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Father John Adams and Peggy Gott
Wolf and Lynn Blitzer
Rainey Foster with Louise, Leslie and Clint Wheeler
SOME GALA Leslie Hortum
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
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Wayne and Lea Berman
RECORD SUCCESS: A+er 26 years of producing an event it can be hard to top past successes, but for the 27th annual So Others May Eat Gala, chaired by Wayne and Lea Berman, all expectations were exceeded with an unprecedented $1.4 million raised. The funds are slated to go toward the construction of a multiuse facility on Benning Rd. NE providing aordable housing, a SOME Center for Employment Training and a health center. Leslie Hortum, Clint Wheeler, Rainey Foster and Louise Wheeler were honored for their service to SOME. Wolf Blitzer, who was slated to emcee, had to leave quickly as news of a U.S.-Iran nuclear treaty broke. Gordon Peterson graciously stepped in.
Frank Lowe and Irish Amb. Anne Anderson
Tom and Liz Donohue
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Matt Di Demenico, Joe Piscopo and Louis Calvelli Roberto Colaninno
Leon Panetta and Maria Bartiromo Emanuela Menichetti, Stefano Itri and Elisabetta Gardini
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Giada Valenti
ITALIAN PRIDE: Prominent and proud Italian-Americans turned out in large numbers — over 1,200 — to celebrate the National Italian American Foundation’s 38th Anniversary Gala. CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo shared co-hosting duties with actor Joe Piscopo, introducing talents Giada Valenti and Christina Carlucci, who sang the Italian National Anthem and U.S. National Anthem, respectively. They also presented special acheivement awards to two honorees, Diana Bracco for Philanthropy and Roberto Colaninno for International Business, both of whom are CEOs of their respective Italian companies. Other notable guests included NIAF Vice Chairman Louis J. Freeh, Italian Amb. Claudio Bisogniero, President of the Italian Senate Pietro Grasso, Leon Pane a and NIAF Chairman Joseph V. Del Raso.
Elio Bracco and Keith David
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