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For Immediate Release
OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY
December 7, 2008
Guest List for the White House Reception for the Kennedy Center Honors
THE PRESIDENT and MRS. BUSH
The Honorable Jane Alexander, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Edwin Sherin
Mr. David Andelman, Board of Trustees, CBS
Mrs. Estelle Andelman
Mr. Richard Anderson, CEO, Delta Airlines
Mr. Rob Ashford, Choreographer, The Kennedy Center Honors
Ms. Kathleen Davis
Mr. Peter Bart, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, Variety
Mrs. Phyllys Bart
Mr. Joshua Bell, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Alan Bergman, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Marilyn Bergman, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
The Honorable Stuart A. Bernstein, Chairman, The Bernstein Companies
Mrs. Wilma Bernstein, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Roland W. Betts, Chairman, Chelsea Piers, Inc.
Mrs. Lois P. Betts
Mr. Theodore Bikel, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Tamara Brooks Bikel
Mr. Jack Black, Artist
Mr. John Silva
Mr. Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Mrs. Laura Blankfein
The Honorable Roy Blunt, United States Representative
Mrs. Abigail Perlman Blunt
The Honorable Joshua Bolten, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
Ms. Dede McClure, E.W. Stokes Public Charter School
The Honorable Mary A. Bomar, Director, National Park Services, Department of the Interior
Mr. David Burns
Mr. Douglas Braly
Mrs. Angela Braly, CEO, WellPoint, Inc.
Mr. Leslie Bricusse, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Yvonne Bricusse
The Honorable Nancy G. Brinker, Chief of Protocol, Department of State
Mr. Gilchrist Berg, President and Founder, Water Street Capital, Inc.
Mr. Elliott Broidy, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman and CEO, Broidy Capital
Management Financial
Mrs. Robin Broidy
Mrs. Margaret Bush
The Honorable Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Board of Trustees, CBS, Chairman and President, The
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University
Mrs. Hilary Califano
Mr. Lewis B. Campbell, Chairman, President and CEO, Textron, Inc.
Ms. Ellen Clark
Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, The John
Hopkins Hospital, Member, President's Council on Bioethics
Mrs. Lacena Candy Carson
Mr. Alan Casden, Founder, Casden Properties
Mrs. Susan Rene Dedman Casden
Mr. William G. Cecil, CBS
Mrs. Mary Jo Cecil
Mr. Nicholas D. Chabraja, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center, Chairman and CEO,
General Dynamics Corporation
Mrs. Eleanor Chabraja
Dr. G. Wayne Clough, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Mrs. Anne Clough
The Honorable Thad Cochran, United States Senator
Ms. Kay Webber
Mr. Ethan Coen, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Tricia Cooke
Ms. Josephine Cooper, Group Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs, Toyota Motor
North America, Inc.
Mr. David Vennett, National Manager for Governmental Affairs and Special Projects,
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Mr. Chris Cornell, Artist
Mrs. Vicky Cornell
Mr. Gary Countryman, Board of Trustees, CBS
Ms. Rina Spence
Mr. Roger Daltrey, 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree
Mrs. Heather Daltrey
Mr. William Curbishley
Ms. Catalina Curbishley-Esnaola
Ms. Maria Marcela Esnaola
Mrs. Calixte Stamp
Mr. Christopher T. Stamp
The Honorable Gordon Davidson, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Judi Davidson
Mr. Ian Davis, Vice President of Government Relations, Occidental International Corporation
Mrs. Nada Davis
Mr. Alvaro G. De Molina, GMAC Financial Services
Mrs. Donna De Molina
Mr. Richard M. DeVos, Jr., President, The Windquest Group
Mrs. Betsy DeVos, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman, The Windquest
Group, Chairman, All Children Matter
Mr. Edward Easton, Partner, The Easton Group
Mrs. Amy Easton
The Honorable Clint Eastwood, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors
Mrs. Dina Ruiz Eastwood
Mr. Kenneth Edmonds, Artist
Ms. Nicole Pantneburg
Mr. David Edwards, Artist
Mr. Michael Frank
The Honorable Lewis M. Eisenberg, Co-Chairman, Granite Capital International Group, LLC
Mrs. Judy Eisenberg
Mr. Karl Eller, Chairman and CEO, Eller Media Company
Mrs. Joan Stevens Eller
Mr. A. Huda Farouki
Mrs. Samia Farouki, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Suzanne Farrell, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors, Artistic Director, Suzanne
Farrell Ballet
Mr. Michael Cook
