EXPECTED ATTENDEES AT TONIGHT’S ITALY STATE DINNER

 
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the First Lady

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2016
 
 
EXPECTED ATTENDEES AT TONIGHT’S
ITALY STATE DINNER
Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight’s Italy State Dinner. Additional details about the State Dinner are available HERE.
 
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA
Honorees
HIS EXCELLENCY MATTEO RENZI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY AND MRS. AGNESE LANDINI
 
The Honorable Adewale Adeyemo, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, National Security Council
Ms. Mae Podesta

The Honorable Salman Ahmed, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Strategic Planning & Counselor to the National Security Advisor, National Security Council
Ms. Shaheen Ahmed
 
Professor Elizabeth Alexander, Poet
Mr. Mark C. Alexander

Mr. Mario Andretti, Former Racing Driver
Ms. Barbra Andretti-Curto

Ms. Paola Antonelli, Architect & Designer, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

Mr. Giorgio Armani, Fashion Designer, The Armani Group, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
 
Mr. Mario Batali, Chef
            Ms. Susan Cahn
 
Mr. Richard Bates, Senior Vice President of Governmental Relations, The Walt Disney Company
Ms. Rose Bates

Ms. Giovanna Battaglia, W Magazine & Vogue Japan
Mr. Oscar Engelbert

Mr. Roberto Benigni, Actor, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
 
The Honorable Steve Keith Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina
Ms. DeAndrea Gist Benjamin

Mr. Chance Bennett, Rapper
Mr. Kenneth Bennett
 
Ms. Susan Berghoef, Attorney
Mr. Patrick Croke            
 
Ms. Megan Beyer, Executive Director, President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities                  
The Honorable Don Beyer, Jr.
 
Ms. Ashley Blazer Biden, Executive Director, Delaware Center for Justice
 
Mr. Hunter Biden, Chairman, Rosemont Seneca Advisors
 
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States
Dr. Jill Biden
 
Mr. Paul Blavin, Founder, FOR GOOD
            Ms. Amy Blavin
 
The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
The Honorable Evan Ryan

Dr. Paul Boskind, Chief Executive Officer, Deer Oaks Mental Health Associates, PC
Mr. Robby McMillin-Boskind

Mr. David Bradley, Chairman & Owner, Atlantic Media
Ms. Katherine Bradley
 
Ms. Nicoletta Braschi, Actress, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

The Honorable Anita Breckenridge, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, The White House
Ms. Rebekah Bader

Mr. Donato R. Buccini, Vice President, Edward J. DeSeta Company, Inc. 
Ms. Bernadette De Seta Buccini

Ms. Carrie Budoff, Politico
Mr. Thomas Brown

Ms. Cathy Burns, President, Produce Marketing Association
Mr. Kenneth Burns

The Honorable Kristie Canegallo, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation, The White House
Mr. Mark James Canegallo, Jr.

Mr. Raffaele Cantone, President, National Anticorruption Authority, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
 
The Honorable Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Ms. Stephanie Carter

Mr. Paul Cejas, Chairman, PLC Investments
Mr. Gertie Cejas

Mr. Jim Chanos, Chief Executive Officer, Kynikos Associates
Ms. Crystal Connors

Mr. Timothy Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Ripplewood Holdings LLC

The Honorable Gerald Connolly, U.S. Representative (Virginia)
            Ms. Catherine Smith
 
The Honorable Michael Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Ms. Shari Connor
 
The Honorable Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Ms. Kelly Williams
 
The Honorable Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, The United Nations World Food Programme
            Ms. Tybra Arthur
 
The Honorable Bathsheba Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Saone Crocker
 
The Honorable Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York
Ms. Sandra Lee

The Honorable Chase Cushman, Assistant to the President & Director of Scheduling & Advance, The White House
Ms. Ashley Cushman
 
Ms. Daniela D’Antonio, Journalist, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

Mr. Giuliano Da Empoli, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
 
Ms. Yene Damtew, Hairstylist
Mr. Tsegaye Shiferaw Assefa

The Honorable Brian Deese, Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor, The White House
Ms. Bree Arsenault
 
Mr. Joseph Del Raso, Chairman, National Italian American Foundation
Ms. Anne Del Raso
 
The Honorable Suzan Delbene, U.S. Representative (Washington)
Mr. Kurt Delbene

Ms. Kelly Dibble, Senior Vice President & Director of Public Affairs, Northern Trust Corporation
Mr. Andrew Dibble
 
