The Meridian Ball is one of the most prestigious annual events in Washington, DC. Now in its 46th year, it brings together public and private sector leaders to celebrate Meridian’s ongoing efforts to global leadership through the exchange of ideas, people, and culture.
Ambassador Peter A. Selfridge Chief of Protocol of the United States
CONGRESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS
Congressman Steven Horsford and Dr. Sonya Horsford
CONGRESSIONAL CO-CHAIRS
Congressman Ed Royce and Mrs. Marie Thérèse Royce
MERIDIAN BALL CHAIRS
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
WHITE-MEYER CHAIRS
Mr. Maxmillian Angerholzer III and Mrs. Lindsay Angerholzer
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL CHAIR
Ariana Austin
Senator Kelly Ayotte and Mr. Joseph Daley
The Honorable Joyce Beatty and Mr. Otto Beatty
Senator Michael F. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet
The Honorable Ami Bera and Mrs. Bera
The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. and Mrs. Vivian Bishop
The Honorable Timothy H. Bishop and Mrs. Bishop
Senator Roy Blunt and Mrs. Abigail Blunt
The Honorable Muriel Bowser
The Honorable Mo Brooks and Mrs. Brooks
The Honorable Corrine Brown
The Honorable Michael C. Burgess, MD and Mrs. Burgess
Senator Richard Burr and Mrs. Burr
The Honorable Cheri Bustos and Mr. Gerry Bustos
The Honorable John Campbell and Mrs. Campbell
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin and Mrs. Cardin
The Honorable André Carson and Mrs. Mariama Carson
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. and Mrs. Casey
The Honorable David Catania
The Honorable Katherine M. Clark
The Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay
The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver, II and Mrs. Dianne Cleaver
The Honorable Mike Coffman and Mrs. Coffman
The Honorable Steve Cohen
The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly and Mrs. Connolly
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. and Mrs. Monica Conyers
The Honorable Elijah Cummings and Dr. Maya Rockeymoore
The Honorable Danny K. Davis and Mrs. Davis
The Honorable John K. Delaney
and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney
The Honorable John D. Dingell and Mrs. Dingell
The Honorable Michael Doyle and Susan Doyle
The Honorable Tammy Duckworth and Mr. Bryan Bowlsbey
The Honorable Donna F. Edwards
The Honorable Eni F. H. Faleomavaega and Mrs. Hinanui Cave Hunkin
Senator Deb Fischer and Mr. Bruce Fischer
The Honorable Bill Foster and Dr. Byon
The Honorable Lois Frankel
The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge
The Honorable John Garamendi and Mrs. Patricia Garamendi
The Honorable Jim Gerlach
The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva and Mrs. Grijalva
The Honorable Michael G. Grimm
The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez and Mrs. Gutierrez
The Honorable Joseph J. Heck, D.O. and Mrs. Lisa Heck
The Honorable Rubén Hinojosa and Mrs. Hinojosa
The Honorable and Mrs. George Holding
The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday and Mrs. Holliday
The Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
The Honorable Richard Hudson and Mrs. Renee Hudson
Senator Mike Johanns and Mrs. Stephanie Johanns
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
The Honorable Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. and Mrs. Johnson
Senator Tim Johnson and Mrs. Johnson
The Honorable Robin Kelly and Dr. Nathaniel Horn
Senator Angus S. King, Jr. and Ms. Mary Herman
The Honorable Adam Kinzinger
The Honorable Rick Larsen and Tiia Karlèn
The Honorable Barbara Lee
The Honorable John Lewis
The Honorable Billy Long and Mrs. Long
The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch
The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney
The Honorable Doris O. Matsui
Senator John McCain
The Honorable Michael T. McCaul and Mrs. McCaul
