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Honorary and Benefit Committees


Honorary Chairs
His Excellency Ambassador of Finland Pekka Lintu & Mrs. Laurel Colles


Honorary Committee
The Honorable Gary Ackerman (D-5th NY)

H.E. Ambassador of Austria Dr. Christian Prosl

Ambassador Jeffrey Bader & Ms. Rohini Talalla

The Honorable Elizabeth F. Bagley

H. E. Ambassador of Bangladesh Akramul Qader & Mrs. Rifat Sultana Akram

The Honorable Earl Blumenauer (D-3rd OR)

The Honorable Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

H. E. Ambassador of Brazil Mauro Vieira

H. E. Ambassador of Canada Gary Doer & Mrs. Ginny Devine

The Honorable Ben Cardin (D-MD)

The Honorable Russ Carnahan (D-3rd MO)

The Honorable Thad Cochran (R-MS)

The Honorable Joseph Crowley (D-7th NY)

The Honorable & Mrs. Walter Cutler

H. E. Ambassador of Cyprus & Mrs. Pavlos Anastasiades

Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Czech Republic, Mr. Daniel Koštoval

H. E. Ambassador of Denmark Peter Taksoe-Jensen & Ms. Gitte Wallin Pedersen

The Honorable Lloyd Doggett (D-25th TX)

The Honorable Donna Edwards (D-4th MD)

H. E. Ambassador of Estonia Väino Reinart & Mrs. Kaire Jürgenson

The Honorable & Mrs. Dan Glickman

The Honorable Kay Granger (R-12th TX)

The Honorable C. Boyden Gray

H. E. Ambassador of Greece & Mrs. Vassilis Kaskarelis

The Honorable Alcee Hastings (D-23rd FL)

The Honorable Mike Honda (D-15th CA)

H. E. Ambassador of Hungary & Mrs. György Szapáry

H. E. Ambassador of Iceland & Mrs. Hjálmar W. Hannesson

H. E. Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. Dino Patti Djalal & Dr. Rosa Rai Djalal

The Honorable Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

The Honorable Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-2nd IL)

H.E. Ambassador of Japan & Mrs. Ichiro Fujisaki

The Honorable and Mrs. Said Jawad

The Honorable John F. Kerry (D-MA)

The Honorable Barbara Lee (D-9th CA)

The Honorable Carl Levin (D-MI)

The Honorable Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)

H. E. Ambassador of Liechtenstein Claudia Fritsche

H. E. Ambassador of Lithuania Zygimantas Pavilionis & Mrs. Lina Pavilioniene

H. E. Ambassador of Luxembourg Jean-Paul Senninger & Mrs. Louise Äkerblom

The Honorable Jim McDermott (D-7th WA)

H. E. Ambassador of Mexico & Mrs. Arturo Sarukhan

The Honorable Brad Miller (D-13th NC)

H. E. Ambassador of Mozambique Amelia Matos Sumbana & Mr. Adriano Fernandes Sumbana

The Honorable Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

H. E. Ambassador of Norway Wegger Chr Strommen & Rev. Dr. Cecilie Jorgensen Strommen

H. E. Ambassador of Poland & Mrs. Robert Kupiecki

H. E. Ambassador of Portugal Nuno Brito & Mrs. Rosa Batoreu

H. E. Ambassador of Romania & Mrs. Adrian Vierita

The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-18th FL)

The Honorable Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

H. E. Ambassador of Sierra Leone & Mrs. Bockari Stevens

H. E. Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the US Peter Burian & Mrs. Nina Burianova

H. E. Ambassador of Sweden & Mrs. Jonas Hafström

H. E. Ambassador of Switzerland & Mrs. Manuel Sager

H. E. Ambassador of Syria & Mrs. Imad Moustapha

H. E. Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar

H. E. Ambassador of Turkey & Mrs. Namik Tan

H. E. Ambassador of the United Kingdom Sir Nigel Sheinwald & Dr. Julia Sheinwald

The Honorable Chris Van Hollen (D-8th MD)

Benefit Chairs
Laurie and Robert Monahan, Jr.

Young Humanitarian Chairs
Pamela Sorensen and Ashley Taylor

Benefit Committee

Cecily Abram
Dr. Tina Alster and The Honorable Paul Frazer
Darcy Bacon
Sarah Bacon
Grace and Morton Bender
Jodi Bond and Garland Bond, Jr.
Ghislaine Boreel and James E. Shallcross
Katherine Brittain Bradley and David Bradley
Cathy Brentzel
Carolyn Brody
Gahl Hodges Burt
Charlotte and Michael Buxton
Jennifer and Michael Caputo
Mary and Armeane Choksi
Gay Cioffi
Sylvia de Leon and Lynn Coleman
April and John Delaney
Helen and Ray DuBois
Sydney Mcniff Ferguson


Anna Fuhrman and Joseph Kerr
Megan and Robert Gabriel
Ginny Grenham and Paul Zevnik
Mary and Robert Haft
Helen Hagerty
Ann Hand and The Honorable Lloyd Nelson Hand
Kim Herrlinger
Barbara Harrison and John Pyles
Meehee M. Hwang and Richard D. Gluck
Maxine Isaacs
Cindy and Evan Jones
Fran Kenworthy and Rev. Stuart Kenworthy
Carolyn Lamm and Peter Halle
Willee and Finlay Lewis
Linda Lipsett and Jules Bernstein
Natalia Maria Luis and Antonio Monteiro
Cidalia Luis-Akbar and Mohammad
Masud Akbar
Kathleen and Chris Matthews
Irrum Mehmood Merrill and Ambassador


David Nathan Merrill
Patrice and Herbert Miller
Maureen Orth
Ginger and Stuart Pape
Rachel Pearson
Christine P. Rales
Nancy and Simon Sidamon-Eristoff
Deborah and Donald Sigmund
Lauren and Luis Fernando Silva-Pinto
Mariella and Michael Trager
Chang and Salah Turkmani
Frederica and George A. Valanos
Toni and Lee Verstandig
Lorraine and Chris Wallace
Martha and David Webb
Lynda Webster and The Honorable William Webster
Sandra Boek Werness and Dr. Bruce Werness
Laurie Wingate and Mark Chandler
Dorothy and Kenneth Woodcock