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EXPECTED ATTENDEES AT TONIGHT’S ITALY STATE DINNER Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight’s Italy State Dinner.

THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA

Honorees HIS EXCELLENCY MATTEO RENZI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY, AND MRS. AGNESE LANDINI

The Honorable Adewale Adeyemo, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, National Security Council Ms. Mae Podesta The Honorable Salman Ahmed, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Strategic Planning & Counselor to the National Security Advisor, National Security Council Ms. Shaheen Ahmed

Professor Elizabeth Alexander, Poet Mr. Mark C. Alexander Mr. Mario Andretti, Former Racing Driver Ms. Barbra Andretti-Curto Ms. Paola Antonelli, Architect & Designer, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Mr. Giorgio Armani, Fashion Designer, The Armani Group, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

Mr. Mario Batali, Chef Ms. Susan Cahn

Mr. Richard Bates, Senior Vice President of Governmental Relations, The Walt Disney Company Ms. Rose Bates Ms. Giovanna Battaglia, W Magazine & Vogue Japan Mr. Oscar Engelbert Mr. Roberto Benigni, Actor, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

The Honorable Steve Keith Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina Ms. DeAndrea Gist Benjamin Mr. Chance Bennett, Rapper Mr. Kenneth Bennett

Ms. Susan Berghoef, Attorney Mr. Patrick Croke

Ms. Megan Beyer, Executive Director, President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities The Honorable Don Beyer, Jr.

Ms. Ashley Blazer Biden, Executive Director, Delaware Center for Justice

Mr. Hunter Biden, Chairman, Rosemont Seneca Advisors

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the Dr.

Mr. Paul Blavin, Founder, FOR GOOD Ms. Amy Blavin

The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Dr. Paul Boskind, Chief Executive Officer, Deer Oaks Mental Health Associates, PC Mr. Robby McMillin-Boskind Mr. David Bradley, Chairman & Owner, Atlantic Media Ms. Katherine Bradley

Ms. Nicoletta Braschi, Actress, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy The Honorable Anita Breckenridge, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, The White House Ms. Rebekah Bader Mr. Donato R. Buccini, Vice President, Edward J. DeSeta Company, Inc. Ms. Bernadette De Seta Buccini Ms. Carrie Budoff, Mr. Thomas Brown Ms. Cathy Burns, President, Produce Marketing Association Mr. Kenneth Burns The Honorable Kristie Canegallo, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation, The White House Mr. Mark James Canegallo, Jr. Mr. Raffaele Cantone, President, National Anticorruption Authority, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

The Honorable Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense Ms. Stephanie Carter Mr. Paul Cejas, Chairman, PLC Investments Mr. Gertie Cejas Mr. Jim Chanos, Chief Executive Officer, Kynikos Associates Ms. Crystal Connors Mr. Timothy Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Ripplewood Holdings LLC The Honorable Gerald Connolly, U.S. Representative () Ms. Catherine Smith

The Honorable Michael Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Ms. Shari Connor

The Honorable Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Ms. Kelly Williams

The Honorable Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, The United Nations World Food Programme Ms. Tybra Arthur

The Honorable Bathsheba Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State Ms. Saone Crocker

The Honorable Andrew Cuomo, Governor of Ms. Sandra Lee The Honorable Chase Cushman, Assistant to the President & Director of Scheduling & Advance, The White House Ms. Ashley Cushman

Ms. Daniela D’Antonio, Journalist, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Mr. Giuliano Da Empoli, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

Ms. Yene Damtew, Hairstylist Mr. Tsegaye Shiferaw Assefa The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor, The White House Ms. Bree Arsenault

Mr. Joseph Del Raso, Chairman, National Italian American Foundation Ms. Anne Del Raso

The Honorable Suzan Delbene, U.S. Representative (Washington) Mr. Kurt Delbene Ms. Kelly Dibble, Senior Vice President & Director of Public Affairs, Northern Trust Corporation Mr. Andrew Dibble

