Welcome to Washington Reception on the evening of January 15, 2019 at Meridian House. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Pierre De Lucy, Tracy Bernstein (Meridian International Center), and Rose Carter. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Gerardo Díaz Bartolomé (Embassy of Argentina), The Honorable Capricia Marshall (Chief of Protocol 2009 to 2013), Jan Du Plain (President & CEO, Du Plain Global Enterprises, Inc.). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Sherri Cunningham, Mei Xu, Donna Scarboro. Photo: Jessica Latos.

The Honorable Laurie Fulton (Meridian Trustee) and The Honorable James Blanchard (Chair Emeritus, DLA Piper). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Pamela Reeves, Stephenie Foster (Partner & Founder, Smash Strategies), The Honorable Ann Stock (Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs 2010 to 2013), and Hongxia Liu (Representative, International Organizations, NYU Shanghai). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Mohamed Atta Abbas (Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan) and Mrs. Fauzia Elsheikh Ahmed. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Brittany Masalosalo, Janetta Brewer, Eric Guthrie, and Omar Vargas. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Puru Trivedi and TK Harvey (Meridian International Center). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Megan Beyer (Advisor, The Better Angels Society) and The Honorable Fay Hartog-Levin (Ambassador to the Netherlands 2009 to 2011). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Art Collins (Founder & Managing Partner, theGROUP), The Honorable Jean Manes (Ambassador to El Salvador 2015 to present), Lee Satterfield (Executive Vice President & COO, Meridian International Center), and The Honorable Ann Stock. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Brent Glass and Pamela Reeves. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Diane Flamini (Embassy of Spain) and Roland Flamini. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Dennis Bisgaard, Jill Watson and Betsey Hun Schmidt of Whittle School & Studios with The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday (President & CEO, Meridian International Center). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Judith Morrissey and Richard Morrissey (Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Varuzhan Nersesyan (Ambassador of Armenia). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Philip Jada Natana (Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan) and Mrs. Mary Juan Natana. Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Oscar Alfonso Sebastian Silva Navarro (Ambassador of the Republic of Chile), Her Excellency Martha Bárcena Coqui (Ambassador of the United Mexican States), The Honorable Laurie Fulton, and The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday. Photo: Jessica Latos.

The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday honors the new ambassadors at the Welcome to Washington reception. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Lisa Barry listens to opening remarks. Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Oscar Alfonso Sebastian Silva Navarro (Ambassador of Chile), Her Excellency Roya Rahmani (Ambassador of Afghanistan), and His Excellency Varuzhan Nersesyan (Ambassador of Armenia. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Her Excellency Roya Rahmani (Ambassador of Afghanistan), His Excellency Varuzhan Nersesyan (Ambassador of Armenia), Mrs. Fauzia Elsheikh Ahmed, His Excellency Mohamed Atta Abbas (Ambassador of the Sudan), and The Honorable John Phillips (Ambassador to Italy 2013 to 2017). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Mohamed Atta Abbas (Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan), His Excellency Sankatana Gabriel Maja (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Lesotho), and His Excellency Dr. Fernando Llorca Castro (Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Alfonso Silva (Ambassador of Chile), Her Excellency Roya Rahmani (Ambassador of Afghanistan), His Excellency Dr. Fernando Llorca Castro (Ambassador of Costa Rica), His Excellency Varuzhan Nersesyan (Ambassador of Armenia), and His Excellency Mohamed Atta Abbas (Ambassador of the Sudan). Photo: Jessica Latos.

(Left to right, back to front row): His Excellency Ivan Korcok (Ambassador of the Slovak Republic), The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday (President & CEO, Meridian International Center), His Excellency Ngote Gali Koutou (Ambassador of the Republic of Chad), His Excellency Philip Jada Natana (Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan), His Excellency Dr. Fernando Llorca Castro (Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica), His Excellency Varuzhan Nersesyan (Ambassador of Armenia), His Excellency Mohamed Atta Abbas (Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan), Her Excellency Martha Bárcena Coqui (Ambassador of the United Mexican States), Her Excellency Roya Rahmani (Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan), His Excellency Dr. Otgonbayar Yondon (Ambassador of Mongolia), His Excellency Keith Azzopardi (Ambassador of the Republic of Malta), and His Excellency Sankatana Gabriel Maja (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Lesotho). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Victor Shiblie and Anna Gawel from Washington Diplomat and Tom Coleman (Department of Homeland Security). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Her Excellency Roya Rahmani (Ambassador of Afghanistan) and Shahin Mafi (Founder & CEO, Home Health Connection). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Tchingonbe Patchanne Papouri (Embassy of Chad) and His Excellency Ngote Gali Koutou (Ambassador of Chad). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Dr. Otgonbayar Yondon (Embassy of Mongolia) and Daman Irby (University of Virginia). Photo: Jessica Latos.

The Honorable Alphonso Jackson (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2004 to 2008). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Megan Devlin (Meridian International Center), Mrs. Mamokete Lydia Maja and His Excellency Sankatana Gabriel Maja (Ambassador of Lesotho). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Geoff Jones (CFO, Monarch Global Strategies), Kathryn Minor (EverFi), The Honorable James Blanchard (Chair Emeritus, DLA Piper), and James Jones (Chairman, Monarch Global Strategies). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Philip Jada Natana (Ambassador of South Sudan). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Lindsay Hamernick (Chanel USA) and Jacob Lahr (Saint Laurent). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Alphonso Jackson (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2004 to 2008), Marcia Jackson, The Honorable Heather Wilson (Secretary of the Air Force), and Jay Hone. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Kristjan Archer (Gallup), Gerardo Díaz Bartolomé (Embassy of Argentina), Emily Massel (Gallup), and Thomas Daley. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Christina Sevilla (Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Small Business, Market Access and Industrial Competitiveness) and Paloma Martinez Aldama (Embassy of Spain). Photo: Jessica Latos.

Her Excellency Martha Bárcena (Ambassador of Mexico), Sahra English (Vice President, Global Public Policy, MasterCard), and The Honorable Capricia Marshall. Photo: Jessica Latos.

Ami Aronson (Executive Director, Bernstein Family Foundation), The Honorable Stuart Holliday, and Conrad Cafritz (Chairman & CEO, Cafritz Interests). Photo: Jessica Latos.

His Excellency Keith Azzopardi (Ambassador of Malta) and Loretta Greene (Director of International Trade Affairs, Department of Commerce). Photo: Jessica Latos.