorable Thomas J. Rooney
and Mrs. Tara Rooney
The Honorable Dennis A. Ross and Mrs. Ross
The Honorable Edward R. Royce
and Marie Thérèse Royce
The Honorable C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
and Mrs. Ruppersberger
The Honorable Adam B. Schiff and Mrs. Schiff
The Honorable Aaron Schock
Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Mr. William Shaheen
The Honorable John Shimkus and Mrs. Shimkus
The Honorable Kyrsten Sinema
The Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter and Mr. Slaughter
The Honorable Dina Titus and Dr. Tom Wright
The Honorable Paul Tonko
Senator Tom Udall and Mrs. Jill Cooper Udall
The Honorable Fred Upton and Mrs. Upton
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen
and Katherine Wilkens-Van Hollen
Senator Mark Warner
The Honorable Maxine Waters
and Ambassador Sid Williams
The Honorable Ed Whitfield and Mrs. Whitfield
Senator and Mrs. Roger Wicker
CORPORATE CHAIR
Christophe Navarre
Chairman and CEO, Moët Hennessy
DIPLOMAT’S CIRCLE
Anonymous
Dalia and Hossein Fateh
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Blanchard
Congressman John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney
TERRACE CIRCLE
The Honorable Frederic V. Malek and Marlene Malek
The Honorable and Mrs. Thomas F. McLarty III
BALL COMMITTEE
Grace and Morton Bender
The Honorable and Mrs. Stuart Bernstein
The Honorable Julia Chang Bloch and Stuart Bloch
Conrad and Ludmila Cafritz
The Honorable Michael Chertoff and Mrs. Chertoff
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald I. Dozoretz
A. Huda and Samia Farouki
The Honorable Melvyn J. Estrin and Mrs. Estrin
Ms. Denise Grant and Mr. Franklin Raines
The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison
Jay L. Johnson and Sydney McNiff Johnson
The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann Korologos
Aimee and Robert Lehrman
Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. O’Gorman, Sr.
Rachel Tinsley Pearson
Justin and Kier Peterson
Edwin and Linda Phelps
Nanda Shaheen and Michael Collins
Brad Welling
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Loran and Robert Aiken
Tammie and John Collins
TERRACE CIRCLE
Andrea and George Ferris
Irene Pollin
WHITE-MEYER COMMITTEE
7 Second Strategies
Mai and Jim Abdo
Jim Bell
Ashley and Matt Bronczek
Robert Fardi and Jacquelyn Puente
Suzanne and George Folsom
Maria Elena Gutierrez
Wilhelmina Holladay
Karina Homme
Susan Lacz
Karen Maples
Laura and Brent McIntosh
Pamela and Bowman Miller
Pilar and William O’Leary
Michelle and Chris Olson
Susanna and Jack Quinn
Reem Sadik
Brian Wolff
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS
Frances Holuba and Jaclyn Mason
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE
Khaled Alhegelan
Sandra Maria Barros
Thomas Ewin
Garance Franke-Ruta
Elizabeth Kane
Maryam Ariana Mesbahzadeh Mujica
Sean J.O. Randall
Christina Sevilla
Embassy Patrons
Meridian International Center is grateful for the generous support and hospitality of:
ARGENTINA
Her Excellency Cecilia Nahón The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic and Mr. Sergio Alfredo Garcia Gomez
AUSTRALIA
His Excellency Kim Beazley The Ambassador of Australia and Ms. Susie Julia Annus
BELGIUM
His Excellency Jan Matthysen The Ambassador of Belgium and Mrs. Agnes Julia Aerts
DENMARK
His Excellency Peter Taksøe-Jensen The Ambassador of Denmark
ECUADOR
Her Excellency Nathalie Cely Suárez The Ambassador of Ecuador and Mr. Alvaro Ivan Hernandez Alavrez
EGYPT
His Excellency Mohamed M. Tawfik The Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Mrs. Amani Ahmed Amin
EUROPEAN UNION
His Excellency João Vale de Almeida The Head of the Delegation of the European Union and Mrs. Maria Ana Ramos Jara de Carvalho
HUNGARY
His Excellency Claudio Bisogniero The Ambassador of Italy and Laura Denise Noce Benigni Olivieri
ITALY
His Excellency Temur Yakobashvili The Ambassador of Georgia
LIECHTENSTEIN
Her Excellency Claudia Fritsche The Ambassador of the Principality of Liechtenstein
LUXEMBOURG
His Excellency Jean-Louis Wolzfeld The Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
MEXICO
His Excellency Eduardo Medina-Mora The Ambassador of Mexico and Mrs. Laura Perez Medina-Mora
MOROCCO
His Excellency Rachad Bouhlal The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco and Mrs. Fatiha Bennani
PANAMA
His Excellency Mario E. Jaramillo The Ambassador of the Republic of Panama
PERU
His Excellency Harold Forsyth The Ambassador of Peru and Mrs. María Verónica Sommer Mayer
SINGAPORE
His Excellency Ashok Kumar Mirpuri The Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore and Mrs. Gouri Uppal
SPAIN
Minister Juan Manuel Molina Deputy Chief of Mission of Spain
SWEDEN
His Excellency Björn Lyrvall The Ambassador of Sweden and Mrs. Madeleine Lyrvall
UKRAINE
His Excellency Olexander Motsyk The Ambassador of Ukraine and Mrs. Natalia Terletska
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates and Mrs. Abeer Al Otaiba