Mr. John DiEleuterio, Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Delaware National Guard
Ms. Maureen DiEleuterio

Mr. John Doerr III, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Ms. Ann Doerr

The Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, The White House
Ms. Liza Gilbert

Ms. Amy Dove, Director for European Union, Southern Europe & European Affairs, National Security Council
Mr. Patrick Lacey

The Honorable Josh Earnest, Assistant to the President & Press Secretary, The White House
Ms. Natalie Earnest

The Honorable Jennie Easterly, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council
Mr. Jason Easterly

The Honorable Neil Eggleston, Assistant to the President & Counsel to the President, The White House
Ms. Rachel Eggleston

Mr. Ken Ehrlich, Producer
Ms. Harriet Ehrlich
 
Mr. Carlos Elizondo, Resident Manager & Social Secretary to the Vice President & Dr. Biden
Mr. Mark William Dumas

Mr. John Elkann, Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Ms. Lavinia Borromeo Arese Taverna

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health
Dr. Christine Grady

The Honorable Jon Finer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Emily Finer

Mr. Larry Fink, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Inc.

The Honorable Chris Fonzone, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy Counsel to the President & NSC Legal Adviser, National Security Council
Ms. Jillian Catalanotti
 
Mr. Fabrizio Freda, President & Chief Executive Officer, Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Ms. Mary-Ann Jeanine Lannoy
 
The Honorable Julia Frifield, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Shannon Kula

The Honorable Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, The White House
Ms. Eve Gerber

Ms. Laetitia Garriott De Cayeux, Co-Founder, Escape Dynamics
Mr. Richard Garriott De Cayeux

Ms. Maria Gavrilovic, CBS
Mr. Emil Jahic
 
His Excellency Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
 
The Honorable Suzanne George, Deputy Assistant to the President & Executive Secretary & Chief of Staff, National Security Council
Mr. David George

Ms. Fabiola Gianotti, Director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
 
Mr. Henry Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Artery Capital Group, LLC
Ms. Carol Brown Goldberg

Mr. Alex Gorsky, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson
Ms. Patricia Gorsky

Ms. Rachel Goslins, Director of the Arts & Industries Building, The Smithsonian Institution
Mr. Julius Genachowski
 
Ms. Savannah Guthrie, NBC
Mr. Michael Feldman

The Honorable Avril Haines, Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council
Mr. David Davighi

Tamron Hall, MSNBC
Mr. Jonathan Todd Capehart
 
The Honorable Jane Harman, Director, President & CEO, The Wilson Center
Mr. Robert Dickie, Boston

Ms. Cynthia H. Harrell-Horn, Philanthropist
Ms. Cassidy Horn

Mr. Mel Heifetz, Real Estate Developer
Mr. John Di Pietro

Ms. Mary Kay Henry, International President, SEIU
Ms. Paula Macchello

Mr. Stephen Hightower, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hightowers Petroleum Company
Mr. Stephen Hightower II
 
The Honorable Jim Himes, U.S. Representative (Connecticut)
Ms. Mary Himes
 
The Honorable Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy & Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Julie Ringel

Ms. Susan Holland, Event Designer, Susan Holland Events
Mr. Richard Klein

The Honorable Sarah Hurwitz, Special Assistant to the President, Senior Strategic & Policy Advisor to the Council on Women & Girls & Senior Presidential Speechwriter, The White House
Mr. Tyler Lechtenberg
 
Ms. Denise Ilitch, President, Ilitch Enterprises, LLC
Mr. Jeffrey Krupcale
 
The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor & Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House
Ms. Laura Jarrett

Ms. Kristen Jarvis, Chief of Staff, Ford Foundation
Mr. Shaun West

The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Warren Jewell

The Honorable Broderick Johnson, Assistant to the President & Cabinet Secretary, The White House
Ms. Michele Norris

Dr. Fisk Johnson III, Chief Executive Officer, SC Johnson & Son, Inc.

The Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dr. Susan DiMarco

Ms. Kristin Jones, Special Assistant & Director of Special Projects for the First Lady, The White House
Mr. Lawrence Jackson

The Honorable Cody Keenan, Assistant to the President & Director of Speechwriting, The White House
Ms. Kristen Bartoloni

Ms. Janet Keller, President, Keller Consultants
Ms. Leslie Ray

Ms. Angela Kennedy, Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Mr. Henry Kennedy, Jr.
 
