Convening

47th Annual Meridian Ball

• Diplomatic Engagement
• Diplomatic Corps
• Private Sector

The 47th Annual Meridian Ball, chaired by Ambassador Beatrice Welters and Mr. Anthony Welters, was made possible through the generous support of Corporate Chair The Coca-Cola Company; Ambassador’s Circle Sponsors Chevron and Gallup; Diplomat’s Circle Sponsors BARD, DLA Piper, HESS, and The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates; and numerous other corporate sponsors and individual contributors. Ball Committees Honorary Chairs Honorary Committee Meridian Ball Committee White-Meyer Committee HONORARY CHAIR First Lady Michelle Obama HONORARY SPONSOR Ambassador Peter A.

Selfridge Chief of Protocol of the United States MERIDIAN BALL CHAIRS The Honorable Beatrice Welters and Mr. Anthony Welters CORPORATE CHAIR The Coca-Cola Company WHITE-MEYER CHAIRS Eric Jon Larsen and Susanne Larsen CONGRESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS Congressman Vern Buchanan and Sandy Buchanan CONGRESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS Congressman Cong. Eliot Engel and Mrs. Pat Engel YOUNG PROFESSIONAL CHAIRS Ali Weinberg and Josh Rogin The Honorable Brad Ashford and Mrs.

Ferlic Ashford Senator John A. Barrasso and Mrs. Barrasso The Honorable Marsha W. Blackburn and Mr. Chuck Blackburn The Honorable Earl Blumenauer and Ms. Kirkpatrick Speaker John A. Boehner The Honorable Anita Bonds The Honorable Corrine Brown The Honorable Julia Brownley Senator Richard Burr The Honorable Cheri Bustos and Mr. Gerry Bustos The Honorable G.K. Butterfield Senator and Mrs. Benjamin L. Cardin The Honorable Judy Chu and Mr.

Mike Eng The Honorable David N. Cicilline The Honorable Katherine M. Clark and Mr. Rodney S. Dowell The Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay The Honorable James E. Clyburn and Mrs. Clyburn Senator Thad Cochran The Honorable Tom Cole The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly and Mrs. Connolly The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and Mrs. Cummings The Honorable John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney The Honorable Charles W. Dent and Mrs. Dent The Honorables Debbie Dingell and John Dingell, Jr.

The Honorable Tammy Duckworth and Mr. Bryan Bowlsbey The Honorable Donna F. Edwards The Honorable Jack Evans The Honorable Sam Farr and Mrs. Farr The Honorable Scott Garrett and Mrs. Garrett The Honorable Paul Gosar and Mrs. Gosar The Honorable Tom Graves The Honorable Gene Green and Mrs. Green The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez and Mrs. Gutierrez The Honorable Richard Hanna and Mrs. Hanna The Honorable Gregg Harper and Mrs.

Harper The Honorable Rubén Hinojosa and Mrs. Hinojosa The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday and Mrs. Holliday The Honorable Darrell Issa and Mrs. Issa The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson The Honorable Henry C. Johnson, Jr. and Mrs. Johnson The Honorable Robin Kelly and Mr. Nathaniel Horn The Honorable Angus S. King and Mrs. Herman The Honorable Leonard Lance and Mrs. Rohrbach The Honorable Barbara Lee The Honorable John Lewis The Honorable Zoe Lofgren and Mr.

John Collins The Honorable Billy Long and Mrs. Long The Honorable Blaine Luetkemeyer and Mrs. Luetkemeyer The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch The Honorable Joe Manchin III and Mrs. Gayle Conelly Manchin The Honorable Doris O. Matsui The Honorable Mark Meadows and Mrs. Meadows The Honorable Gregory W. Meeks and Mrs. Meeks The Honorable Phil Mendelson The Honorable Luke Messer and Mrs. Messer The Honorable John L.

Mica and Mrs. Mica Senator Barbara A. Mikulski The Honorable Gwen Moore Senator Chris Murphy The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton The Honorable Vincent Orange The Honorable Donald M. Payne and Mrs. Beatrice Payne The Honorable Chellie Pingree The Honorable Ted Poe and Mrs. Poe The Honorable Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen and Mr. Fred Radewagen Democratic Leader Harry Reid The Honorable Pat Roberts and Mrs. Roberts The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard and The Honorable Edward T.

Allard, III The Honorable Ed Royce and Mrs. Marie Thérèse Royce The Honorable C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Mrs. Ruppersberger The Honorable Loretta L. Sánchez and Mr. Jack Einwechter The Honorable Adam B. Schiff and Mrs. Schiff The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Mr. Steve Schultz The Honorable Brad Sherman and Mrs. Sherman The Honorable John M. Shimkus and Mrs. Shimkus The Honorable Albio Sires and Mrs. Sires The Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter The Honorable Jackie Speier and Mr.

Barry Dennis The Honorable Mark Takano The Honorable Thom Tillis and Mrs. Tillis The Honorable Brandon T. Todd Senator Tom Udall and Mrs. Jill Cooper Udall The Honorable Frederick Upton and Mrs. Upton The Honorable Christopher Van Hollen and Mrs. Katherine Wilkens-Van Hollen The Honorable Juan Vargas and Mrs. Vargas The Honorable Mimi Walters and Mr. David Walters The Honorable Randy Weber and Mrs. Weber The Honorable Roger F.

Wicker and Mrs. Wicker The Honorable Todd Young and Mrs. Young AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE The Honorable Beatrice Welters and Mr. Anthony Welters CRESCENT CIRCLE The Honorable and Mrs. Timothy Dees Adams Governor James Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez and Mrs. Edilia Gutierrez TERRACE CIRCLE Anonymous The Honorable John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney The Honorable Alphonso Jackson and Mrs.

Jackson The Honorable Thomas F. McLarty III and Mrs. McLarty BALL COMMITTEE Ms. Deborah Ashford and Mr. Kevin Klose AST Partnership for Brighter Tomorrows Ms. Lisa Barry and Mr. James Gale The Honorable and Mrs. Stuart Bernstein Tracy and Adam Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Leland B. Bishop III Mr. and Mrs. David Bradley Jennifer Clinton, Ph.D. John and Tammie Collins The Honorable Walter L. Cutler and Mrs. Cutler Ms. Debbie Driesman and Mr.

Frank Islam The Honorable and Mrs. William C. Eacho, III Mr. Joseph Fichera Ms. Stephanie Fischer The Honorable Laurie Fulton Global Ties U.S. Debra and Dean Graham The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison Ms. Wilhelmina Holladay The Honorable Steven Horsford and Dr. Sonya Horsford Mr. Jay L. Johnson and Mrs. Sydney McNiff Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn N. Klein The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos Mr. and Mrs.

Michael Kramer Mr. Philip C. Lauinger, Jr. Dale LeFebvre Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Leitner Mrs. Hongxia Liu The Honorable Frederic V. Malek and Mrs. Marlene Malek Dr. and Mrs. Anil Narang The Honorable Mary M. Ourisman and Mr. Mandel J. Ourisman Marianne and Keith Powell R&R Resources+ Mr. Franklin D. Raines and Ms. Denise Grant SENTEL Corporation Ms. Lee Satterfield and Mr. Patrick Steel The Honorable Ann Stock and Mr. Stuart Stock Sunrider International Ms.