Committees
Celebrity Hosts
Daniel Boulud DBGB D.C.
Dave McIntyre The Washington Post
Bill Plante
Thibault Pontallier Château Margaux
Jamie Ritchie Sotheby’s
Executive Committee
Mitch Bainwol Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Nick Calio Airlines for America
Shannon Finley Capitol Counsel
Michael Herson American Defense International, Inc.
Brian Kearney Kearney & Company
Gary Kline Express Scripts
David Marventano Fluor Corporation
Carlos Merizalde Kiddar Capital
Auction Committee
Adam Feinberg Miller & Chevalier Chartered (2018 Vice Chair)
Diane Gross Cork Wine Bar & Market (2018 Vice Chair)
David White Terroirist.com (2018 Vice Chair, 2015 & 2016 Chair, 2017 Vice Chair)
Berg Atkinson
Gail Bassin
Erich Broksas Potomac Innovation (2015 Vice Chair)
John Brooks The WineO
Ron Brooks The Country Vintner
Molly Christhilf Finnegan Olé Imports
Scott Claffee (2014 Chair)
Alicia Cypress
James E. Gaby
John Gallagher Fluor Corporation
Josh Genderson Schneider’s of Capitol Hill
Susan M. Grais Ernst & Young LLP
Gil Guarino Intuitive.IT
Justin Harrison City Winery
Doug Heye (2017 Chair)
Marc Hodies HTeam Photography
Conrad Kenley LCG, Inc. (2013 Chair)
Philip H. Kimball Total Wine & More
Joel Kleinman
Max Kuller Fat Baby Inc.
Arthur Kuo
Tom Madrecki
Carly Maher, CSW, CSS The Wine Group
Kerry Myers
Maureen Nelson Ernst & Young LLP
Tim O’Rourke Zachys DC (2017 Chair)
Eric M. Platt Artisans & Vines (2014 & 2015 Chair, 2017 Vice Chair)
Michael Sands Calvert Woodley Wine & Spirits
Jeffrey J. Schragg BDO
Tim Snyder Republic National Distributing Company
Sandra E. Taylor Sustainable Business International LLC
Summer Whitford The Daily Meal
Advisory Board
Ruth Bassin* – Founding Sponsor
Mark Bisnow, Bisnow Media – Chairman 2003
Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr.* – Chairman 2005
Hon. John Breaux Squire Patton Boggs – Chairman 2011
Nicholas E. Calio Airlines for America – Chairman 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014
Mark Ein Venturehouse Group – Chairman 2012
Scott Greenberg Greenberg, Wexler & Eig LLC – Founding Chairman
John M. Kane The Kane Company Chairman 2009
Brian Kearney Kearney & Company Chairman 2017
Hon. Trent Lott Squire Patton Boggs Chairman 2011
David Marventano Fluor Corporation Chairman 2016
Constance J. Milstein, The Countess de La Haye Saint Hilaire – Chairman 2010
Samuel Schreiber Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.– Chairman 2006
Richard Thompson Akin Gump – Chairman 2006 & 2008
George Vradenburg III Vradenburg Foundation – Chairman 2004 & 2005
Honorary Committee
The Honorable Richard Burr United States Senator, N. Carolina – 2014 Honoree
The Honorable Saxby Chambliss United States Senate, Georgia 2011 – 2013 Honoree
The Honorable Richard B. Cheney- 2011 Leadership Award
The Honorable James E. Clyburn U.S. House of Representatives, S. Carolina – 2011 Honoree
The Honorable Ander Crenshaw U.S. House of Representatives, Florida – 2016 Leadership Award
The Honorable Bill Frist, M.D. United States Senate, Tennessee – 2003 Honoree
The Honorable Steny Hoyer U.S. House of Representatives, MD – 2009 Honoree
The Honorable John Larson, U.S. House of Representatives, CT – 2013 Honoree
The Honorable Jim McCrery U.S. House of Representatives, LA – 2006 Honoree
The Honorable Richard E. Neal U.S. House of Representatives, MA – 2008 Honoree
The Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives – 2016 Congress Has Heart Award
The Honorable Bill Shuster, U.S. House of Representatives, PA – 2013 Honoree
The Honorable Mike Thompson U.S. House of Representatives, CA – 2011 & 2013 Honoree
The Honorable Ron Wyden, United States Senate, OR – 2017 Honoree
Sommelier Circle Committee
William Bright
Nadine Brown
John Filkins Masseria
Corbin Goldstein Joe’s Stone Crab
Jamie Heffron
Jennifer Knowles
Erik Segelbaum Starr Restaurants
Jarad Slipp, MS, RdV Vineyards (2015 & 2016 Chairman)