Ms. Aretha Franklin, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors
Mr. Willie Wilkerson
Mr. Morgan Freeman, 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree
Mr. Jeff Hunter
Ms. Lori McCreary
Mr. Fred Spector
Ms. Deana Adair
Ms. Morgana Freeman
Mrs. Becky Gates, Spouse of The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
Ms. Gina Flores
Mr. Richard Geary, President, Richard and Janet Geary Foundation
Mrs. Janet Geary
Mr. Alden Gifford
Mrs. Rosalind Gifford
Mr. Charles Gifford, Board of Trustees, CBS
Mrs. Anne Gifford
The Honorable Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Honorary Trustee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Alma Gildenhorn, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Marcelo Gomes, Artist
Ms. Sarah Killey
Dr. Bruce Gordon, Board of Trustees, CBS
Ms. Tawana Tibbs
Mr. Hermen Greenberg
Mrs. Monica Greenberg
Ms. Cynthia Gregory, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Elizabeth Carr Ramsey
Mr. Dave Grohl, Artist
Ms. Jordyn Blum
Mr. Nathan Gunn, Artist
Mrs. Julie Gunn
Mr. Vinod Gupta, Chairman and CEO, infoGROUP
Mrs. Laurel Gottesman Gupta
The Honorable Jane Harman, United States Representative
Dr. Sidney Harman, Executive Chairman of the Board, Harmon International Industries
Ms. Helen Lee Henderson, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Executive Director, The
HRH Foundation
Ms. Barbara Anderson
Ms. Casey Chiles
Ms. Paloma Herrera, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Fernando Algazabal
Mr. Shephard Hill, President, Boeing International
Mrs. Kathy Hill
Mrs. Joan Hotchkis, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, President of The Blue Ribbon,
Music Center of Los Angeles County
Mr. John F. Hotchkis, Chairman, Ramajal, LLC
Mr. A.E. Hotchner, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Virginia Kiser
Mr. E. Neville Isdell, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center Honors, Chairman and CEO, The
Coca-Cola Company
Mrs. Pamela Isdell
Mr. Alan Jackson, Artist
Mrs. Denise Jackson
The Honorable Barry Jackson, Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives and External
Affairs, Office of the Chief of Staff
The Honorable Julie Elizabeth Cram, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of
Public Liaison, Office of Public Liaison
Mrs. Amabel James
Ms. Meredith James
The Honorable Brenda L. Johnson, US Ambassador to Jamaica
Mr. Howard Johnson
The Honorable James A. Johnson, Honorary Trustee and Chairman Emeritus, The Kennedy
Center, Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
Dr. Maxine Isaacs, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. George Jones, 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree, Recipient, National Medal of Arts
Mrs. Nancy Jones
Ms. Susan Nadler
Ms. Macklin Amelia Pettus
Mrs. Evelyn Shriver
Mr. Scott Ulmer
Mr. Quincy Jones, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors
Ms. Nola Kambanda
The Honorable Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Ann Jordan, Co-Chair, The Kennedy Center Honors Gala
Mr. Michael Kaiser, President, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mr. Joseph Kalichstein, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Rowain Kalichstein
Mr. Sheldon B. Kamins, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Blum, Frank, and Kamins Cos.
Mrs. Diane Sembler-Kamins
Mr. Timothy Keating, Senior Vice President Public Policy, The Boeing Company
Mrs. Ann Keating
The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy, United States Representative
Ms. Robin Maguire Lloyd
Mr. Muhtar Kent, President and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Mrs. Defne Kent
Mrs. Betty LaVette Kiley, Artist
Mr. Kevin Kiley
Mr. James V. Kimsey, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman, America Online, Inc.
Ms. Rana Walker
Mr. Richard D. Kinder, President, The Kinder Foundation
Mrs. Nancy Kinder, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mr. BB King, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors
Mr. Norman Matthews
Mr. Herbert V. Kohler, Jr., Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Natalie B. Kohler
Mr. C. Michael Kojaian, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, CEO, The Kojaian Companies
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kojaian
Mr. Jaime Laredo, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Sharon Robinson, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Jacalyn Leavitt, Spouse of The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and
Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Mrs. Anne Marie McDonald
Ms. Debra L. Lee, Chair and CEO, BET Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Kenneth Marks, Jr.
