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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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