The Honorable Jim McDermott
The Honorable Mike McIntyre and Mrs. McIntyre
The Honorable Mark Meadows and Mrs. Debbie Meadows
The Honorable Gregory Meeks and Mrs. Simone-Marie Meeks
The Honorable Luke Messer and Mrs. Messer
The Honorable Michael H. Michaud
The Honorable James P. Moran
The Honorable Steven M. Palazzo and Mrs. Palazzo
The Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
The Honorable Ed Perlmutter and Mrs. Perlmutter
The Honorable Thomas E. Petri and Mrs. Petri
The Honorable Chellie Pingree and Mr. Donald Sussman
The Honorable Robert Pittenger and Mrs. Pittenger
The Honorable Joseph R. Pitts and Mrs. Pitts
The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II and Mrs. Rahall
Majority Leader Harry Reid and Mrs. Reid
The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers
The Honorable Phil Roe and Mrs. Roe
The Honorable Thomas J. Rooney and Mrs. Rooney
The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard and The Honorable Edward T. Allard, III
The Honorable C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Mrs. Ruppersberger
The Honorable Matt Salmon and Mrs. Salmon
Senator Bernard Sanders and Mrs. Sanders
The Honorable Jan Schakowsky and Mr. Robert Creamer
The Honorable Aaron Schock
The Honorable David Scott and Mrs. Alfredia Scott
The Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter
The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson and Dr. London Thompson
Senator Patrick J. Toomey and Mrs. Toomey
Senator Tom Udall and Mrs. Jill Cooper Udall
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen and Mrs. Katherine Wilkens-Van Hollen
The Honorable Juan Vargas and Mrs. Vargas
The Honorable Marc Veasey and Mrs. Tonya Veasey
Senator Mark R. Warner and Mrs. Lisa Collis
The Honorable Ed Whitfield and Mrs. Whitfield
Senator Roger F. Wicker and Mrs. Gayle Wicker
The Honorable Kevin Yoder and Mrs. Yoder
MERIDIAN BALL CHAIRS
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
LINDEN CIRCLE
Gordon and Lulie Gund
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez and Mrs. Gutierrez
TERRACE CIRCLE
The Honorable John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney
Ms. Debbie Driesman and Mr. Frank Islam
Ms. Denise Grant and Mr. Franklin Raines
The Honorable Thomas F. McLarty III and Mrs. McLarty
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thompson
COMMITTEE
Ms. Deborah Ashford and Mr. Kevin Klose
Ms. Lisa Barry and Mr. James Gale
Ms. Roxanna Benoit and Mr. Wayne Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boyd
Ms. Colleen Connors and Mr. Howard Opinsky
Ms. Cathy Crane and Mr. Michael Simpson
The Honorable Walter L. Cutler and Mrs. Cutler
Ms. Annie Farrell
Ms. Stephanie Fisher
The Honorable Laurie Fulton
Dr. Andrea Giacometti and Mr. Ross Vincenti
The Honorable Lloyd Hand and Mrs. Hand
The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Holran
Mrs. Katherine Vernot-Jonas and Dr. Richard Jonas
Ms. Laurel Kamen, Co-founder the Alloro Collection
The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann Korologos
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Musser III
Ms. Mary O’Connor and Mr. Jim Forese
Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. O’Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. Sean O’Keefe
The Honorable Mary M. Ourisman and Mr. Mandell J. Ourisman
Mrs. Karen Radford and Mr. Jason Radford
Mr. and Mrs. Iggy Sanchez
Ms. Elizabeth Thorp
WHITE-MEYER CHAIRS
Mr. Maxmillian Angerholzer III and Mrs. Lindsay Angerholzer
LINDEN CIRCLE
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker IV
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Mr. Maxmillian Angerholzer III and Mrs. Lindsay Angerholzer
COMMITTEE
Loran and Robert Aiken
Ms. Amy Andryszak and Mr. William Campbell
Bank of Georgetown
The Honorable Don Beyer and Mrs. Beyer
Ashley and Matt Bronczek
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Czerwinski
Ms. Nina Easton and Mr. Russ Schriefer