Ms. Michele Lee, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Fred Rappoport
Mr. James E Lentz, Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor Sales
Mrs. Barbara Lentz
Mr. Carl H. Lindner III, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Great Insurance Company
Mr. Carl H. Lindner IV
Ms. Rebecca J. Luker, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Daniel Burstein, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Paul MacCaskill
Mrs. Laurie MacCaskill
The Honorable J. Willard Marriott, Jr., Chairman of the Board and CEO, Marriott International,
Inc.
Mrs. Donna Rae-Garff Marriott, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Kathleen S. Marshall, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Maura Powell
The Honorable Anita B. McBride, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady,
Office of Mrs. Bush
The Honorable Timothy J. McBride
The Honorable John P. McConnell, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter
for the President and Vice President, Office of Presidential Speechwriting
The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor
Ms. Angela Chao
Dr. James S.C. Chao
Ms. Idina Menzel, Artist
Mr. Taye Diggs
Dr. Richard Merkin, Heritage Provider Network
Ms. Dinah Merrill, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Commander Theodore Hartley
The Honorable John L. Mica, United States Representative
Mrs. Patricia Mica
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Former Secretary of
Transportation
Mrs. Danealia Mineta
Mr. Arthur Mitchell, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors, Founder and Artistic
Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Ms. Ashley Nicole Murphy
Mr. Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Corporation
Mrs. Julie Chen, Anchor, Early Show, CBS
Ms. Shelby Lynn Moorer, Artist
Ms. Elizabeth Jordan
Mr. Jess S. Morgan, Artist
Dr. Palma S. Morgan
Mr. Doug Morris, Board of Trustees, CBS
Mrs. Monique Morris
The Honorable William P. Moss
Mrs. Dianne Ingles Moss
Mr. Henry R. Munoz III, President and CEO, Kell Munoz Architects, Inc.
Mr. Michael F. Neidorff, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center, Chairman and CEO, Centene
Corporation
Mrs. Noemi Neidorff
Dr. Glen Nelson
Ms. Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Board of Trustees, CBS
Mr. Frank Newman, Delta Airlines
Mrs. Andrea Newman
Mr. Mark O'Connor, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Marilyn Laverty
Ms. Kelli O'Hara, Artist
Mr. Greg Naughton
Mr. Jack L. Oliver III, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman, Bryan Cave
Strategies, LLC
Mrs. Rachel Oliver
Mr. Mandell Ourisman, Chairman, Ourisman Automotive Enterprises
The Honorable Mary Ourisman, US Ambassador to Barbados
Mr. Brad Paisley, Artist
Mr. Douglas Paisley
Ms. Luciana Paris, Artist
Ms. Marta Comelli
The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury
Mrs. Wendy Paulson
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, United States House of Representatives
Mr. Paul Pelosi
Mrs. Laura Pels, President, Laura Pels Foundation
Ms. Francis Morrissey
Mr. Robert Pence, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Pence Friedel Developers, Inc.
Mrs. Suzy Pence
Mr. Willie Perkins, Artist
Mr. Barry Nowlin
Mr. Itzhak Perlman, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors
Mrs. Toby Lynn Perlman
Mr. Anthony Ponturo, CBS
Mrs. Virginia Ruth Ponturo
The Honorable Earl A. Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art
Mrs. Nancy Powell
Mr. William C. Powers, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Investment Manager, Pimco
Mrs. Carolyn Powers
The Honorable John Price, Ambassador, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros
Mrs. Marcia Price
The Honorable Deborah Pryce, United States Representative
Mr. Richard Hillis
Ms. Sarah Pyle
Ms. Susan Dawkins
Ms. Lynn Redgrave, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Benjamin Clark
Mr. Richard Reingold, CBS
Mrs. Amy B. Reingold
The Honorable Mercer Reynolds III, Reynolds, DeWitt and Company
Mrs. Gabrielle Reynolds, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Wayne R. Reynolds, Chairman and CEO, The American Academy of Achievement
Mrs. Catherine B. Reynolds, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State, Department of State
Mr. Will Alston
Ms. Lativa Ray-Alston
Mr. Gene A. Washington, Director of Football Operations, National Football League
Mr. Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman and CEO, J.E.
