Women’s Conservation
Moroccan Diplomat Dinner
From left, Ambassador of Morocco Rachad Bouhlal, founder and CEO of MHz Networks Fred Thomas, Meredith Thomas, and Vice President of International Public Affairs at UPS Amgad Shehata attend a dinner hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Bouhlal at their residence for The Washington Diplomat.
From left, Senior Director of International Public Affairs at Alcatel-Lucent Marie Royce, wife of Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif)., Thomas Coleman, founder and CEO of APCO Worldwide Margery Kraus, and Victor Shiblie, publisher and editor in chief of The Washington Diplomat, attend a dinner for The Diplomat at the Moroccan ambassador’s residence.
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From left, The Washington Diplomat news editor Larry Luxner, Galit Luxner, wife of the Moroccan ambassador Fatiha Bouhlal, Nuha Shiblie, and Gail Jagdeosingh attend a dinner for The Diplomat at the Moroccan ambassador’s residence.
From left, Madeleine Lyrvall, wife of the new Swedish ambassador, Dr. Amy Geng, and Rosieda Shabodien, wife of the South African ambassador, attend a luncheon for the Women’s Conservation Forum (WCF), a group of women in the Washington area dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of protecting earth’s natural resources.
Gouri Mirpuri, wife of the Singaporean ambassador, left, and Kathy Kemper, founder and CEO of the Institute for Education, attend a Women’s Conservation Forum luncheon featuring Katherine Kay of BBC World News America.
Enlightened Evening Alec and Hilaria Baldwin served as emcees for “Some Enlight ened Evening,” a gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditor ium to celebrate “Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” the world’s first exhibition on the photo: tony powell / sackler gallery art of yoga on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
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Ambassador of India Nirupama Rao, the gala’s diplomatic hostess, left, joins Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution G. Wayne Clough for a gala that attracted diplomats, philanthropists, artists, yogis and celebrities to mark the exhibit “Yoga: The Art of Transformation.”
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From left, former Ambassador of Mexico Arturo Sarukhan, now with the Podesta Group, his wife Veronica Valencia, Anne Clough and Smithsonian Institution Secretary G. Wayne Clough attend the “Some Enchanted Evening” gala at the Mellon Auditorium.
Gala co-chair Dame Jillian Sackler, left, and Dr. Alice Kandell, a top art collector, attend the “Some Enchanted Evening” gala to benefit the Freer and Sackler Galleries.
From left, yoga teacher Maryam Ovissi, Daryl Pendleton, owner of Kamp Pendleton Personal Fitness Training, John Schumacher, founder and director of Unity Woods Yoga Center, and Susan Mann attend the “Some Enchanted Evening” gala to celebrate the evolution of yoga.
Marshall Fête
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Ambassador of Mauritius Somduth Soborun recalls his time working with former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall, now ambassador-in-residence at the Atlantic Council’s new Latin America Center.
From left, hostess Shahin Mafi, founder and CEO of Home Health Connection, former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall, emcee Jan Du Plain, and Executive Director of Cultural Tourism DC Steven Shulman attend a reception hosted by Cultural Tourism DC in honor of Marshall at Mafi’s residence in Potomac.
From left, Ambassador of Colombia Carlos Urrutia, Laura Perez Medina Mora and Ambassador of Mexico Eduardo Medina Mora attend a reception in honor of former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall.
From left, Sat Bir Khalsa of Harvard Medical School, Dilip Sarkar, Alison Jefferies, Lorenzo Cohen of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Saudamini Siegrist of UNICEF, Ranjana Ghose and Mibeshe Hunt attend the “Some Enchanted Evening” gala.
Jaap Otte, corporate relations officer at the Smithsonian Institution, left, and Claudia Cavazza of lululemon athletica attend a gala to celebrate the Sackler exhibit “Yoga: The Art of Transformation.”
Ambassador of the Philippines Jose L. Cuisia Jr., left, joins Jerome Barry of the Embassy Series at the Potomac residence of Shahin Mafi, founder and CEO of Home Health Connection Inc., a provider of home health care services.
Ambassador of Albania Gilbert Galanxhi and his wife Etleva Galanxhi attend a reception in honor of former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall.
Kerry at OAS From left, Ambassador of Liechtenstein Claudia Fritsche, former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall, and Ina Ginsburg attend a reception in honor of Marshall hosted by Cultural Tourism DC and Shahin Mafi.
Ambassador of Botswana Tebelelo Seretse presents a hand-woven basket to Timothy Cox, Cultural Tourism DC board chair, as a present for former Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall.
Photo: Juan Manuel Herrera / OAS
From left, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson; U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Carmen Lomellin; Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda and Chair of the OAS Permanent Council Deborah-Mae Lovell; Secretary of State John Kerry; OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza; and InterAmerican Dialogue Co-Chair Carla A. Hills of Hills & Co. attend a speech given by Kerry on U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere at the OAS.
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December 2013
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