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November 24, 2009

White House State Dinner Guest List

  • The President & First Lady Michelle Obama
  • Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India & Ms. Gursharan Kaur
  • The Honorable (Rep) Gary Ackerman, United States Representative
  • Mr. Sant Singh Chatwal (Guest)
  • His Excellency Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Mr. Mukesh D Ambani
  • Mr. Tim Dutta (Spouse of Ms. Pia Awal)
  • The Honorable (Mr.) David Axelrod, White House Communications
  • Mrs. Susan Axelrod
  • Ms. Preeta Bansal, OMB - General Counsel
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council
  • Mr. Marland E. Buckner
  • The Honorable (Rep.) Howard Berman, United States Representative (D/California)
  • Mrs. Jane Berman, Spouse of United States Representative (D/California)
  • Mr. Om Prakash Bhatt
  • Mr. Hunter Biden
  • Mrs. Kathleen Biden
  • The Honorable (Vice President) Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States
  • Dr. Jill Biden
  • Mr. Robert O Blake, Jr., Assistant Sec for South and Central Asian Affairs, State Department
  • Mrs. Sofia Blake
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, NY
  • Ms. Diana Taylor
  • The Honorable (Mr.) John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, Homeland Security Council
  • Mrs. Katherine Brennan
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Lisa Brown, Office of Staff Secretary
  • Mr. Kevin Cullen
  • Mr. Donald Browne
  • Ms. Maria Junqera
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Carol Browner, Energy and Climate Change
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Tom Downey
  • Mr. William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
  • Ms. Lisa Carty
  • General James E Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Mrs. Sandee Cartwright
  • The Honorable (Senator) Bob Casey, United States Senator (D/Pennsylvania)
  • Mrs. Terese Casey, United States Senate Spouse (D/Pennsylvania)
  • Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekaran
  • Mrs. Julie Chandrasekaran
  • Mr. I.S. Chaturvedi, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Senator Satveer Chaudhry, State Senator
  • Colonel Ravi Chaudhry (Guest)
  • Ms. Rohini Chopra
  • Mr. Deepak Chopra
  • Mrs. Rita Chopra
  • The Honorable (Secretary) Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy
  • Mrs. Jean Chu
  • The Honorable (Secretary) Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State
  • The Honorable (Rep.) James E. Clyburn, United States Representative (D/South Carolina)
  • Mrs. Emily Clyburn
  • The Honorable (Senator) Kent Conrad, United States Senator (D/North Dakota)
  • Ms. Lucy Calutti, United States Senate Spouse (D/North Dakota)
  • Mr. David Cote
  • Ms. Katie Couric
  • Mr. Brooks L Perlin
  • Mr. Greg Craig, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President
  • Mrs. Margaret D Craig
  • Mrs. Paula Crown
  • Mr. Jim Crown
  • The Honorable (Rep.) Elijah Cummings, United States Representative (D/Maryland)
  • Mrs. Maya Rockeymoore
  • Senator Swati Dandekar, State Senator
  • Mr. Arvind Dandekar
  • Mr. Rajesh De, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Nancy Ann DeParle, Office of Health Reform
  • Mr. Jason P DeParle
  • Ms. Bhairavi Desai
  • Javaid Tariq
  • Dr. Vishakha N. Desai
  • Robert Oxman
  • The Honorable (Senator) Chris Dodd, United States Senator (D/Connecticut)
  • Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd
  • Mr. John Doerr
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor, NSC
  • Ms. Cathy Russell
  • The Honorable Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director
  • Mr. Bob Bauer
  • Mr. Ari Emanuel
  • Mrs. Sarah Emanuel
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President
  • Ms. Amy Rule
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Jon Favreau, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting
  • Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Office of the Chief of Staff
  • The Honorable (Mayor) Adrian Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia
  • Mrs. Michelle Fenty
  • Ms. Michelle Flournoy
  • Mr. Thomas Friedman
  • Mrs. Ann Friedman
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Mike Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, NSC
  • Dr. Ashok S Ganguly
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Patrick Gaspard, Office of Political Affairs
  • Mrs. Raina Washington
  • The Honorable Robert Gates
  • Ms. Charlene Gaynor
  • Mr. Richard Heiss
  • Mr. David Geffen
  • Mr. Jeremy Lingvall
  • The Honorable (Secretary) Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
  • Ms. Carole Sonnenfeld
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary
  • Mr. Anish Goel, Acting Senior Director, South Asia Affairs, NSC
  • Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan
