LIFE of the PARTY Valentina Adeler Armour with Jane and Scott Pelley
Jorge Adeler
Caroline Richar, Megan Diesselhorst and Carrie Ray
Melissa Pohlman and Matt vanden Berg Paige Bishop and Philippe Cousteau
Hassan Massali and Shahin Mafi
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CAPITAL HOSPICE PASSION FOR CARING GALA National Building Museum PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL
THE EVENT A stunning transformation of a cavernous space
Annie Totah, Josh Rosenthal, and Nicole Totah
for a smashing gala that raised $750,000 to provide hospice care for people unable to afford it and to support advanced training for physicians in Palliative Medicine. THE SCENE Wendy Adeler-Hall and Argentine Ambassador Hector Timerman and his wife Annabelle Sielecki greeted guests as Latin libations and passionate tango music livened up the scene prior to the awards ceremony emceed by 60 Minutes II correspondent Sco Pelley. Hospice advocates Marilynn and Ed Bersoff were honored along with Newsweek’s Eleanor Cli , who helped raise public awareness in her book, Two Weeks of Life, which chronicled her late husband’s hospice experience.
Marlene Davis and Argentine Ambassador Hector Timerman
Suzanne and Robert Seidman * PH OTO BY A BBY GR E EN WA LT
Heather Guay, Kim Luk, Wendy Adeler-Hall, Jessica Gibson and Pamela Sorenson
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Mike Manatos and Laura Evans
Chris Ahn and Erica King
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