Mr. John DiEleuterio, Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Delaware National Guard Ms. Maureen DiEleuterio Mr. John Doerr III, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers Ms. Ann Doerr The Honorable , Director of the Office of Management & Budget, The White House Ms. Liza Gilbert Ms. Amy Dove, Director for European Union, Southern Europe & European Affairs, National Security Council Mr. Patrick Lacey The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Press Secretary, The White House Ms. Natalie Earnest The Honorable Jennie Easterly, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council Mr. Jason Easterly The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Counsel to the President, The White House Ms. Rachel Eggleston Mr. Ken Ehrlich, Producer Ms. Harriet Ehrlich

Mr. , Resident Manager & Social Secretary to the Vice President & Dr. Biden Mr. Mark William Dumas Mr. John Elkann, Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Ms. Lavinia Borromeo Arese Taverna Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Christine Grady The Honorable Jon Finer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State Ms. Emily Finer Mr. Larry Fink, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Inc. The Honorable Chris Fonzone, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy Counsel to the President & NSC Legal Adviser, National Security Council Ms. Jillian Catalanotti

Mr. Fabrizio Freda, President & Chief Executive Officer, Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Ms. Mary-Ann Jeanine Lannoy

The Honorable Julia Frifield, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State Ms. Shannon Kula The Honorable , Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, The White House Ms. Eve Gerber Ms. Laetitia Garriott De Cayeux, Co-Founder, Escape Dynamics Mr. Richard Garriott De Cayeux Ms. Maria Gavrilovic, CBS Mr. Emil Jahic

His Excellency Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

The Honorable Suzanne George, Deputy Assistant to the President & Executive Secretary & Chief of Staff, National Security Council Mr. David George Ms. Fabiola Gianotti, Director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

Mr. Henry Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Artery Capital Group, LLC Ms. Carol Brown Goldberg Mr. Alex Gorsky, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson Ms. Patricia Gorsky Ms. Rachel Goslins, Director of the Arts & Industries Building, The Smithsonian Institution Mr. Julius Genachowski

Ms. Savannah Guthrie, NBC Mr. Michael Feldman The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council Mr. David Davighi Tamron Hall, MSNBC Mr. Jonathan Todd Capehart

The Honorable Jane Harman, Director, President & CEO, The Wilson Center Mr. Robert Dickie, Boston Ms. Cynthia H. Harrell-Horn, Philanthropist Ms. Cassidy Horn Mr. Mel Heifetz, Real Estate Developer Mr. John Di Pietro Ms. Mary Kay Henry, International President, SEIU Ms. Paula Macchello Mr. Stephen Hightower, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hightowers Petroleum Company Mr. Stephen Hightower II

The Honorable Jim Himes, U.S. Representative (Connecticut) Ms. Mary Himes

The Honorable Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy & Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State Ms. Julie Ringel Ms. Susan Holland, Event Designer, Susan Holland Events Mr. Richard Klein The Honorable Sarah Hurwitz, Special Assistant to the President, Senior Strategic & Policy Advisor to the Council on Women & Girls & Senior Presidential Speechwriter, The White House Mr. Tyler Lechtenberg

Ms. Denise Ilitch, President, Ilitch Enterprises, LLC Mr. Jeffrey Krupcale

The Honorable , Senior Advisor & Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House Ms. Laura Jarrett Ms. Kristen Jarvis, Chief of Staff, Ford Foundation Mr. Shaun West The Honorable , Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior Mr. Warren Jewell The Honorable Broderick Johnson, Assistant to the President & Cabinet Secretary, The White House Ms. Michele Norris Dr. Fisk Johnson III, Chief Executive Officer, SC Johnson & Son, Inc. The Honorable , Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Dr. Susan DiMarco Ms. Kristin Jones, Special Assistant & Director of Special Projects for the First Lady, The White House Mr. Lawrence Jackson The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Director of Speechwriting, The White House Ms. Kristen Bartoloni Ms. Janet Keller, President, Keller Consultants Ms. Leslie Ray Ms. Angela Kennedy, Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia Mr. Henry Kennedy, Jr.

