Subject: George Washington Prize Dinner tonight!
From: "Clemons, Steve" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:09:15 +0000

Greetings all:

Below, I am sharing the roster of those who will be joining us tonight and very much look forward to seeing all of you at two cool tables that we will have at the George Washington Prize dinner at Mt. Vernon.

The rough schedule is:

6:30 cocktails at Mt. Vernon (house will be open — so I am going early)
7:00 announcement of Prize Winner on steps of Mt. Vernon
7:20 procession to dinner
7:30 dinner and remarks
9:15 salute and toast to George Washington

My cell phone is 202-276-1176.  Please call me if you have any questions.

Our crowd includes:

Maureen Orth, Vanity Fair and advocate for Peace Corps
Helene Cooper, New York Times
Edward Luce, Financial Times
Kathleen Biden
Hunter Biden, World Food Program
The Hon. Thomas Pickering, Boeing/Hills & Co; Former US Under Sec of State
Justin Smith, CEO, Atlantic Media Company
Jennie Smith
The Hon. Tim Wirth, UN Foundation and former US Senator from Colorado
Wren Wirth, Winslow Foundation
The Hon. Hattie Babbitt, World Resources Institute; former Dep Admin/US AID
Andrew Oros, Washington College
Michael Hirsh, Chief Correspondent, National Journal
Vitessa del Prete, Department of State
Scott Simon, National Public Radio
Caroline Simon (pronounced Carol-eeeen Simon)
PJ Crowley, former Spokeman, Department of State
Col. Paula Kougeas, USAF Retired
Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic
Abderrahim Foukara, Washington Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera
Matthew Wuerker, 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winning Political Cartoonist, Politico
Sarah Stephens, Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
Steve Clemons, The Atlantic

Look forward to seeing you this evening!  All best,

Steve