Heres the Guest List for the Obamas Final State Dinner
Any state dinner is a major event, but Tuesday's Italy state dinner is an especially notable affair it's the last one for the Obama administration. Mario Batali is the chef on duty for the night, and his fare will be enjoyed by Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Rachael Ray, Frank Ocean, Ken Burns, Jerry Seinfeld and John Turturro, among many other prominent attendees. Here's the complete guest list as provided by the White House. THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA, Honorees, HIS EXCELLENCY MATTEO RENZI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY AND MRS. AGNESE LANDINI, The Honorable Adewale Adeyemo, Deputy Assistant to the President  Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, National Security Council, Ms. Mae Podesta, The Honorable Salman Ahmed, Special Assistant to the President  Senior Director for Strategic Planning  Counselor to the National Security Advisor, National Security Council, Ms. Shaheen Ahmed, Professor Elizabeth Alexander, Poet, Mr. Mark C. Alexander, Mr. Mario Andretti, Former Racing Driver, Ms. Barbra Andretti-Curto, Ms. Paola Antonelli, Architect  Designer, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Giorgio Armani, Fashion Designer, The Armani Group, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Mario Batali, Chef, Ms. Susan Cahn, Mr. Richard Bates, Senior Vice President of Governmental Relations, The Walt Disney Company, Ms. Rose Bates, Ms. Giovanna Battaglia, W Magazine  Vogue Japan, Mr. Oscar Engelbert, Mr. Roberto Benigni, Actor, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Steve Keith Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, Ms. DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, Mr. Chance Bennett, Rapper, Mr. Kenneth Bennett, Ms. Susan Berghoef, Attorney, Mr. Patrick Croke, Ms. Megan Beyer, Executive Director, President's Committee on the Arts  Humanities, The Honorable Don Beyer, Jr. Ms. Ashley Blazer Biden, Executive Director, Delaware Center for Justice, Mr. Hunter Biden, Chairman, Rosemont Seneca Advisors, The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Vice President of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, Mr. Paul Blavin, Founder, FOR GOOD, Ms. Amy Blavin, The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, The Honorable Evan Ryan, Dr. Paul Boskind, Chief Executive Officer, Deer Oaks Mental Health Associates, PC, Mr. Robby McMillin-Boskind, Mr. David Bradley, Chairman  Owner, Atlantic Media, Ms. Katherine Bradley, Ms. Nicoletta Braschi, Actress, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Anita Breckenridge, Assistant to the President  Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, The White House, Ms. Rebekah Bader, Mr. Donato R. Buccini, Vice President, Edward J. DeSeta Company, Inc. Ms. Bernadette De Seta Buccini, Ms. Carrie Budoff, Politico, Mr. Thomas Brown, Ms. Cathy Burns, President, Produce Marketing Association, Mr. Kenneth Burns, The Honorable Kristie Canegallo, Assistant to the President  Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation, The White House, Mr. Mark James Canegallo, Jr. Mr. Raffaele Cantone, President, National Anticorruption Authority, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Ms. Stephanie Carter, Mr. Paul Cejas, Chairman, PLC Investments, Mr. Gertie Cejas, Mr. Jim Chanos, Chief Executive Officer, Kynikos Associates, Ms. Crystal Connors, Mr. Timothy Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Ripplewood Holdings LLC, The Honorable Gerald Connolly, U.S. Representative Virginia, Ms. Catherine Smith, The Honorable Michael Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Ms. Shari Connor, The Honorable Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, Ms. Kelly Williams, The Honorable Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, The United Nations World Food Programme, Ms. Tybra Arthur, The Honorable Bathsheba Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Saone Crocker, The Honorable Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, Ms. Sandra Lee, The Honorable Chase Cushman, Assistant to the President  Director of Scheduling  Advance, The White House, Ms. Ashley Cushman, Ms. Daniela D'Antonio, Journalist, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Giuliano Da Empoli, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, Ms. Yene Damtew, Hairstylist, Mr. Tsegaye Shiferaw Assefa, The Honorable Brian Deese, Assistant to the President  Senior Advisor, The White House, Ms. Bree Arsenault, Mr. Joseph Del Raso, Chairman, National Italian American Foundation, Ms. Anne Del Raso, The Honorable Suzan Delbene, U.S. Representative Washington, Mr. Kurt Delbene, Ms. Kelly Dibble, Senior Vice President  Director of Public Affairs, Northern Trust Corporation, Mr. Andrew Dibble, Mr. John DiEleuterio, Director of Intergovernmental Relations, Delaware National Guard, Ms. Maureen