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 United States Dr. Jill Biden Mr. Paul Blavin, Founder, FOR GOOD Ms. Amy Blavin The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State The Honorable Evan Ryan 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, Politico 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 (Virginia) 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 New York 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 Brian Deese, 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 Shaun Donovan, 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 Josh Earnest, 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 Neil Eggleston, Assistant to the President & Counsel to the President, The White House Ms. Rachel Eggleston Mr. Ken Ehrlich, Producer Ms. Harriet Ehrlich Mr. Carlos Elizondo, 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 Jason Furman, 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 Avril Haines, 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 Valerie Jarrett, 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 Sally Jewell, 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 Jeh Johnson, 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 Cody Keenan, 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 John Kerry, 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