The Honorable , Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Mr. Naeem Khan, Fashion Designer, House of Khan Ms. Ranjana Khan Ms. Gayle King, CBS Ms. Kirby Bumpus Ms. Meredith Koop, Special Assistant to the First Lady, The White House Mr. Tomas Motta The Honorable Charlie Kupchan, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council Ms. Simma Kupchan Mr. Mark Landler, Ms. Angela Tung Mr. Josh Lederman, The Ms. Amy Lederman

Ms. Bel Leong-Hong, President, Knowledge Advantage, Inc. Mr. Kenneth Hong

Ms. Christina Lewis, Founder & Executive Director, All Star Code Ms. Loida N. Lewis Ms. Mara Liasson, National Public Radio Mr. Jonathan Cuneo The Honorable , Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Mr. Stephen Hargrove The Honorable Robert Malley, Special Assistant to the President, White House Coordinator for the Middle East & North Africa Region & Senior Advisor to the President on the Counter ISIL Campaign, National Security Council Ms. Caroline Brown

Major General Carmine Masiello, Military Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy Ms. Colleen McCain Nelson, Wall Street Journal Mr. Jon Nelson

Mr. Cornell McClellan, Fitness Coach, Trainer & Member of The President’s Council on Fitness Sports & Nutrition

The Honorable Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Ms. Diane McDonald

The Honorable Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff, The White House Ms. Karin McDonough Ms. Gail McGovern, President & Chief Executive Officer, The American Red Cross Mr. Donald McGovern The Honorable Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State Ms. Gina Chon

Mr. Mike Memoli, Los Angeles Times Mr. Matthew Memoli Ms. Micheline Mendelsohn, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Good Stuff Eatery Mr. Clifford Luhn Mr. Jamie Meritosis, President & Chief Executive Officer, Lumina Foundation Ms. Colleen O’Brien

Ms. Carolyn Miles, President ‎& CEO, Save the Children USA Mr. Carlos Carrazana

Mr. Doug Mills, The New York Times Ms. Katherine Mills Ms. Connie Milstein, Principal & Co-Founder, Ogden CAP Properties LLC Mr. Ian Kahn Ms. Cindy Moelis, President, Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation Mr. Robert Rivkin The Honorable , Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism, National Security Council Dr. Anthony Monaco Mr. James Montgomery, Sr., Principal, James D. Montgomery & Associates Ms. Pauline Montgomery Mr. Phil Munger, Analyst Ms. Georgia Travers The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor, The White House Mr. Neil King The Honorable Cecilia Muñoz, Assistant to the President & Director of the Domestic Policy Council, The White House Mr. Amit A. Pandya Ms. Giuseppina Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa Sicily, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

The Honorable Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European & Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. Robert Kagan Mr. Frank Ocean, Singer & Songwriter Ms. Katonya Breaux

Mr. Eric Ortner, Producer & Manager, The Ortner Group Mr. Chuck B. Ortner Ms. Casey Owens, Senior Brand Manager, Starbucks Corporation Mr. Christopher Castello Mr. Clarence Page, The Tribune Ms. Lisa Page Ms. Carrin Patman, Attorney, Brocwell and Giuliani LLP Mr. Jim Derrick, Jr. Mr. Art Peck, Chief Executive Officer, The Gap Inc. Ms. Kirsten Peck The Honorable Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Mr. Frank Peduto The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives Mr. Paul Pelosi

Ms. Denielle Pemberton-Heard, Business Affairs Attorney, Public Broadcasting Company Mr. Greg Heard

The Honorable , Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor Ms. Ann Marie Staudenmaier Mr. Andrew Peterson, Special Olympic Athlete for the United States Mr. Craig Peterson The Honorable John Phillips, U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic & the Republic of San Marino, U.S. Department of State Ms. Linda Douglass

Mr. Diego Piacentini, Government Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Delegation of the Republic of Italy Mr. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc. Ms. Anjali Pichai Mr. Bill Plante, CBS Ms. Robin Smith Mr. Michael Polsky, President & Chief Executive Officer, Invenergy LLC Ms. Tanya Polsky The Honorable Stephen Pomper, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs & Human Rights, National Security Council Ms. Karen Manning Ms. Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance Ms. Ting Poo The Honorable , U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Professor Cass Sunstein Mr. Richard Price, Chief Executive Officer, Mesirow Financial Ms. Eva Tyree Mr. Matthew Pritzker, Chief Executive Officer, The Matthew Pritzker Company Ms. Cristina Curcio The Honorable , U.S. Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce Mr. Donald Traubert

