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Expected attendees at tonight’s state dinner

In addition to President and Mrs. Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau and Mrs. Grégoire Trudeau, the guest list includes:

 Naomi Aberly, philanthropist  Larry Lebowitz  David Abney, chairman & chief executive officer, United Parcel Service  Sherry Abney  Adewale Adeyemo, deputy assistant to the president & deputy national security advisor for International Economics, National Security Council  Heather Wong  Michael Alter, president, The Alter Group  Ellen Alter  Robert Anderson, author  Eric Harland  Navdeep Bains, minister of Innovation, Science & Economic Development of Canada  Sara Bareilles, singer  Jennifer Bareilles  Bruce Bastian, co-founder, WordPerfect Corp.  Clinton Ford  Gary Bettman, commissioner, National Hockey League  William Daly III  Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of International Development & La Francophonie of Canada  Tony Blinken, deputy secretary of state, U.S. Department of State   Angela Bogdan, chief of protocol of Canada  Jeremy Broadhurst, deputy to the chief of staff & principal secretary to the prime minister of Canada  Stephen Bronfman, Canadian business representative & philanthropist  Ursula Burns, chairman & chief executive officer, Xerox Corp.  Lloyd Bean  Gerald Butts, principal secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada  Kristie Canegallo, assistant to the president & deputy chief of staff for Implementation  Simi Shah  Ashton Carter, secretary of defense, U.S. Department of Defense  Cynthia DeFelice  Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine  Peter Vigue  Audie Cornish-Emery, National Public Radio  Theodore Emery  Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif.  Dr. Steven J. Davis  Gov. Mark Dayton of Minnesota  Anita Decker Breckenridge, assistant to the president & deputy chief of staff for operations  Russell Breckenridge  , assistant to the president & senior advisor  Kara Deese  Stéphane Dion, minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada  Karen Dixon, attorney & executive committee member, Lambda Legal  Dr. Nan Schaffer  Juliet Eilperin,  Andrew Light  Adam Entous,  Sandra Medina  Mark Feierstein, senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council  Tiffany Stone  Michael J. Fox, actor  Tracy Pollan  Chrystia Freeland, minister of International Trade of Canada  , ambassador, trade representative  Nancy Goodman  Anna Gainey, president of the Liberal Party of Canada & philanthropist  Mark Gallogly, co-founder & managing principal, Centerbridge Partners  Elizabeth Strickler  Suzy George, deputy assistant to the president & executive secretary & chief of staff of the National Security Council  Devon George-Eghdami  Ralph Goodale, minister of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness of Canada  Jean Grégoire, father of Mrs. Grégoire Trudeau  Estelle Blais, mother of Mrs. Grégoire Trudeau  , assistant to the president & deputy national security advisor, National Security Council  David Davighi  John Hannaford, foreign & defense policy advisor to the prime minister & deputy secretary to the Cabinet Privy Council Office of Canada  Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah  Wendy Hatch  Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president, & chief executive officer, Lockheed Martin  James Hewson  Bruce Heyman, U.S. ambassador to Canada  Vicki Heyman  Grant Hill, former basketball player, member of The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition  Tamia Hill  Dr. Irwin Jacobs, co-founder, qualcomm & chair of the board of trustees, Salk Institute  Joan Jacobs  Roberta Jacobson, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State  Jonathan Jacobson  , senior advisor & assistant to the president for Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement  Anthony Balkissoon  , secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security  Susan DiMarco  Mélanie Joly, minister of Canadian Heritage  Wayne Jordan, executive, founder & principal, Jordan Real Estate Investments  Quinn Delaney  Jonathan Kaplan, founder & chief executive officer, The Melt  Marci Glazer  Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Washington  Jennifer Kilmer  Sen. Angus King, I-Maine  Kathryn Rand  Robert Klein II, president, Klein Financial Corp. & chairman emeritus, Institute of Regenerative Medicine  Robert Klein III  Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota  John Bessler  Sen. , D-Vermont  Marcelle Leahy  Twila Legare, letter writer  Marc Legare  Jacob Lew, secretary of the treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury  Charles Lewis, chairman, Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation  Penny Sebring  Andrew Liveris, chairman & chief executive officer, The Dow Chemical Co.  Paula Liveris  Alexander Macgillivray, deputy chief technology officer, The White House  Shona Crabtree  David MacNaughton, ambassador of Canada to the United States of America  Leslie Noble  Denis McDonough, assistant to the president & chief of staff, The White House  Karin McDonough  Catherine McKenna, minister of Environment & Climate Change of Canada  Lorne Michaels, executive producer, “Saturday Night Live”  Alice Michaels  , assistant to the president for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism, National Security Council  Mark Monaco  , secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy  Katya Frois-Moniz  Dennis Muilenburg, chairman, president, & chief executive officer, The Boeing Co.  Gregory Smith  , assistant to the president & senior advisor  Neil King  Mike Myers, actor  Kelly Myers  Marvin Nicholson, special assistant to the president, trip director & personal aide to the president  Helen Pajcic  Dr. Konrad Ng, executive director, Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art  Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng  Sandra Oh, actress  Lev Rukhin  John Owens, chairman of the board, MediGuide International  Missy Owens  Rep. , D-Calif.  Paul Pelosi  Amy Pope, deputy assistant to the president & deputy homeland security advisor, National Security Council  Neil Allison  , U.S. ambassador to the United Nations  Cass Sunstein  , secretary of commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce  John Poorman  Thomas Pritzker, chairman & chief executive officer, The Pritzker Organization  Margot Pritzker  Kate Purchase, director of communications, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada  Roberta Rampton, Reuters  Peter Rampton  Ryan Reynolds, actor  Blake Lively  Ben Rhodes, assistant to the president & deputy national security advisor for strategic communications & speechwriting, National Security Council  Ann Norris  Steven Ricchetti, assistant to the president & chief of staff to the vice president  Amy Ricchetti  , national security advisor, National Security Council  Ian Cameron  Dr. Martine Rothblatt, chairman and co-chief executive officer, United Therapeutics Corp.  Bina Rothblatt  Harjit Sajjan, minister of National Defense of Canada  Peter Selfridge, chief of protocol, U.S. Department of State  Parita Shah Selfridge  Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire  William Shaheen  Beth Shaw, personal finance commentator & member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans  Adam Shaw  Adam Silver, commissioner, National Basketball Association  Maggie Grise  Ian Simmons, co-founder & principal, Blue Haven Initiative  Liesel Simmons  Todd Stern, special envoy for climate change, U.S. Department of State  Jennifer Klein  Michéle Taylor, member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council  Dr. Kenneth Taylor  , assistant to the president & chief of staff to the first lady  Katie Telford, chief of staff, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada  Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.  Sharla Tester  Hunter Tootoo, minister of Fisheries, Oceans & the Canadian Coast Guard of Canada  Margaret Trudeau, mother of Prime Minister Trudeau  Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council & secretary to the Cabinet Privy Council Office of Canada  , deputy assistant to the president & senior advisor to the first lady  David Zaslav, president & chief executive officer, Discovery Communications  Pam Zaslav