Thank you to our 2023 Annual Gala supporters!

GALA HONOREES | Sam Gilliam • Klaus Ottmann • Mera & Donald Rubell • Darren Walker

CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE | The Honorable Donald S. Beyer Jr. • The Honorable Susan Collins • The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton •
The Honorable Mike Simpson • The Honorable Mark Warner

DIPLOMATIC COMMITTEE | His Excellency Ambassador of the State of Qatar Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani •
His Excellency Ambassador of France Laurent Bili • Her Excellency Ambassador of Luxembourg Nicole Bintner-Bakshian •
His Excellency Ambassador of Portugal Francisco Duarte Lopes • Her Excellency Ambassador of Iceland Bergdís Ellertsdótti •
Her Excellency Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Emily Haber • His Excellency Ambassador of the Republic of Finland Mikko Hautala •
Her Excellency Kirsten Hillman, Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America • Her Excellency Ambassador of Denmark Christina Markus Lassen •
His Excellency The Ambassador of Singapore Ashok Mirpuri • Dame Karen Pierce DCMG, British Ambassador to the US •
His Excellency Ambassador of Switzerland Jacques Pitteloud • His Excellency Ambassador of Estonia Kristjan Prikk •
His Excellency the Honorable Dr. Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States • His Excellency The Ambassador of Japan TOMITA Koji •
His Excellency Ambassador of Chile Juan Gabriel Valdés • Her Excellency Ambassador of Italy Mariangela Zappia

ARTIST COMMITTEE | Desmond Beach • Marta Pérez García • Barbara Liotta • Aaron Maier-Carretero

GALA COMMITTEE | Judy Pomeranz - Chair • Beatriz Bolton • Connie Carter • Sarah Eastright • Julie Garcia • Barbara Hall • Meg Hauge • Barbara Hawthorn • Matt Indre • Jennifer Lavinbuk • Denise Long • Sarah Mills • Courtney Toomath-West

2023 Sponsors

CHAMPION | Bloomberg Philanthropies  

PARTNER | The Garcia Family Spotlight Foundation • Total Wine & More 

BENEFACTOR | Altria Group • Beatriz & Graham Bolton • Barbara Brown & Robert Berish • The Dosal Family Foundation •
Paul Killian & Carole Goodson and Ken Fields & Nikki Noya Fields • Kramer Levin • Judy Pomeranz • Embassy of the State of Qatar • George Vradenburg - UsAgainstAlzheimer's •
Reid Walker

SUPPORTER | ArentFox Schiff LLP and JM Zell Partners, LTD • Connie Carter, Compass Real Estate • GRF CPAs & Advisors • Agnus Gund •
Barbara & Bob Hall • Bonnie & Harold Himmelman • Gail Lione & Barry Grossman • Risk Strategies Company • Lucretia Tanner • WC Smith