For Immediate Release
September 14, 2006
Guest List for the Dinner in Honor of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
THE PRESIDENT and MRS. BUSH
Mr. Frank Alkyer, Publisher, Downbeat
Ms. Lauren Helfand
Mrs. Rima Al-Sabah, Spouse of the Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Kuwait
Embassy
Mrs. Hind Al-Sabah, Guest of Mrs. Rima Al-Sabah
Mr. Paxton Baker, Executive Vice President, BET Digital Networks
Mrs. Rachel Baker
Mr. Robert B. Barnett, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Partner,
Williams and Connolly LLP
Ms. Rita Braver
Ms. Meredeth Barnett (Daughter)
The Honorable Joshua Bolten, Assistant to the President and Chief of
Staff
Ms. Dede McClure, E.W. Stokes Public Charter School (Guest)
Mr. Abbott Brown, Founder, Ridgestone Foundation
Mrs. Linda Brown
The Honorable Janice Rogers Brown, Justice, United States Circuit Court
of Appeals
Mr. Dewey Parker (Guest)
Mr. Christopher G. Caine, Vice President, Governmental Programs, IBM
Corporation
Mrs. Betsy Caine
Mr. Ronald Carter, Musician
Mr. Thomas Carter, President, Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
Mrs. Cheryl Carter
The Honorable Thad Cochran, United States Senator (R/Mississippi)
Ms. Kay Webber, Executive Assistant to Sen. Thad Cochran (Guest)
The Honorable Bruce M. Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the
Humanities
Mrs. Doreen Cole
The Honorable James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental
Quality
Mrs. Susanna Connaughton
Mr. Frank Cooper, PepsiCo
Mrs. Reneatta Whittington Cooper
The Honorable John Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium
Challenge Corporation
Mrs. Irene Danilovich
The Honorable John D. Dingell, United States Representative (D/Michigan)
Mrs. Debbie Dingell, President, General Motors Foundation
Mr. Fats Domino, Entertainer
Mr. David Lind (Guest)
Mr. George Duke, Musician
Mrs. Corine Ann Duke
Ms. Sarah duPont, Supporter of the Monk Institute
Ms. Sandra Evers-Manly, President, Northrop Grumman Foundation
Mr. Roderick Wright
Mrs. Lori Beth Fagien (Spouse of Dr. Michael Fagien), Spouse of CEO of Jazziz/Milor Entertainment Group
The Honorable James E. Farmer, Consultant, General Motors Acceptance Corp
The Honorable Vic Fazio, Member, Board of Directors, Northrop Grumman,
former Member of Congress
Mrs. Judy Fazio
Ms. Shelby Fischer, Consultant to TMIJ competition and Former Exec. Producer, TMIJ Competition
Ms. Nnenna Freelon, Musician
Mr. Phil Freelon, Architect
Mr. Patrick Gaston, President, Verizon Foundation
Mrs. Sheryle Gaston
The Honorable Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Mrs. Mary Gioia, Spouse of Mr. Dana Gioia
Mr. David Grain, Founder, Grain Capital
Dr. Lisa Grain
The Honorable Cheryl Halpern, Chairman, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting
Mr. Fred Halpern
Mr. Herbie Hancock, Musician
Mrs. Gudrun Hancock
Mrs. Barbara Harrison, WRC-TV
Mr. John Pyles, President and CEO, Washington Management and
Development
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, United States Senator (R/Utah)
Mr. Robert Helm, Corporate Vice President, Business Development and
Government Relations, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Mrs. Sandy Helm
Ms. Lisa Henry, Musician and former TMIJ Competition winner
Mr. Morteza Hosseini, Chiarman, ICI Homes
Mrs. Forough Hosseini
The Honorable Kenny C. Hulshof, United States Representative (R/Missouri)
Dr. Ray R. Irani, Chairman, President, and CEO, Occidental Petroleum
Corporation
Mrs. Ghada Irani
The Honorable Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development
Mrs. Marcia Jackson
Ms. Sonya Jackson, President, United Airlines Foundation
Mr. John I. Jackson (Father)
Mrs. Ann Jordan, Board Member, African American History and Culture Museum
Mr. Rob Kramer, Chairman, Global Water Trust
Ms. Kia Silverman (Guest)
Ms. Debra Lee, President and Chief Operating Officer, BET Holdings, Inc.
Mrs. Jennifer Mies Lowe, Director, Office of Senator Ted Stevens
Mr. George Lowe, Chief of Staff, Senator Ted Stevens
Mr. Bruce Lundvall, President, Blue Note Records
Mr. Timothy P. McKone, Executive Vice President of Federal Relations,
AT&T Services, Inc.
Mrs. Joey McKone
Mr. Thelonious Monk, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Thelonious Monk
Institute of Jazz
Mrs. Gale Monk
Mrs. Mary Jo Myers, Spouse of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mrs. Lynne Pace
Mr. Danilo Perez, Musician
Mrs. Patricia Perez
Mr. William Powell, Vice President, Industry Dealer Affairs, General
Motors Corporation
Mrs. Betty Powell
Mrs. Carolyn Powers, Spouse of Managing Director, PIMCO Bonds
Mrs. Kay Clark (Guest)
The Honorable Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President and CEO, WETA
Dr. Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation
Mr. Paul Verkuil
Mr. Glenn Sabin, Publisher, Jazz Times
Mrs. Linda Sabin
Ms. Rona Sebastian, President, Herb Alpert Foundation
Mr. Mort Gleberman
Mr. Wayne Shorter, Musician
Ms. Carolina Dos Santos (Guest)
The Honorable Tony Snow, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary
Mrs. Jill Ellen Snow
The Honorable Arlen Specter, United States Senator (R/Pennsylvania)
The Honorable Joan Specter, Member, National Council on the Arts
The Honorable Ted Stevens, United States Senator (R/Alaska)
Mrs. Catherine Stevens
Ms. Barbara Stokel, Executive Vice President, General Motors Acceptance
Corp, North American Operations
Mr. John J Protzko (Son)
Mr. Stuart Subotnick, Executive Vice President, Metromedia Company
Dr. Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman and CEO, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Mrs. Valerie Sugar
Ms. Helen Sung, Musician and former TMIJ college student
Mr. Glenn Tilton, Chairman, President and CEO, United Airlines
Mrs. Jacqueline Tilton
Mr. Scott Turner, Pastor of Shoreline Christian Church in San Diego and
Former NFL Athlete
Mrs. Robin Turner
Mr. Michael Vlock, President, Crittall Windows
Mrs. Karen Vlock
Ms. Barbara Walters, Broadcast Journalist, ABC
Mr. Bobby Watson, Musician
Ms. Robin Tomchin (Guest)
Mr. Ed Welburn, Vice President, Global Design, General Motors
Mrs. Rhonda Welburn
Mrs. Jenna Welch
Mr. David Westin, President, ABC News
Mrs. Sherrie Rollins Westin, Executive Vice President, Corporate
Affairs, Education and Development, Sesame Workshop, PBS
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