Ms. Mona Estephan and Mr. Maury Bradsher
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher II
Ms. Jennifer Frost and Mr. Jim Carter
The Honorable Bart Gordon and Mrs. Gordon
Emily and Robert C. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Larsen
Loews Corporation
Ms. Karen Maples
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Molino
Pilar and William O’Leary
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Tucker
Senator Kelly Ayotte and Mr. Joseph Daley
The Honorable Joyce Beatty and Mr. Otto Beatty
Senator Michael F. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet
The Honorable Ami Bera and Mrs. Bera
The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. and Mrs. Vivian Bishop
The Honorable Timothy H. Bishop and Mrs. Bishop
Senator Roy Blunt and Mrs. Abigail Blunt
The Honorable Muriel Bowser
The Honorable Mo Brooks and Mrs. Brooks
The Honorable Corrine Brown
The Honorable Michael C. Burgess, MD and Mrs. Burgess
Senator Richard Burr and Mrs. Burr
The Honorable Cheri Bustos and Mr. Gerry Bustos
The Honorable John Campbell and Mrs. Campbell
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin and Mrs. Cardin
The Honorable André Carson and Mrs. Mariama Carson
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. and Mrs. Casey
The Honorable David Catania
The Honorable Katherine M. Clark
The Honorable Wm. Lacy Clay
The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver, II and Mrs. Dianne Cleaver
The Honorable Mike Coffman and Mrs. Coffman
The Honorable Steve Cohen
The Honorable Gerald E. Connolly and Mrs. Connolly
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. and Mrs. Monica Conyers
The Honorable Elijah Cummings and Dr. Maya Rockeymoore
The Honorable Danny K. Davis and Mrs. Davis
The Honorable John K. Delaney
and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney
The Honorable John D. Dingell and Mrs. Dingell
The Honorable Michael Doyle and Susan Doyle
The Honorable Tammy Duckworth and Mr. Bryan Bowlsbey
The Honorable Donna F. Edwards
The Honorable Eni F. H. Faleomavaega and Mrs. Hinanui Cave Hunkin
Senator Deb Fischer and Mr. Bruce Fischer
The Honorable Bill Foster and Dr. Byon
The Honorable Lois Frankel
The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge
The Honorable John Garamendi and Mrs. Patricia Garamendi
The Honorable Jim Gerlach
The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva and Mrs. Grijalva
The Honorable Michael G. Grimm
The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez and Mrs. Gutierrez
The Honorable Joseph J. Heck, D.O. and Mrs. Lisa Heck
The Honorable Rubén Hinojosa and Mrs. Hinojosa
The Honorable and Mrs. George Holding
The Honorable Stuart W. Holliday and Mrs. Holliday
The Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
The Honorable Richard Hudson and Mrs. Renee Hudson
Senator Mike Johanns and Mrs. Stephanie Johanns
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
The Honorable Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. and Mrs. Johnson
Senator Tim Johnson and Mrs. Johnson
The Honorable Robin Kelly and Dr. Nathaniel Horn
Senator Angus S. King, Jr. and Ms. Mary Herman
The Honorable Adam Kinzinger
The Honorable Rick Larsen and Tiia Karlèn
The Honorable Barbara Lee
The Honorable John Lewis
The Honorable Billy Long and Mrs. Long
The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch
The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney
The Honorable Doris O. Matsui
Senator John McCain
The Honorable Michael T. McCaul and Mrs. McCaul
The Honorable Jim McDermott
The Honorable Mike McIntyre and Mrs. McIntyre
The Honorable Mark Meadows and Mrs. Debbie Meadows
The Honorable Gregory Meeks and Mrs. Simone-Marie Meeks
The Honorable Luke Messer and Mrs. Messer
The Honorable Michael H. Michaud
The Honorable James P. Moran
The Honorable Steven M. Palazzo and Mrs. Palazzo
The Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
