CELEBRATING WOMEN LEADERS LUNCHEON

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Women Shaping the Global Economy 
Dina Habib Powell, Goldman Sachs
Moderator: Elise Labott, CNN Global Affairs Correspondent
Awardee: Patricia Ellis, WFPG President Emeritus and Co-Founder
December 6, 2018 | Washington, DC

Photos | Sponsors | Host Committee | Diplomatic Committee

Washington, DC—On December 6th, WFPG hosted its annual benefit luncheon in Washington, DC. This year's program focused on women leaders shaping the global economy and included an off-the-record conversation with Dina Habib Powell, Partner at Goldman Sachs and former US Deputy National Security Adviser (2017-2018) and moderator Elise Labott, CNN Global Affairs Correspondent. The WFPG was also recognized WFPG President Emeritus and Co-Founder Patricia Ellis, who led the organization for 22 years.

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Dina Powell and Elise Labott during the conversation

 

Dina Powell, Goldman Sachs, Partner,
Investment Banking Division

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WFPG Board of Directors Co-Chairs:
Ambassador Cathy Russell and Lois Romano

 

Elise Labott, CNN Global Affairs
Correspondent interviews Dina Powell

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Jessica Johnson‐Cope, Ambassador Cathy Russell,
Dina Powell and Elise Labott

 

Jessica Johnson‐Cope, President and CEO of Johnson
Security Bureau, introduces the conversation

 

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WFPG Board Co-Chair Lois Romano

 

Dina Powell responds to audience questions

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Karen DeYoung of the The Washington Post
introduces Patricia Ellis

 

WFPG Co-Founder and President Emeritus
Patricia Ellis is recognized for her leadership

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Patricia Ellis and Karen DeYoung

 

Patricia Ellis reflects on her time leading the WFPG

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WFPG Executive Director Kim Kahnhauser Freeman

 

Ambassador Capricia Marshall listens to the program

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Toni Verstandig, Alyse Nelson, Former WFPG Board
Chair Ann Stock, and Board Co-Chair Cathy Russell

 

WFPG Board of Directors with luncheon speakers

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Patricia Ellis is joined by the many Ambassadors and
Deputy Chiefs of Mission that she worked with at the WFPG

 

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Ambassador Elizabeth
Bagley, and Mary Jordan of The Washington Post

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WFPG Board Member Allison Ford of United Technologies,
Leadership Circle Member Carolyn Brehm, and
Tara Hogan Charles of Procter & Gamble

 

Deputy Chiefs of Mission Lara Romano of Croatia
and Nathalie Broadhurst of France with Patricia Ellis

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Maureen White, Ann Stock and Diana Negroponte

 

Jennifer Maguire Isham, Ambassador Capricia Marshall,
and Ambassador Cathy Russell

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and
Ambassador Dina Kawar of Jordan

 

WFPG Board Member Theresa Loar, Tom Perry
of GWU, and Durriya Badani REI Systems

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Shaista Mahmood, Ambassador Ray Mahmood, and
Ambassador Hunaina Al Mughairy of Oman

 

Ambassador Katrina Cooper, DCM of Australia, with
Ambassador Rosemary Banks of New Zealand

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WFPG Board Member Mary Brady with
Ann Stock and Diana Negroponte

 

WFPG Board Member Stephenie Foster of Smash
Strategies with Rori Kramer

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Joselin Croes, Minister Plenipotentiary for Aruba,
and Michele Lynch of Google

 

WFPG Board Members Gebe Martinez and
Mary Catherine Toker with Gloria Dittus of Story Partners
and 
Betsy Fischer Martin of American University 

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Evelyn Cermeno, Ambassador Fernando Llorca of
Costa Rica, Susan LaSalla, and Nick Schmit

 

Patricia Ellis and Dina Powell

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Lois Romano and Virginia Bennett

 

Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley and Lee Satterfield

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Chargé d'Affaires Murni Binti Abdul Hamid of Malaysia
with Deputy Chiefs of Mission Anđelka Rogač of
Montenegro and Lara Romano of Croatia 

 

Patricia Ellis, Lynn Holec, and Maria Montanez

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Frances Hardin, Linda Harke and
WFPG Board Member Dawn Calabia

 

WFPG Corporate Advisory Council Member Jessica Zielke
of Coca-Cola with Natalie Jones

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Gloria Dittus and WFPG Board Member
Mary Catherine Toker with Patricia Ellis

 

WFPG Leadership Circle Member
Elizabeth Stevens and Buffy Cafritz

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Anne-Marie Gwynn-Sackson of USIP and Belquis Ahmadi

 

Jessica Lightburn of Goldman Sachs,
Betsy Fischer Martin, and Nicole Nason

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Mirna Vlašić of the Embassy of Croatia

 

Ambassador Banks of New Zealand speaks with guests

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Rob Fallon, Nikole Burroughs of IRC and
Ambassador Cathy Russell

 

Natalie Jones and of Meridian and
Justin Sosne of BowerGroupAsia

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Susan Davis, Annie Burns, Mary Jordan
and Lynn Garland at the luncheon