The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

Mr. Naeem Khan, Fashion Designer, House of Khan
Ms. Ranjana Khan

Ms. Gayle King, CBS
Ms. Kirby Bumpus

Ms. Meredith Koop, Special Assistant to the First Lady, The White House
Mr. Tomas Motta

The Honorable Charlie Kupchan, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
Ms. Simma Kupchan

Mr. Mark Landler, The New York Times
Ms. Angela Tung

Mr. Josh Lederman, The Associated Press
Ms. Amy Lederman
 
Ms. Bel Leong-Hong, President, Knowledge Advantage, Inc.
Mr. Kenneth Hong
 
Ms. Christina Lewis, Founder & Executive Director, All Star Code
Ms. Loida N. Lewis

Ms. Mara Liasson, National Public Radio
Mr. Jonathan Cuneo

The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Stephen Hargrove

The Honorable Robert Malley, Special Assistant to the President, White House Coordinator for the Middle East & North Africa Region & Senior Advisor to the President on the Counter ISIL Campaign, National Security Council
Ms. Caroline Brown
 
Major General Carmine Masiello, Military Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

Ms. Colleen McCain Nelson, Wall Street Journal
Mr. Jon Nelson
 
Mr. Cornell McClellan, Fitness Coach, Trainer & Member of The President’s Council on Fitness Sports & Nutrition
 
The Honorable Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Ms. Diane McDonald
 
The Honorable Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff, The White House
Ms. Karin McDonough

Ms. Gail McGovern, President & Chief Executive Officer, The American Red Cross
Mr. Donald McGovern

The Honorable Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Gina Chon
 
Mr. Mike Memoli, Los Angeles Times
Mr. Matthew Memoli

Ms. Micheline Mendelsohn, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Good Stuff Eatery
Mr. Clifford Luhn

Mr. Jamie Meritosis, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lumina Foundation
Ms. Colleen O’Brien
 
Ms. Carolyn Miles, President‎ & CEO, Save the Children USA
Mr. Carlos Carrazana
 
Mr. Doug Mills, The New York Times
Ms. Katherine Mills

Ms. Connie Milstein, Principal & Co-Founder, Ogden CAP Properties LLC
            Mr. Ian Kahn

Ms. Cindy Moelis, President, Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
Mr. Robert Rivkin

The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Anthony Monaco

Mr. James Montgomery, Sr., Principal, James D. Montgomery & Associates
Ms. Pauline Montgomery

Mr. Phil Munger, Analyst
Ms. Georgia Travers

The Honorable Shailagh Murray, Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor, The White House
Mr. Neil King

The Honorable Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to the President & Director of the Domestic Policy Council, The White House
Mr. Amit A. Pandya

Ms. Giuseppina Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa Sicily, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
 
The Honorable Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European & Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mr. Robert Kagan

Mr. Frank Ocean, Singer & Songwriter
Ms. Katonya Breaux
 
Mr. Eric Ortner, Producer & Manager, The Ortner Group
Mr. Chuck B. Ortner

Ms. Casey Owens, Senior Brand Manager, Starbucks Corporation
Mr. Christopher Castello

Mr. Clarence Page, The Chicago Tribune
Ms. Lisa Page

Ms. Carrin Patman, Attorney, Brocwell and Giuliani LLP
Mr. Jim Derrick, Jr.

Mr. Art Peck, Chief Executive Officer, The Gap Inc.
Ms. Kirsten Peck

The Honorable Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Mr. Frank Peduto

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
Mr. Paul Pelosi
 
Ms. Denielle Pemberton-Heard, Business Affairs Attorney, Public Broadcasting Company
Mr. Greg Heard
 
The Honorable Tom Perez, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor
Ms. Ann Marie Staudenmaier

Mr. Andrew Peterson, Special Olympic Athlete for the United States
Mr. Craig Peterson

The Honorable John Phillips, U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic & the Republic of San Marino, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Linda Douglass
 
Mr. Diego Piacentini, Government Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

Mr. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc.
Ms. Anjali Pichai

Mr. Bill Plante, CBS
Ms. Robin Smith

Mr. Michael Polsky, President & Chief Executive Officer, Invenergy LLC
Ms. Tanya Polsky

The Honorable Stephen Pomper, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs & Human Rights, National Security Council
Ms. Karen Manning

Ms. Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Ms. Ting Poo

The Honorable Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Professor Cass Sunstein

Mr. Richard Price, Chief Executive Officer, Mesirow Financial
Ms. Eva Tyree

Mr. Matthew Pritzker, Chief Executive Officer, The Matthew Pritzker Company
Ms. Cristina Curcio

The Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Mr. Donald Traubert
 
Mr. Andrew Prozes, Founder, TAEVAST
Ms. Laura Heery

The Honorable Jennifer Psaki, Assistant to the President & Director of Communications, The White House
Ms. Eileen Medvey

Mr. Carl Ray, Makeup Artist
Ms. Hillary Korutz

Ms. Rachael Ray, The Rachael Ray Show
Mr. John Cusimano

The Honorable Jack Reed, U.S. Senator (Rhode Island)
            Ms. Julia Reed
 
The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Speechwriting, National Security Council
Ms. Ann Norris

The Honorable Steven Ricchetti, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the Vice President, The White House
Ms. Amy Ricchetti

The Honorable Susan Rice, Assistant to the President & National Security Advisor, National Security Council
Mr. Ian Cameron

The Honorable Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, & Migration, U.S. Department of State
Mr. William Davis

Mr. John Rogers, Jr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments
Ms. Marion Brooks

The Honorable Amy Rosenbaum, Assistant to the President & Director of Legislative Affairs, The White House
Mr. Joshua Lahey

The Honorable Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issue, U.S. Department of State
Mr. Thomas Donilon
 
Mr. Haim Saban, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Saban Capital Group
Ms. Cheryl Saban

Mr. Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian
Ms. Jessica Seinfeld

The Honorable Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Parita Selfridge
 
Mr. Filippo Sensi, Press Office of the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

Mr. J Rutherford Seydel, Attorney, Davis Pickren Seydel & Sneed LLP
Ms. Laura Seydel

The Honorable Thomas Shannon, Jr., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Mr. John Shulman, Founder & Managing Director of Juggernaut Capital Partners
            Ms. Alison Shulman
 
The Honorable David Simas, Assistant to the President & Director of Political Strategy & Outreach, The White House
Ms. Shauna McCarty

The Honorable MacKenzie Smith, Special Assistant to the President & Director of Scheduling & Advance for the First Lady, The White House
Ms. Pam Smith
 
Mr. Mark Smith, The Associated Press
Ms. Mina Smith
 
Mr. Michael Smith, Interior Designer, Michael S. Smith Inc.
Ms. Katherine Malkin

Mr. Alan Solow, Partner, Resolute Consulting
Ms. Andrea Solow

Mr. Arne Sorenson, President & Chief Executive Officer, J.W. Marriott International
Ms. Ruth Sorenson

Mr. Paolo Sorrentino, Film Director, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

Ms. Emily Sowek, Letter Writer
Ms. Susan Andrews
 
Ms. Gwen Stefani, Singer & Songwriter
            Mr. Blake Shelton
 
The Honorable Rick Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Mary Stengel

Mr. George Stephanopoulos, ABC
Ms. Alexandra Wentworth
 
Ms. Margaret Talev, Bloomberg
Mr. Richard Micklethwait

Mr. James Taylor, Singer & Songwriter
Ms. Kim Taylor

The Honorable Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House
Ms. Emma Tchen

The Honorable Caroline Tess, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council
Mr. Thiago Lourenco Dos Reis

Ambassador David Thorne, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Rose Thorne

Mr. Chuck Todd, NBC
Ms. Kristian Todd

Mr. Conrad Tribble, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Christina Tribble
 
Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

Mr. John Turturro, Actor
Ms. Katherine Borowitz

Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Chobani LLC
Ms. Louise Vongerichten
 
His Excellency Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to the United States, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
Ms. Micaela Barbagallo
 
Ms. Krishanti Vignarajah, Policy Director to the First Lady, The White House
Mr. Collin O’Mara

The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ms. Christie Vilsack
 
Ms. Beatrice Vio, Olympic Athlete for Italy, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
Ms. Teresa Angela Grandis
 
Mr. Charles Ward III, Architect, June Street Architecture
Mr. Michael Lombardo

The Honorable Constance Williams, Former State Senator (Pennsylvania)
Ms. Elizabeth Williams

Mr. Evan Williams, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Medium
Ms. Sara Williams

The Honorable Jonathan Winer, Special Envoy for Libya & Senior Advisor for MEK Resettlement, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Libby Lewis

The Honorable Melissa Winter, Deputy Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor to the First Lady, The White House
Mr. Joshua Alkin

Mr. Johnny Wright, Hairstylist
Ms. Jacqueline Tarrant

Mr. Kevin Xu, Chief Executive Officer, MEBO International
Mr. Guoxin Tao

Her Excellency Maria Angela Zappia, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
 
The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy & Director of the National Economic Council, The White House
Ms. Mary Zients