The Honorable Ed Perlmutter and Mrs. Perlmutter
The Honorable Thomas E. Petri and Mrs. Petri
The Honorable Chellie Pingree and Mr. Donald Sussman
The Honorable Robert Pittenger and Mrs. Pittenger
The Honorable Joseph R. Pitts and Mrs. Pitts
The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II and Mrs. Rahall
Majority Leader Harry Reid and Mrs. Reid
The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers
The Honorable Phil Roe and Mrs. Roe
The Honorable Thomas J. Rooney and Mrs. Rooney
The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard and The Honorable Edward T. Allard, III
The Honorable C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Mrs. Ruppersberger
The Honorable Matt Salmon and Mrs. Salmon
Senator Bernard Sanders and Mrs. Sanders
The Honorable Jan Schakowsky and Mr. Robert Creamer
The Honorable Aaron Schock
The Honorable David Scott and Mrs. Alfredia Scott
The Honorable Louise McIntosh Slaughter
The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson and Dr. London Thompson
Senator Patrick J. Toomey and Mrs. Toomey
Senator Tom Udall and Mrs. Jill Cooper Udall
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen and Mrs. Katherine Wilkens-Van Hollen
The Honorable Juan Vargas and Mrs. Vargas
The Honorable Marc Veasey and Mrs. Tonya Veasey
Senator Mark R. Warner and Mrs. Lisa Collis
The Honorable Ed Whitfield and Mrs. Whitfield
Senator Roger F. Wicker and Mrs. Gayle Wicker
The Honorable Kevin Yoder and Mrs. Yoder
MERIDIAN BALL CHAIRS
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
LINDEN CIRCLE
Gordon and Lulie Gund
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Governor James J. Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez and Mrs. Gutierrez
TERRACE CIRCLE
The Honorable John Delaney and Mrs. April McClain-Delaney
Ms. Debbie Driesman and Mr. Frank Islam
Ms. Denise Grant and Mr. Franklin Raines
The Honorable Thomas F. McLarty III and Mrs. McLarty
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thompson
COMMITTEE
Ms. Deborah Ashford and Mr. Kevin Klose
Ms. Lisa Barry and Mr. James Gale
Ms. Roxanna Benoit and Mr. Wayne Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boyd
Ms. Colleen Connors and Mr. Howard Opinsky
Ms. Cathy Crane and Mr. Michael Simpson
The Honorable Walter L. Cutler and Mrs. Cutler
Ms. Annie Farrell
Ms. Stephanie Fisher
The Honorable Laurie Fulton
Dr. Andrea Giacometti and Mr. Ross Vincenti
The Honorable Lloyd Hand and Mrs. Hand
The Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Holran
Mrs. Katherine Vernot-Jonas and Dr. Richard Jonas
Ms. Laurel Kamen, Co-founder the Alloro Collection
The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann Korologos
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Musser III
Ms. Mary O’Connor and Mr. Jim Forese
Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. O’Gorman
Mr. and Mrs. Sean O’Keefe
The Honorable Mary M. Ourisman and Mr. Mandell J. Ourisman
Mrs. Karen Radford and Mr. Jason Radford
Mr. and Mrs. Iggy Sanchez
Ms. Elizabeth Thorp
WHITE-MEYER CHAIRS
Mr. Maxmillian Angerholzer III and Mrs. Lindsay Angerholzer
LINDEN CIRCLE
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker IV
CRESCENT CIRCLE
Mr. Maxmillian Angerholzer III and Mrs. Lindsay Angerholzer
COMMITTEE
Loran and Robert Aiken
Ms. Amy Andryszak and Mr. William Campbell
Bank of Georgetown
The Honorable Don Beyer and Mrs. Beyer
Ashley and Matt Bronczek
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Czerwinski
Ms. Nina Easton and Mr. Russ Schriefer
Ms. Mona Estephan and Mr. Maury Bradsher
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher II
Ms. Jennifer Frost and Mr. Jim Carter
The Honorable Bart Gordon and Mrs. Gordon
Emily and Robert C. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Larsen
Loews Corporation
Ms. Karen Maples
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Molino
Pilar and William O’Leary
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Tucker