  • Mr. Mark Gorenberg
  • Ms. Wendy Wanderman
  • Mr. John Gorman
  • Mrs. Tamra Gorman
  • Representative Jay Goyal, State Representative
  • Kiran Goyal
  • Representative Raj Goyle, State Representative
  • Mrs. Monica Arora
  • The Honorable (Governor) Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan (D)
  • Mr. Daniel Mulhern, First Gentleman of Michigan
  • Mr. Earl G. Graves
  • Mrs. Barbara Graves
  • Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta
  • Mr. Arvind Gupta
  • Mr. Raj Gupta
  • Mr. Rajat Gupta
  • Mrs. Anita M Gupta
  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta
  • Mrs. Rebecca Olson Gupta
  • Mr. Lee Hamilton
  • Mrs. Nancy Hamilton
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Kamala Harris
  • Ms. Maya Harris
  • Mr. Kamil Hassan
  • Mrs. Talat Hassan
  • Mr. George Haywood
  • Mrs. Cheryl J Haywood
  • The Honorable Fred Hochberg, Export-Import Bank
  • Thomas P Healy
  • The Honorable (Rep.) Paul Hodes, United States Representative (D/New Hampshire)
  • Mrs. Margaret Hodes
  • The Honorable (Attorney General) Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Department of Justice
  • Dr. Sharon Malone, MD
  • Dr. John P. Holdren
  • Dr. Cheryl E Holdren
  • The Honorable (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes-Norton, United States of Representative (D/DC)
  • Mr. John Norton
  • Mr. Robert D Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, State Department
  • Ms. Camille Massey
  • The Honorable (Rep) Steny Hoyer, United States Representative (D/Maryland)
  • Ms. Kathleen May
  • Mr. Chris Hughes
  • Mr. Sean S Eldridge
  • Mr. Jeff Immelt
  • The Honorable (Senator) Daniel Inouye, United States Senator (D/Hawaii)
  • Ms. Irene Hirano, United States Senate Spouse (D/Hawaii)
  • Mrs. Deepa Iyer
  • Mr. Parag Khandhar
  • Mr. Vasudeva Iyer
  • The Honorable (Administrator) Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
  • Mr. Kenneth Jackson
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
  • The Honorable (Governor) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana
  • Mrs. Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana
  • The Honorable (General) James Jones, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor
  • Mrs. Diane Jones
  • Mrs. Ann Jordan
  • Mr. Vernon Jordan
  • Mr. Anil Kakani
  • Mr. Farooq Kathwari
  • Mrs. Farida Kathwari
  • Mr. Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General
  • Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • Mrs. Marilyn Katzenberg
  • Ms. Maneesha Kelkar, Manavi
  • Vinay Vaishampayan
  • The Honorable (Senator) John Kerry, United States Senator (D/Massachusetts)
  • Dr. Harish Khare, Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Indian Delegation
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Bradley Kiley, Office of Management and Administration
  • Mr. James Coley, Jr.
  • Ms. Gayle King
  • The Honorable (Ambassador) Ron Kirk, USTR
  • Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Ronald Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Office of the Vice President
  • Mrs. Chanda D Kochhar
  • His Excellency S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Ms. Gaitri Kumar, Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Mr. Vivek Kundra
  • Mrs. Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Mr. Alberto Vourvoulias
  • Mr. Marc Lasry
  • Cathy Lasry
  • Mr. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary, Department of State
  • The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce
  • Mrs. Mona Locke
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Christopher Lu, Cabinet Affairs
  • Ms. Kathryn Thomson
  • The Honorable (Senator) Richard Lugar, United States Senator (R/Indiana)
  • Mrs. Char Lugar, United States Senate Spouse (R/Indiana)
  • Mr. Michael Lynton
  • Ms. Elizabeth Jamie Alter
  • Mr. Surinder Malhotra
  • The Honorable (Chief of Protocol) Capricia Marshall
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House Office of Scheduling
  • Mr. Brian Mathis
  • Mrs. Tracey Kemble
  • Ms. Kiran Mazumda-Shaw
  • The Honorable (Senator) Claire McCaskill, United States Senator (D/Missouri)
  • Mr. Joseph Shepard, United States Senate Spouse
  • The Honorable (Rep) Jim McDermott, United States Representative (D/Washington)
  • Mrs. Therese Marie Hansen
  • Mr. Zarin Mehta
  • Ms. Carmen Lasky
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Messina, Office of Chief of Staff
  • Mr. Judd Miner
  • Mrs. Linda Miner
  • Mr. Newt Minow
  • Mrs. Josephine Minow
  • Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
  • Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement
  • Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Mrs. Deborah Mullen
  • The Honorable (Secretary) Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
