FULL White House State Dinner with Mexico List

[nmbluesky]

Justice Anthony Kennedy, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lopez, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson are just some of the guests attending Wednesday evening’s state dinner.

Here’s the guest list for the meal, provided by the White House:

The President & First Lady Michelle Obama

His Excellency Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of Mexico and Mrs. Margarita Zavala

Mr. Michael Adler, Miami Beach, FL; Mrs. Judy Adler

Mr. Javier Alatorre, Mexico

Mr. Will Allen, Growing Power, Oak Creek, WI; Ms. Cynthia Allen

Ms. Adrienne Arsht, Washington, DC

The Honorable David Axelrod, White House Communications; Mrs. Susan Axelrod

The Honorable Xavier Becerra, House of Representatives; Dr. Carolina Reyes

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States; Dr. Jill Biden

Mr. Dennis Blair, Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Mrs. Diane Blair

The Honorable Antony Blinken, Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor, Office of the Vice President

The Honorable Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, Newark, NJ; Ms. Gayle King, New York, NY; The Honorable John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, Homeland Security Council; Mrs. Katherine Brennan; Mr. Lindsey Buss, President and CEO, Martha's Table, Washington, DC; Mrs. Betina Franceschini; Mr. Charles Cawley, Camden, ME; Mrs. Julie Cawley; Mr. Kenneth Chenault, Amex, New York, NY; Mrs. Kathryn Chenault; The Honorable Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy, Washington, DC; Mrs. Jean Chu; The Honorable Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State; Secretary Ernesto Cordero, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit; Mr. Shani Davis, Chicago, IL; Mr. Jae Su Chun; Mr. José Díaz-Balart, Telemundo, Hialeah, FL; Mrs. Brenda Díaz-Balart; The Honorable Chris Dodd, United States Senate; Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd; The Honorable Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President; Deputy National Security Advisor, NSC; Ms. Cathy Russell, Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden; Ms. María Elena Durazo, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Los Angeles, CA

Mr. Henry Tamarin, Chicago, IL; Mr. Don Edwards, Chicago, IL; Mrs. Anne Edwards; Mr. Carlos Elizondo Mayer-Serra, Mexico; The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President; Ms. Amy Rule; Mr. John B Emerson, Beverly Hills, CA; Ms. Kimberly K Marteau; Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico; Ms. Giselle Fernandez, Los Angeles, CA; Ms. Karen Gordon; Mr. Jorge Fernández Menéndez, Mexico; Ms. Patricia Flores, Head of the Office of the President, Mexico; Mr. David Friedman, Longmont, CO; Ms. Shawna Friedman; The Honorable Mike Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, NSC

Ms. Nancy Goodman; The Honorable Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC; Mrs. Becky Gates; The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, DC; Mrs. Carole Geithner

Mr. Leo Gerard, President, United Steel Workers, Washington, DC; Mr. Gerald Fernandez; Ms. Whoopi Goldberg, Whoop Productions, New York, NY; Mr. Thomas Leonardis; Ms. Maria María, Mary's Center, Washington, DC; Mr. Michael Rexrode; Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont, Mexican Interior Secretary; Mr. James Gorman, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY; Mrs. Penny Gorman; Mr. Joe Hansen, President, United Food and Commercial Workers Int'l, Washington, DC; Ms. Bonnie Lou Ladin; Ms. Jane Hartley, CEO, Observatory Group, New York, NY; Mr. Ralph Schlosstein, New York, NY; The Honorable Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Dr. Sharon Malone, MD; The Honorable Steny Hoyer, United States Representative; Ms. Kathleen May; Ms. Dolores C Huerta, Delores Huerta Foundation, Bakersfield, CA

