Committees
Celebrity Hosts
Bill Plante
Jamie Ritchie Sotheby’s
Jean-Guillaume Prats Château Lafite Rothschild
Executive Committee
Mitch Bainwol Ford Motor Company
Nick Calio Airlines for America
Tori Emerson Barnes U.S. Travel Association
Shannon Finley Capitol Counsel
Brian Kearney Kearney & Company
Gary Kline Express Scripts
David Marventano Fluor Corporation
Matthew Shay National Retail Federation
Auction Committee
Adam Feinberg Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Vice Chair (2018 Vice Chair)
Diane Gross Cork Wine Bar and Market, Vice Chair (2018 Vice Chair)
Eric M. Platt Artisans & Vines, Vice Chair (2014 & 2015 Chairman, 2017 Vice Chairman)
David White Terroirist.com & Keybridge Communications Vice Chair (2015 & 2016 Chairman, 2017 & 2018 Vice Chairman)
Dan Backer political.law
Gail Bassin JBS International, Inc.
Erich Broksas (2015 Vice Chairman)
John Brooks
Libby Edwards Five Grapes
Molly Christhilf Finnegan Ole Imports
William Fastow & Elizabeth Amini TTR | Sotheby’s International Realty
Kelsey Phelps Finch Joseph Phelps Vineyards & Seppi Wines
Miranda Franco Healthcare Policy, Holland & Knight LLP
James E. Gaby
John Gallagher Fluor Corporation
Josh Genderson Schneider’s of Capitol Hill
Susan M. Grais Ernst & Young LLP
Larry Hansard Gallagher
Justin Harrison City Winery
Caroline Hermann, MW
Doug Heye (2017 Chairman)
Marc Hodies HTeam Photography
Conrad Kenley LCG, Inc. (2013 Chairman)
Philip H. Kimball Total Wine & More
Joel Kleinman
Max Kuller Estadio
Patroski Lawson
Tom Madrecki
Carly Maher, CSW, CSS
Maureen Nelson Ernst & Young LLP
Tim O’Rourke Prestige-Ledriot
Rosanne Pennella
Amy Ray Orrick
Michael Sands Calvert Woodley Wine & Spirits
Jeffrey J. Schragg
Tim Snyder Republic National Distributing Company
Sarah Walsh
Summer Whitford DC City Guide Editor, The Daily Meal
Advisory Board
Mitch Bainwol Ford Motor Company – Chairman 2018
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
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
Matthew Shay National Retail Federation – Chairman 2019
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 Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate, AK – 2018 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
Mo Cherry A Rake’s Progress
John Filkins Masseria
Diane Gross Cork Wine Bar and Market (2019 & 2018 Chair)
Jennifer Knowles Mirabelle
Karl Kuhn St. Anselm
Oliver Meade Minibar
Angelo Perez MGM, National Harbor
Jarad Slipp, MS, RdV Vineyards (2015 & 2016 Chairman)
Kristin Welch
Sebastian Zutant Primrose 2015 Chairman