DIPLOMATIC SPOTLIGHT
The Washington Diplomat
March 2015
Laura Denise Bisogniero, wife of the Italian ambassador, left, and Nicole Chedid, wife of the Lebanese ambassador, attend a Japanese tea in honor of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Gala.
Dr. Naoko Takebe of the National Cancer Institute, left, and hostess Nobuko Sasae, wife of the Japanese ambassador, attend a Japanese tea to celebrate the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Gala.
Japanese Tea
From left, Carolyn “Bo” Aldigé, president and founder of the Prevent Cancer Foundation; Ambassador of Ireland Anne Anderson; and hostess Nobuko Sasae, wife of the Japanese ambassador, attend a Japanese tea at the ambassador’s residence to celebrate the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Gala on March 6. Japan served as last year’s diplomatic host while Ireland will host this year’s gala at the National Building Museum.
Former U.S. Protocol Chief Capricia Marshall, left, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock attend a Japanese tea in honor of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Gala on March 6.
photos: gail scott
Hostess Nobuko Sasae, wife of the Japanese ambassador, left, welcomes Gouri Mirpuri, wife of the Singaporean ambassador, to a Japanese tea to celebrate the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Gala on March 6.
Ina Ginsburg Tribute
From left, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, filmmaker Aviva Kempner and Rear Adm. Susan J. Blumenthal attend a celebration of the life of Ina Ginsburg at the Kennedy Center. The prominent arts patron and Washington hostess died last November at the age of 98.
Laura Denise Bisogniero, wife of the Italian ambassador, left, and Ambassador of Liechtenstein Claudia Fritsche attend a Kennedy Center tribute to Ina Ginsburg, whose long list of friends included Andy Warhol and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ina Ginsburg fled Vienna in World War II and came to America, where she married lawyer David Ginsburg, had three children and made a name for herself in political circles. Throughout her life, the athletic, fashionable woman and one-time magazine editor was also an avid supporter of the arts, raising funds for the Kennedy Center, Washington National Opera and American Film Institute. photo: mark ginsburg
Finnish Platinum
From left, former Ambassador of Mexico Arturo Sarukhan, now with the Podesta Group, Veronica Valencia Sarukhan and finance executive Arturo Brillembourg attend a Kennedy Center tribute to Ina Ginsburg.
photos: Gail scott
Ambassador of Finland Ritva Koukku-Ronde, left, accepts the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum plaque from U.S. Green Build ing Council President Roger Platt at a green party celebrating Finland as the first em bassy in the U.S. and only the second in the world to receive Plati num LEED certification.
From left, Finnish Secretary of State Peter Stenlund, the embassy’s LEED consultant Richard Anderson from CQI Associates and Ambassador of Finland Ritva KoukkuRonde attend a party celebrating the embassy’s Platinum LEED certification.
From left, Ambassador of Portugal Nuno Brito, Senior White House Advisor for Internet, Innovation and Privacy Policy R. David Edelman and Joanne Ke of the International Finance Corp. attend a Kennedy Center tribute to Ina Ginsburg.
Former Ambassador of Hungary András Simonyi, now with the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, left, and British Embassy Social Secretary Amanda Downes attend a Kennedy Center tribute to arts patron Ina Ginsburg.
Ambassador of Finland Ritva Koukku-Ronde, left, and Inuuteq Holm Olsen, minister of Greenland in the Dutch Embassy, attend a party celebrating the embassy’s Platinum LEED certification.
From left, coach Kathy Kemper, founder and CEO of the Institute for Education; John Paul Farmer of Microsoft; Ricardo Ernst of Georgetown University; Isabel Ernst; Kelsey Kemper; and Institute for Education Fellow Quenton Horton attend a Kennedy Center tribute to Ina Ginsburg.
Italian Visit
From left, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni and Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero attend a reception in honor of Gentiloni’s visit to Washington.
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From left, Democratic political strategist Stan Greenberg, Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Daniel Hamilton, Laura Denise Bisogniero, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero and former Ambassador of Italy to the Czech Republic and Croatia Francesco Olivieri attend a reception in honor of Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
Eni Group Senior Vice President Enzo Viscusi, left, talks with Amos J. Hochstein, the U.S. special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs, at a reception in honor of Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
photos: Embassy of italy
Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero, right, welcomes Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund, to the Italian Residence for a reception celebrating the visit of Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
Guests mingle at Villa Firenze, the Italian ambassador’s residence, to celebrate the visit of Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
The Washington Diplomat
March 2015