Committees
Distinguished Hosts
John Bozzella Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Jamie Ritchie Sotheby’s
Executive Committee
Mitch Bainwol
Tori Emerson Barnes U.S. Travel Association
John Bozzella Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Nicholas E. Calio Airlines for America
Shannon Finley Capitol Counsel
Brian Kearney Kearney & Company
Sean Kennedy National Restaurant Association
Gary Kline Cigna
David Marventano Fluor Corporation
Paul Rinaldi Rinaldi Consultants LLC
Matthew Shay National Retail Federation
Auction Committee
Gail Bassin
John Brooks
Alicia Cypress
Libby Edwards MarginEdge
Sam Feder Jenner & Block LLP
Adam Feinberg Miller & Chevalier Chartered – 2019 & 2018 Vice Chair
Kelsey Phelps Finch SEPPI Craft Sparkling Wine
Molly Finnegan Champagne Laurent-Perrier
Miranda Franco Holland & Knight LLP
John Gallagher Fluor Corporation
Elyse Genderson Schneider’s of Capitol Hill
Susan M. Grais EY
Diane Gross Cork Wine Bar & Market – 2019 & 2018 Vice Chair
David Hale Gemini Wine Company
Larry Hansard Gallagher
Caroline Hermann, MW
Doug Heye – 2017 Chairman
Alexa Jaenicke
Eric Kadel Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Conrad Kenley LCG, Inc. – 2013 Chairman
Joel Kleinman
Bambi Landew
Tom Madrecki
Carly Maher Heritage Collection -Trinchero Family Estates
Jamie Miller American Medical Group Association
Donald Moffat Zachys Fine Wine and Auction
Maureen Nelson EY
Erika Parjus
Eric M. Platt Artisans and Vines – 2015 & 2014 Chairman, 2019 & 2017 Vice Chair
Noah Raizman The Centers for Advanced Orthapaedics
Pamela Roberto Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Michael Sands Calvert Woodley Wine & Spirits
Jeffrey J. Schragg Newton Grange Consulting
Tim Snyder Republic National Distributing Company
Amy Troutmiller Common Fuel Consulting
David White Terroirist.com & Keybridge Communications – 2016 & 2015 Chairman, 2019, 2018 & 2017 Vice Chairman
Timothy Wigder
Noelle Williams HelmsBriscoe
Heart’s Delight Board
Mitch Bainwol 2018 Chairman
Ruth Bassin* Founding Sponsor (in memory of her son)
Mark Bisnow 2003 Chairman
Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr.* 2005 Chairman
John Bozzella Alliance for Automotive Innovation 2022 Chairman
The Honorable John Breaux Crossroad Strategies 2011 Chairman
Nicholas E. Calio Airlines for America 2014, 2013, 2008, 2007 Chairman
Scott Greenberg Greenberg, Wexler & Eig LLC, Founding Chairman
John M. Kane 2009 Chairman
Brian Kearney Kearney & Company 2017 Chairman
The Honorable Trent Lott Crossroad Strategies 2011 Chairman
David Marventano Fluor Corporation 2016 Chairman
Constance J. Milstein The Countess de La Haye Saint Hilaire 2010 Chair
Samuel Schreiber 2006 Chairman
Matthew Shay National Retail Federation 2019 Chairman
Richard Thompson Akin Gump 2008 & 2006 Chairman
George Vradenburg III 2005 & 2004 Chairman
Honorary Committee
The Honorable Richard Burr – 2014 Honoree
The Honorable Saxby Chambliss – 2013, 2012 & 2011 Honoree
The Honorable Richard B. Cheney – 2011 Leadership Award
The Honorable James E. Clyburn – 2011 Honoree
The Honorable Ander Crenshaw – 2016 Leadership Award
The Honorable Bill Frist, M.D.–2003 Honoree
The Honorable Steny Hoyer – 2009 Honoree
The Honorable John Larson – 2013 Honoree
The Honorable Jim McCrery – 2006 Honoree
The Honorable Lisa Murkowski – 2018 Congress Has Heart Award
The Honorable Richard E. Neal – 2008 Honoree
The Honorable Paul Ryan – 2016 Congress Has Heart Award
The Honorable Bill Shuster – 2013 Honoree
The Honorable Mike Thompson – 2013 & 2011 Honoree
The Honorable Ron Wyden United States Senate, OR – 2017 Congress Has Heart Award
Sommelier Circle Committee
William Bright
Nadine Brown
John Filkins
Corbin Goldstein
Diane Gross Cork Wine Bar & Market – 2019 & 2018 Chair
Brent Kroll Maxwell Park
Karl Kuhn
Will Moriarty
Winn Roberton
Jarad Slipp, MS – 2016 & 2015 Chairman
Sebastian Zutant Primrose – 2015 Chairman