Mr. Andrew Prozes, Founder, TAEVAST Ms. Laura Heery The Honorable Jennifer Psaki, Assistant to the President & Director of Communications, The White House Ms. Eileen Medvey Mr. Carl Ray, Makeup Artist Ms. Hillary Korutz Ms. Rachael Ray, The Rachael Ray Show Mr. John Cusimano The Honorable Jack Reed, U.S. Senator (Rhode Island) Ms. Julia Reed

The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Speechwriting, National Security Council Ms. Ann Norris The Honorable Steven Ricchetti, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the Vice President, The White House Ms. Amy Ricchetti The Honorable , Assistant to the President & National Security Advisor, National Security Council Mr. Ian Cameron The Honorable Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, & Migration, U.S. Department of State Mr. William Davis Mr. John Rogers, Jr., Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments Ms. Marion Brooks The Honorable Amy Rosenbaum, Assistant to the President & Director of Legislative Affairs, The White House Mr. Joshua Lahey The Honorable Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issue, U.S. Department of State Mr. Thomas Donilon

Mr. Haim Saban, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Saban Capital Group Ms. Cheryl Saban Mr. Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian Ms. Jessica Seinfeld The Honorable Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State Ms. Parita Selfridge

Mr. Filippo Sensi, Press Office of the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy Mr. J Rutherford Seydel, Attorney, Davis Pickren Seydel & Sneed LLP Ms. Laura Seydel The Honorable Thomas Shannon, Jr., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State Mr. John Shulman, Founder & Managing Director of Juggernaut Capital Partners Ms. Alison Shulman

The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Director of Political Strategy & Outreach, The White House Ms. Shauna McCarty The Honorable MacKenzie Smith, Special Assistant to the President & Director of Scheduling & Advance for the First Lady, The White House Ms. Pam Smith

Mr. Mark Smith, The Associated Press Ms. Mina Smith

Mr. Michael Smith, Interior Designer, Michael S. Smith Inc. Ms. Katherine Malkin Mr. Alan Solow, Partner, Resolute Consulting Ms. Andrea Solow Mr. Arne Sorenson, President & Chief Executive Officer, J.W. Marriott International Ms. Ruth Sorenson Mr. Paolo Sorrentino, Film Director, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Ms. Emily Sowek, Letter Writer Ms. Susan Andrews

Ms. Gwen Stefani, Singer & Songwriter Mr. Blake Shelton

The Honorable Rick Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State Ms. Mary Stengel Mr. , ABC Ms. Alexandra Wentworth

Ms. Margaret Talev, Bloomberg Mr. Richard Micklethwait Mr. James Taylor, Singer & Songwriter Ms. Kim Taylor The Honorable , Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House Ms. Emma Tchen The Honorable Caroline Tess, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council Mr. Thiago Lourenco Dos Reis Ambassador David Thorne, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Ms. Rose Thorne Mr. Chuck Todd, NBC Ms. Kristian Todd Mr. Conrad Tribble, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Ms. Christina Tribble

Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Delegation of the Republic of Italy Mr. John Turturro, Actor Ms. Katherine Borowitz Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Chobani LLC Ms. Louise Vongerichten

His Excellency Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to the United States, Delegation of the Republic of Italy Ms. Micaela Barbagallo

Ms. Krishanti Vignarajah, Policy Director to the First Lady, The White House Mr. Collin O’Mara The Honorable , Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture Ms. Christie Vilsack

Ms. Beatrice Vio, Olympic Athlete for Italy, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Ms. Teresa Angela Grandis

Mr. Charles Ward III, Architect, June Street Architecture Mr. Michael Lombardo The Honorable Constance Williams, Former State Senator (Pennsylvania) Ms. Elizabeth Williams Mr. Evan Williams, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Medium Ms. Sara Williams The Honorable Jonathan Winer, Special Envoy for Libya & Senior Advisor for MEK Resettlement, U.S. Department of State Ms. Libby Lewis The Honorable , Deputy Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor to the First Lady, The White House Mr. Joshua Alkin Mr. Johnny Wright, Hairstylist Ms. Jacqueline Tarrant Mr. Kevin Xu, Chief Executive Officer, MEBO International Mr. Guoxin Tao Her Excellency Maria Angela Zappia, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy

The Honorable , Assistant to the President for Economic Policy & Director of the National Economic Council, The White House Ms. Mary Zients