The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor; Mr. James L Jones; Mrs. Diane Jones, McLean, VA; The Honorable Tim Kaine, Richmond, VA; Ms. Anne Holton; Justice Anthony Kennedy, Washington, DC; Mrs. Mary Kennedy; The Honorable Pat Kennedy, Under Secretary, Management, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC; Ms. Elizabeth Swope; The Honorable R. Gil Kerlikowske, Washington, DC; Ms. Anna Laszlo; The Honorable Ron Kirk, USTR, Washington, DC; Ms. Elizabeth A Kirk; The Honorable Raymond LaHood, Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Washington, DC; Mrs. Kathy LaHood; Mr. David C Lizárraga, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Yvonne Lizárraga; Ms. Eva Longoria-Parker, Los Angeles, CA; Mr. David Figueroa, Pasadena, CA; Mr. George Lopez, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. Ann M Lopez, Toluca Lake, CA; Mr. Joaquín López Dóriga, Mexico; Ms. Monica Lozano, Publisher, La Opinion, Los Angeles, CA; Mr. David Ayon; The Honorable Capricia Marshall, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC; The Honorable Iris Martinez, Hispanic Caucus Chair, Chicago, IL; Mr. Tony Martinez, Brownsville, TX; Mrs. Carla Martinez; Mr. Thomas F. McLarty, President, McLarty Associates, Washington, DC; Mr. Eliseo Medina, Oxnard, CA; Ms. Liza Medina; The Honorable Robert Menendez, United States Senate; Ms. Gwendolyn Beck; The Honorable Jim Messina, Office of Chief of Staff; Ms. Ana Elizabeth Himelic; Dr. Mario Molina, Department of Chemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Ms. Guadalupe Limón; Mr. Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, Boston, MA; Ms. Susan Berry; Admiral Michael G Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Arlington, VA; Mrs. Deborah Mullen; The Honorable Cecilia Muñoz, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; The Honorable Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC; Senator Carlos Navarrete, President of the Senate, Mexico; Mr. Kevin O'Reilly, Director for North America, National Security Staff, NSC; The Honorable Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management & Budget; Ms. Bianna Golodryga; Mrs. Valerie Owens, Kennett Square, PA; Mr. Jack Owens; Congresswoman Beatriz Paredes, President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Mexico; The Honorable Carlos Pascual, Ambassador to Mexico; Ms. Gabriela Rojas Jimenez; The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative and Speaker of the House; The Honorable Federico Peña, Denver, CO; Ms. Neila J Peña, The Honorable John Pérez, Speaker of the House, State of California, Sacramento, CA; Mr. Jason Seifer, Mr. Victor Pérez, Hoy, Chicago, IL; Miss Agape Pappas, Congressman Francisco Ramírez Acuña, President of the House of Representatives, Mexico, Mr. Jorge Ramos, Univision, Miami, FL, The Honorable Harry Reid, United States Senate; Mrs. Landra Reid, Mr. Dan Restrepo, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSA, Washington, DC, The Honorable Silvestre Reyes, United States Representative; Mrs. Carolina Reyes, The Honorable Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, New York, NY; Mr. Ian Cameron, New York, NY, The Honorable Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; Ms. Vesta Richardson; Mrs. Marian Robinson, Mr. Reynaldo Robledo, CEO Robledo Vineyards Managment, LLC,, Mexico; Mr. Luis Rubio, Mexico, Mr. Jesse Ruiz, Dinker Biddle and Reath LLP, Chicago, IL; Mrs. Michele Ilene Ruiz, Secretary Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, Secretary of Economy, The Honorable Kenneth Salazar, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, Mrs. María Elena Salinas, Univision, Miami, FL; Mr. Manuel Machado, Mr. Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, Florham Park, NJ; D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Mr. Arturo Sarukahn, Ambassador, Embassy of Mexico, Washington, DC ; Mrs. Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan, Mr. Scott Schenkelberg, Executive Director, Miriam's Kitchen, Washington, DC; Mrs. Susan Gillespie, The Honorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Mr. Carlos Slim, América Móvil, Inbursa, Grupo Carso, Mexico, The Honorable Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor, Washington, DC; Mr. Sam Sayyad, El Monte, CA, Mr. Andy Spahn, Los Angeles, CA; Jennifer L Perry, The Honorable Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State, Washington, DC; Ms. Sherburne B. Abbott, Mr. Tom Strickland, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