 

WFPG members and guests during the event



BENEFIT COMMITTEES
HOST COMMITTEE
Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky
The Honorable Thomas E. Donilon
Laura Cox Kaplan
Ambassador Capricia Marshall
Donna Cochran McLarty
The Honorable Thomas F. McLarty III
The Honorable Lisa Monaco
The Honorable Thomas R. Nides
Kristi Rogers
The Honorable Mike J. Rogers
The Honorable Evan Ryan
Autumn VandeHei
Samantha Vinograd
             BENEFIT STEERING COMMITTEE
Leila Afas, Toyota Motor North America
Anita Botti, Consultant
Allison Ford, United Technologies
Stephenie Foster, Smash Strategies
The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos
Theresa Loar, BSR
Lois Romano
Ambassador Catherine M. Russell
The Honorable Ann S. Stock, Meridian International Center
Maureen White, Johns Hopkins, SAIS


THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
BENEFACTOR
United Technologies

PATRONS
Toyota Motor North America
Lois Romano
Ambassador Catherine M. Russell
Maureen White and Steven Rattner

SPONSORS
Anita Botti | Stephenie Foster | Theresa Loar

SUPPORTERS
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates | The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos | Elizabeth Stevens

PARTNERS
The D. Major Group | The Economic Club of Washington, DC
Global Summit of Women | Elisabeth Bumiller | Dawn Calabia | Gail Leftwich Kitch
Ambassador Ray and Shaista Mahmood | Gebe Martinez

EMBASSY WINE DONORS
Embassy of Argentina | Embassy of Italy | Embassy of Liechtenstein
Embassy of New Zealand | Embassy of Portugal | Embassy of Slovakia | Embassy of Switzerland


2018 DIPLOMATIC HONORARY COMMITTEE
Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao, Delegation of African Union Mission | Ambassador Floreta Faber, Embassy of Albania | Ambassador Madjid Bouguerra, Embassy of Andorra | Ambassador Fernando Oris de Roa, Embassy of Argentina | Ambassador Sidney Collie, Embassy of The Bahamas | Ambassador Dirk Wouters, Embassy of Belgium | Ambassador Tihomir Stoytchev, Embassy of Bulgaria | Ambassador Alfonso Silva Navarro, Embassy of Chile | Ambassador Fernando Llorca Castro, Embassy of Costa Rica | Ambassador Yasser Reda Abdalla Ali Said, Embassy of Egypt | Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov, Embassy of Estonia | Ambassador David O'Sullivan, Delegation of the European Union | Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi, Embassy of Finland | Ambassador Riyad Insanally, Embassy of Guyana | Ambassador Geir Hilmar Haarde, Embassy of Iceland | Ambassador Fareed Yasseen, Embassy of Iraq | Ambassador Daniel Mulhall, Embassy of Ireland | Ambassador Armando Varricchio, Embassy of Italy | Ambassador Audrey Marks, Embassy of Jamaica |Ambassador Dina Kawar, Embassy of Jordan | Ambassador Cho Yoon Je, Embassy of South Korea | Ambassador Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Embassy of Kuwait | Ambassador Kurt Jaeger, Embassy of Liechtenstein | Ambassador Rolandas Kriščiūnas, Embassy of Lithuania | Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, Embassy of Luxembourg | Chargé d'Affaires Murni Binti Abdul Hamid, Embassy of Malaysia | Ambassador Nimaga Mahamadou, Embassy of Mali | Ambassador Sooroojdev Phokeer, GOSK, Embassy of Mauritius | Ambassador Nebojša Kaluđerović, Embassy of Montenegro | Ambassador Carlos dos Santos, Embassy of Mozambique | Ambassador Aung Lynn, Embassy of Myanmar | Ambassador Henne Schuwer, Embassy of the Netherlands | Ambassador Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker, Embassy of Nicaragua | Ambassador Kåre R. Aas, Embassy of Norway | Ambassador Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al-Mughairy, Embassy of Oman | Ambassador Germán Rojas Irigoyen, Embassy of Paraguay | Ambassador Carlos Pareja Ríos, Embassy of Peru | Ambassador Jose Manuel G. Romualdez, Embassy of the Philippines | Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital, Embassy of Portugal | Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, Embassy of Rwanda | Ambassador Momar Diop, Embassy of Senegal | Ambassador Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Embassy of Singapore | Ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, Embassy of South Africa | Ambassador Thelma Phillip-Browne, Embassy of St. Kitts and Nevis | Ambassador Louanne Gilchrist, Embassy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Ambassador Niermala Sakoentala Badrising, Embassy of Suriname | Ambassador Karin Ulrika Olofsdotter, Embassy of Sweden | Ambassador Martin Werner Dahinden, Embassy of Switzerland | Ambassador Domingos Sarmento Alves, Embassy of Timor-Leste | Ambassador Fayçal Gouia, Embassy of Tunisia | Ambassador Mull Sebujja Katende, Embassy of Uganda | Ambassador Valeriy Chaly, Embassy of Ukraine | Ambassador Ahmed Awad Binmubarak, Embassy of Yemen