Robert Companies
Ms. Ashley Taylor
Mr. Duane R. Roberts, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman and CEO,
Entrepreneurial Capital Corporation
Mrs. Kelly Roberts
Mr. David M. Rubenstein, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Managing Director, The
Carlyle Group
Mrs. Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, Chairperson, Alaskan Native Arts Foundation
Mr. Patrick G. Ryan, Recently Retired Chairman, Aon Corporation
Mrs. Shirley Ryan, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Leonard Sands, Founding Partner and Chairman, Alchemy Worldwide
Mrs. Corrine Sands
Mr. Roger W. Sant, Sant Associates, LLC
Mrs. Vicki Sant, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
The Honorable Susan Schwab, United States Trade Representative
Mr. Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
Chairman and CEO, The Blackstone Group
Mrs. Christine Schwarzman
Mr. Edward Frank Schwarzman
Mrs. Ellen Zajac Schwarzman
Mr. Ron Silver, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Ms. Alexandra Silver
The Honorable Leonard L. Silverstein, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Elaine Silverstein, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Christopher Simon, CBS
Mrs. Megan Simon
Mr. Tom E. Skerritt, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Albert H. Small, Sr., President, Southern Engineering Corporation
Mrs. Shirley Small
Mr. Shaffer Smith, Artist
Ms. Tenile Jiminez
Mr. Dean A. Spanos, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, President and CEO, A.G. Spanos
Companies, San Diego Chargers
Mrs. Susie Spanos
The Honorable Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, Department of Education
Miss Grace La Montagne
Mr. Thomas Stephenson, General Partner, Sequoia Capital
Mrs. Barbara Stephenson
Mr. Marc Stern, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, President, Trust Company of the West
Mrs. Eva Stern
Dr. Paul G. Stern, Chairman, Claris Capital
Ms. Christianne Ricchi, Managing Partner and Executive Chef of Ristorante i Ricchi
Mr. Sy Sternberg, Chairman and CEO, New York Life Insurance Company
Mrs. Laurie Sternberg
Mr. George C. Stevens, Jr., Producer, Kennedy Center Honors
Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens
Mr. Michael Stevens
Mrs. Alexandra Gifford Stevens
Mr. David L. Steward, Chairman, WorldWide Technologies
Mrs. Thelma Steward
Ms. Barbra Streisand, 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree
Mr. James Brolin
Mr. Marty Erlichman
Mrs. Miko Erlichman
Ms. Donna Karan
Ms. Maxine Smith
Ms. Cora Taylor, Artist
Mr. Bruce Iglauer
Ms. Twyla Tharp, 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree, Medalist, National Endowment for the Arts
Mr. Jesse Huot
Ms. Lea Pedersen
Mr. Jeff Tarr
Mrs. Patricia Tarr
Ms. Twanette Tharp
Ms. Lily Tomlin, Artist
Mr. Paul Cilione
Mr. Pete Townshend, 2008 Kennedy Center Honoree
Ms. Rachel Fuller
Mr. James Burns
Ms. Ina Meibach
Mr. Randy Travis, Artist
Mrs. Elizabeth Travis
The Honorable Alexander F. Treadwell, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Langka Domberger
Mr. Alfred Uhry, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Joanna Uhry
Mr. Edward Villella, Former Honoree, The Kennedy Center Honors, Artistic Director, Miami City Ballet
Mrs. Linda Villella
Mr. Edward Wachs
Mrs. Sherry Griffitts Wachs
Ms. Jessica Dean
Mr. William L. Walton, Chairman, President and CEO, Allied Capital
Mrs. Sarah Walton
Ms. Heather Watts, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Damian Woetzel, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. David Weaver, CBS
Mrs. Constance Weaver
Mr. William C. Weldon, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Mrs. Barbara Weldon
Mr. Anthony Welters
Mrs. Beatrice Welters, Benefit Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mr. Stephen Wynn, Board of Trustees, The Kennedy Center, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Wynn Resorts, LTD
Mrs. Elaine Wynn
Mr. Scott Yohe, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Delta Air Lines
Mrs. Ann Marie Yohe
Mr. Michael York, Artists Committee, The Kennedy Center
Mrs. Patricia York
The Honorable Amy S. Zantzinger, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary, White House Social Office
Mr. Richard Zantzinger
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