DiEleuterio, Mr. John Doerr III, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield  Byers, Ms. Ann Doerr, The Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of the Office of Management  Budget, The White House, Ms. Liza Gilbert, Ms. Amy Dove, Director for European Union, Southern Europe  European Affairs, National Security Council, Mr. Patrick Lacey, The Honorable Josh Earnest, Assistant to the President  Press Secretary, The White House, Ms. Natalie Earnest, The Honorable Jennie Easterly, Special Assistant to the President  Senior Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council, Mr. Jason Easterly, The Honorable Neil Eggleston, Assistant to the President  Counsel to the President, The White House, Ms. Rachel Eggleston, Mr. Ken Ehrlich, Producer, Ms. Harriet Ehrlich, Mr. Carlos Elizondo, Resident Manager  Social Secretary to the Vice President  Dr. Biden, Mr. Mark William Dumas, Mr. John Elkann, Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ms. Lavinia Borromeo Arese Taverna, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy  Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Dr. Christine Grady, The Honorable Jon Finer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Emily Finer, Mr. Larry Fink, Chairman  Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Inc. The Honorable Chris Fonzone, Deputy Assistant to the President  Deputy Counsel to the President  NSC Legal Adviser, National Security Council, Ms. Jillian Catalanotti, Mr. Fabrizio Freda, President  Chief Executive Officer, Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Ms. Mary-Ann Jeanine Lannoy, The Honorable Julia Frifield, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Shannon Kula, The Honorable Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, The White House, Ms. Eve Gerber, Ms. Laetitia Garriott De Cayeux, Co-Founder, Escape Dynamics, Mr. Richard Garriott De Cayeux, Ms. Maria Gavrilovic, CBS, Mr. Emil Jahic, His Excellency Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs  International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Suzanne George, Deputy Assistant to the President  Executive Secretary  Chief of Staff, National Security Council, Mr. David George, Ms. Fabiola Gianotti, Director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Henry Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer  Founder, Artery Capital Group, LLC, Ms. Carol Brown Goldberg, Mr. Alex Gorsky, Chairman  Chief Executive Officer, Johnson  Johnson, Ms. Patricia Gorsky, Ms. Rachel Goslins, Director of the Arts  Industries Building, The Smithsonian Institution, Mr. Julius Genachowski, Ms. Savannah Guthrie, NBC, Mr. Michael Feldman, The Honorable Avril Haines, Assistant to the President  Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council, Mr. David Davighi, Tamron Hall, MSNBC, Mr. Jonathan Todd Capehart, The Honorable Jane Harman, Director, President  CEO, The Wilson Center, Mr. Robert Dickie, Boston, Ms. Cynthia H. Harrell-Horn, Philanthropist, Ms. Cassidy Horn, Mr. Mel Heifetz, Real Estate Developer, Mr. John Di Pietro, Ms. Mary Kay Henry, International President, SEIU, Ms. Paula Macchello, Mr. Stephen Hightower, President  Chief Executive Officer, Hightowers Petroleum Company, Mr. Stephen Hightower II, The Honorable Jim Himes, U.S. Representative Connecticut, Ms. Mary Himes, The Honorable Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy  Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Julie Ringel, Ms. Susan Holland, Event Designer, Susan Holland Events, Mr. Richard Klein, The Honorable Sarah Hurwitz, Special Assistant to the President, Senior Strategic  Policy Advisor to the Council on Women  Girls  Senior Presidential Speechwriter, The White House, Mr. Tyler Lechtenberg, Ms. Denise Ilitch, President, Ilitch Enterprises, LLC, Mr. Jeffrey Krupcale, The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor  Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs  Public Engagement, The White House, Ms. Laura Jarrett, Ms. Kristen Jarvis, Chief of Staff, Ford Foundation, Mr. Shaun West, The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior, Mr. Warren Jewell, The Honorable Broderick Johnson, Assistant to the President  Cabinet Secretary, The White House, Ms. Michele Norris, Dr. Fisk Johnson III, Chief Executive Officer, SC Johnson  Son, Inc. The Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Dr. Susan DiMarco, Ms. Kristin Jones, Special Assistant  Director of Special Projects for the First Lady, The White House, Mr. Lawrence Jackson, The Honorable Cody Keenan, Assistant to the President  Director of Speechwriting, The White House, Ms. Kristen Bartoloni, Ms. Janet Keller, President, Keller Consultants, Ms. Leslie Ray, Ms. Angela Kennedy, Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Mr. Henry Kennedy, Jr. The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Mr. Naeem Khan, Fashion Designer, House of Khan, Ms. Ranjana