The Honorable (Dr.) Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council; Ruth Summers, The Honorable Mona Sutphen, Office of Chief of Staff, West Wing, Washington, DC; Mr. Clyde Williams, Ms. Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexico, Mr. Dennis Toner, Wilmington, DE; Mrs. Ann Toner, Mr. Robert I Unanue, President, Goya Foods, Secaucus, NJ; Ms. Elizabeth Unanue, Mr. Guillermo Valdés, Director General of the Center for Investigation and National Security (CISEN), Mexico, The Honorable Arturo A. Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC; Ms. Kathryne Mudge, Mr. Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Los Angeles, CA; Mrs. María Vargas, The Honorable Nydia Velázquez, United States Representative; Mr. Dennis Rivera, The Honorable Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Ms. Prisila Rodriguez, Mrs. Alexa Wesner, Austin, TX; Mr. Blaine Wesner, Reston, VA, Mr. Frank White, Jr., Washington, DC; Ms. Sylvia Denise Davis, Mr. Wellington Wilson, Olympia Fields, IL; Mrs. Kaye Wilson, Mr. Robert Wolf, Purchase, NY; Mrs. Carol Wolf, Mr. Lorenzo Zambrano, CEO CEMEX, Mexico, and Mr. John Zidich, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ; Mrs. Pamela Zidich.

Seating Chart for Head Table beginning with the President and moving to his right.

The Honorable Barack Obama, First Lady Margarita Zavala, Mr. David Lizárraga, Mrs. Mary Kennedy, Ms. Maria Elena Durazo, Mr. Jason Seifer, Mrs. Landra Reid, Mr. Henry Tamarin, Ms. Maria Elena Salinas, Mr. Frederico Peña, First Lady Michelle Obama, His Excellency Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Ms. Dolores Huerta, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Mrs. Priscilla Lizarraga, Senator Iris Martinez, Senator Harry Reid, Mrs. Nelia Peña, The Honorable John Pérez and Representative Nydia Velázquez

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37504.html#ixzz0oPyFN4lQ

[saracat]

1. They have the president of the Bank of America, Brian Monihan? But not Raul Grijalva?

Other than that it seems an interesting guest list. Thanks for posting it. I was interested to see quite a few folks I know! It was very smart to invite the AZ Republic folks.

[babylonsister]

2. Fear not, saracat. He's invited...

and he gets to be entertained.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/98755-prominent-hispanic-americans-top-state-dinner-guest-list

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In an unexpected turn of events, the White House announced Wednesday that the evening will be split into two sections, with two separate guest lists for each one. Following dinner in the East Room, approximately 100 more guests will join the 200 dinner attendees for a performance by Grammy Award-winning pop star Beyonce.

Billed as a "reception following dinner," this portion of the evening will be attended by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Democratic Reps. Linda Sanchez (Calif.), Loretta Sanchez (Calif.), Grace Napolitano (Calif.), Ben Lujan (N.M.), Ruben Hinojosa (Texas), Raul Grijalva (Ariz.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.) and Eliot Engel (N.Y.), none of whom will be attending the dinner.

[Cha]

5. Thanks for that link, babylonsister..my

mouth is watering thinking about the comida..Mexican is my favorite:9

[saracat]

7. Thats good. It seemed like an odd oversight.I have a good friend who attended yet

another event earlier ,so there are quite a few events.The state dinner is of course the biggie. I wonder if they posted the menu yet?

[livetohike]

3. Such an interesting list

It's nice to have a President and First Lady who like to entertain :-). Thanks for posting this.

[Cha]

4. Thanks nmbs!

That's a lot of peeps..Whoopi will have some extra special to talk about on The View:P

[jberryhill]

6. Don't forget the Selahi's /nt