  • His Excellency M.K. Narayanan, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Mr. Shantanu Narayen
  • Mrs. Reni Narayen
  • Mr. Raju Narisetti
  • Durga Raghunath
  • Mr. Martin Nesbitt
  • Ms. Anita Blanchard
  • Mr. Konrad Ng
  • Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng
  • Ms. Indra Nooyi
  • The Honorable (Rep) David Obey, United States Representative (D/Wisconsin)
  • Mrs. Joan Obey
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management & Budget
  • Mr. Jim Owens
  • Ms. Katie Owens
  • Mr. Deepak Parekh
  • Mr. Eboo Patel
  • Ms. Shehnez Mansuri
  • The Honorable (Governor) Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts (D)
  • Mrs. Diane Patrick, First Lady of Massachusetts
  • The Honorable (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative (D/California) and Speaker of the House
  • Mr. Paul Pelosi
  • Mr. Dan Pfeiffer, White House Office of Communications
  • Mr. Sam Pitroda
  • Mrs. Anjana Pitroda
  • General Colin Powell
  • Ms. Alma Powell
  • Dr. Rachakonda D Prabhu
  • Dr. Lata Shete Prabhu
  • Mrs. Penny Pritzker
  • Dr. Brian Traubert
  • Ms. Kavita Ramdas
  • Her Excellency Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Ms. Preetha Reddy
  • The Honorable (Governor) Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania (D)
  • The Honorable (Judge) Marjorie Rendell, First Lady of Pennsylvania
  • Mr. Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting
  • The Honorable (Ambassador) Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Mr. Ian Cameron
  • The Honorable (Governor) Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico (D)
  • Mrs. Barbara Richardson, First Lady of New Mexico
  • Ms. Robin Roberts
  • Mrs. Marian Robinson
  • Ambassador Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador to India
  • Mrs. Mary Johnston
  • Ms. Desiree Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
  • Mr. John Rogers
  • The Honorable (Dr.) Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
  • Mr. Dennis Ross, NSC
  • The Honorable (Rep) Edward Randall Royce, United States Representative
  • Marie Therese Royce
  • Mr. Michael Sacks
  • Mrs. Cari Sacks
  • The Honorable (Rep.) Linda Sanchez, United States Representative (D/California)
  • Mr. James Sullivan, Guest of Then Honorable Linda Sanchez
  • Mr. Pankaj Saran, Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • His Excellency Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Indian Delegation
  • Mr. Jaideep Sarkar, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Mr. Parag Saxena
  • The Honorable (Rep.) Jan Schakowsky, United States Representative (D/Illinois)
  • Mr. Robert Creamer
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
  • Mrs. Jody Schiliro
  • Ms. Annetta Seecharran
  • Seema Agnani
  • Mr. Stuart Seldowitz, Acting Director for South Asia, NSC
  • Dr. Amartya Sen
  • Ms. Emma Georgina Rothschild
  • Under Secretary Rajiv J Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics, Department of Agriculture
  • The Honorable Sonal Shah, Deputy Assist to the President, Director Office of SICP, Domestic Policy Council
  • Mr. Vinod Shah
  • Her Excellency Meera SHANKAR, Ambassador, India
  • The Honorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President/Chief of Staff to the First Lady
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Neil Cohen
  • Mr. M. Night Shyamalan
  • Mrs. Bhavna Shyamalan
  • Ms. Amrit Singh
  • Mr. Analjit Singh
  • Mr. Arun K. Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation
  • Mr. Balvinder Singh
  • Mr. Mohinder Singh
  • Mr. Lakhwinder Singh
  • Mrs. Sukhbir Kaur
  • Ms. Upinder Singh
  • Mr. Steven Spielberg
  • Mr. Sri Srinivasan
  • Ms. Carla Garrett
  • Ms. Srinija Srinivasan
  • The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
  • Ms. Sherburne Bradstreet
  • Mrs. Semonti Stephens, Deputy Press Secretary, Office of the First Lady
  • Mr. Andy Stern
  • Ms. Anna Burger
  • Mrs. Jane Stetson
  • Mr. Bill Stetson
  • Honorable (Dr.) Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council
  • Dr. Elisa New
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Mona Sutphen, Office of Chief of Staff
  • Mr. Clyde Williams
  • Mr. Ratan Tata
  • The Honorable (Ms.) Tina Tchen, Office of Public Liaison
  • Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally, Ambassador, Embassy of Belize
  • Mrs. Barbara Thummalapally
  • Mr. Jim Torrey
  • Ms. Rose P Lynch
  • Mr. Richard Trumka
  • Mr. Paul H Lemmon
  • Ms. Urvashi Vaid
  • Ms. Kate Clinton
  • Mr. Kirk Wagar
  • Ms. Crystal Connor
  • Dr. Eric E. Whitaker
  • Dr. Cheryl Whitaker
  • Mr. Brian Williams
  • Mrs. Jane Williams
  • Mr. Wellington Wilson
  • Mrs. Wilson
  • Mr. Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury
  • Ms. Alfre Woodard
  • Mr. Blair E Underwood
  • Mr. Fareed Zakaria
  • Ms. Paula Throckmorton Zakaria

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