Khan, Ms. Gayle King, CBS, Ms. Kirby Bumpus, Ms. Meredith Koop, Special Assistant to the First Lady, The White House, Mr. Tomas Motta, The Honorable Charlie Kupchan, Special Assistant to the President  Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, Ms. Simma Kupchan, Mr. Mark Landler, The New York Times, Ms. Angela Tung, Mr. Josh Lederman, The Associated Press, Ms. Amy Lederman, Ms. Bel Leong-Hong, President, Knowledge Advantage, Inc. Mr. Kenneth Hong, Ms. Christina Lewis, Founder  Executive Director, All Star Code, Ms. Loida N. Lewis, Ms. Mara Liasson, National Public Radio, Mr. Jonathan Cuneo, The Honorable Loretta Lynch, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Stephen Hargrove, The Honorable Robert Malley, Special Assistant to the President, White House Coordinator for the Middle East  North Africa Region  Senior Advisor to the President on the Counter ISIL Campaign, National Security Council, Ms. Caroline Brown, Major General Carmine Masiello, Military Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, Ms. Colleen McCain Nelson, Wall Street Journal, Mr. Jon Nelson, Mr. Cornell McClellan, Fitness Coach, Trainer  Member of The President's Council on Fitness Sports  Nutrition, The Honorable Robert A. McDonald, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Ms. Diane McDonald, The Honorable Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President  Chief of Staff, The White House, Ms. Karin McDonough, Ms. Gail McGovern, President  Chief Executive Officer, The American Red Cross, Mr. Donald McGovern, The Honorable Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Gina Chon, Mr. Mike Memoli, Los Angeles Times, Mr. Matthew Memoli, Ms. Micheline Mendelsohn, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Good Stuff Eatery, Mr. Clifford Luhn, Mr. Jamie Meritosis, President  Chief Executive Officer, Lumina Foundation, Ms. Colleen O'Brien, Ms. Carolyn Miles, President  CEO, Save the Children USA, Mr. Carlos Carrazana, Mr. Doug Mills, The New York Times, Ms. Katherine Mills, Ms. Connie Milstein, Principal  Co-Founder, Ogden CAP Properties LLC, Mr. Ian Kahn, Ms. Cindy Moelis, President, Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation, Mr. Robert Rivkin, The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security  Counterterrorism, National Security Council, Dr. Anthony Monaco, Mr. James Montgomery, Sr. Principal, James D. Montgomery  Associates, Ms. Pauline Montgomery, Mr. Phil Munger, Analyst, Ms. Georgia Travers, The Honorable Shailagh Murray, Assistant to the President  Senior Advisor, The White House, Mr. Neil King, The Honorable Cecilia Muoz, Assistant to the President  Director of the Domestic Policy Council, The White House, Mr. Amit A. Pandya, Ms. Giuseppina Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa Sicily, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European  Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Mr. Robert Kagan, Mr. Frank Ocean, Singer  Songwriter, Ms. Katonya Breaux, Mr. Eric Ortner, Producer  Manager, The Ortner Group, Mr. Chuck B. Ortner, Ms. Casey Owens, Senior Brand Manager, Starbucks Corporation, Mr. Christopher Castello, Mr. Clarence Page, The Chicago Tribune, Ms. Lisa Page, Ms. Carrin Patman, Attorney, Brocwell and Giuliani LLP, Mr. Jim Derrick, Jr. Mr. Art Peck, Chief Executive Officer, The Gap Inc. Ms. Kirsten Peck, The Honorable Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank Peduto, The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Paul Pelosi, Ms. Denielle Pemberton-Heard, Business Affairs Attorney, Public Broadcasting Company, Mr. Greg Heard, The Honorable Tom Perez, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Ms. Ann Marie Staudenmaier, Mr. Andrew Peterson, Special Olympic Athlete for the United States, Mr. Craig Peterson, The Honorable John Phillips, U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic  the Republic of San Marino, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Linda Douglass, Mr. Diego Piacentini, Government Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc. Ms. Anjali Pichai, Mr. Bill Plante, CBS, Ms. Robin Smith, Mr. Michael Polsky, President  Chief Executive Officer, Invenergy LLC, Ms. Tanya Polsky, The Honorable Stephen Pomper, Special Assistant to the President  Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs  Human Rights, National Security Council, Ms. Karen Manning, Ms. Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ms. Ting Poo, The Honorable Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Professor Cass Sunstein, Mr. Richard Price, Chief Executive Officer, Mesirow Financial, Ms. Eva Tyree, Mr. Matthew Pritzker, Chief Executive Officer, The Matthew Pritzker Company, Ms. Cristina Curcio, The Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, Mr. Donald Traubert, Mr. Andrew Prozes, Founder, TAEVAST, Ms. Laura Heery, The Honorable Jennifer Psaki, Assistant to the President  Director of Communications, The White House, Ms. Eileen Medvey, Mr. Carl Ray, Makeup Artist, Ms. Hillary Korutz, Ms. Rachael Ray, The Rachael Ray Show, Mr. John Cusimano, The Honorable Jack Reed, U.S. Senator Rhode Island, Ms. Julia Reed, The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President  Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications  Speechwriting, National Security Council, Ms. Ann Norris, The Honorable Steven Ricchetti, Assistant to the President  Chief of Staff to the Vice President, The White House, Ms. Amy Ricchetti, The Honorable Susan Rice, Assistant to the President  National Security Advisor, National Security Council, Mr. Ian Cameron, The Honorable Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees,  Migration, U.S. Department of State, Mr. William Davis, Mr. John Rogers, Jr. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer  Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments, Ms. Marion Brooks, The Honorable Amy Rosenbaum, Assistant to the President  Director of Legislative Affairs, The White House, Mr. Joshua Lahey, The Honorable Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issue, U.S. Department of State, Mr. Thomas Donilon, Mr. Haim Saban, Chairman  Chief Executive Officer, Saban Capital Group, Ms. Cheryl Saban, Mr. Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian, Ms. Jessica Seinfeld, The Honorable Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Parita Selfridge, Mr. Filippo Sensi, Press Office of the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, Mr. J Rutherford Seydel, Attorney, Davis Pickren Seydel  Sneed LLP, Ms. Laura Seydel, The Honorable Thomas Shannon, Jr. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Mr. John Shulman, Founder  Managing Director of Juggernaut Capital Partners, Ms. Alison Shulman, The Honorable David Simas, Assistant to the President  Director of Political Strategy  Outreach, The White House, Ms. Shauna McCarty, The Honorable MacKenzie Smith, Special Assistant to the President  Director of Scheduling  Advance for the First Lady, The White House, Ms. Pam Smith, Mr. Mark Smith, The Associated Press, Ms. Mina Smith, Mr. Michael Smith, Interior Designer, Michael S. Smith Inc. Ms. Katherine Malkin, Mr. Alan Solow, Partner, Resolute Consulting, Ms. Andrea Solow, Mr. Arne Sorenson, President  Chief Executive Officer, J.W. Marriott International, Ms. Ruth Sorenson, Mr. Paolo Sorrentino, Film Director, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Ms. Emily Sowek, Letter Writer, Ms. Susan Andrews, Ms. Gwen Stefani, Singer  Songwriter, Mr. Blake Shelton, The Honorable Rick Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy  Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Mary Stengel, Mr. George Stephanopoulos, ABC, Ms. Alexandra Wentworth, Ms. Margaret Talev, Bloomberg, Mr. Richard Micklethwait, Mr. James Taylor, Singer  Songwriter, Ms. Kim Taylor, The Honorable Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President  Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House, Ms. Emma Tchen, The Honorable Caroline Tess, Special Assistant to the President  Senior Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council, Mr. Thiago Lourenco Dos Reis, Ambassador David Thorne, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Rose Thorne, Mr. Chuck Todd, NBC, Ms. Kristian Todd, Mr. Conrad Tribble, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Christina Tribble, Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, Mr. John Turturro, Actor, Ms. Katherine Borowitz, Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder  Chief Executive Officer, Chobani LLC, Ms. Louise Vongerichten, His Excellency Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to the United States, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, Ms. Micaela Barbagallo, Ms. Krishanti Vignarajah, Policy Director to the First Lady, The White House, Mr. Collin O'Mara, The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ms. Christie Vilsack, Ms. Beatrice Vio, Olympic Athlete for Italy, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Ms. Teresa Angela Grandis, Mr. Charles Ward III, Architect, June Street Architecture, Mr. Michael Lombardo, The Honorable Constance Williams, Former State Senator Pennsylvania, Ms. Elizabeth Williams, Mr. Evan Williams, Founder  Chief Executive Officer, Medium, Ms. Sara Williams, The Honorable Jonathan Winer, Special Envoy for Libya  Senior Advisor for MEK Resettlement, U.S. Department of State, Ms. Libby Lewis, The Honorable Melissa Winter, Deputy Assistant to the President  Senior Advisor to the First Lady, The White House, Mr. Joshua Alkin, Mr. Johnny Wright, Hairstylist, Ms. Jacqueline Tarrant, Mr. Kevin Xu, Chief Executive Officer, MEBO International, Mr. Guoxin Tao, Her Excellency Maria Angela Zappia, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy  Director of the National Economic Council, The White House, Ms. Mary Zients