Committees
Chairmen
- Nicholas E. Calio Citigroup, Inc.
- Richard L. Thompson Bristol-Myers Squibb
Vice Chairman
- John M. Kane The Kane Company
Celebrity Hosts
- Jamie Ritchie Sotheby's - Auctioneer
Serena Sutcliffe, MW Sotheby’s

Head of Sotheby's International Wine Department, will lead the Bordeaux Tasting
Leadership Circle
- Robert W. Helm Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Robert G. Liberatore Daimler Corporation
- Dean F. Morehouse MTM Builder/Developer, Inc.
Advisory Board
- Ruth Bassin MacArthur Beverages- Executive Chair
- Mark Bisnow Bisnow on Business - Chair 2003
- Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. Patton Boggs LLP - Chair 2005
- Scott Greenberg Greenberg, Wexler & Eig LLC - Founding Chairman
- Samuel Schreiber Wachovia - Chair 2006
- George Vradenburg III Vradenburg Foundation - Chair 2004 & 2005
Honorary Committee
- Josh Bolten, Chief of Staff White House
- 2004 Presenter - The Honorable Bill Frist, M.D. United States Senate, Tennessee
- 2003 Honoree - The Honorable Ted Stevens United States Senate, Alaska
- 2004 Honoree - The Honorable Jim McCrery U.S. House of Representatives, LA
- 2006 Honoree
Finance Committee
- David Brown Exelon Corporation
- Doug Damron The Staubach Company
- K. Packard Fancher KippsDeSanto & Co
- Melissa Kelly, DCI Group, L.L.C.
- David Keuhner Destination Cellars
- Juliana May The Staubach Company
- Frank Polk, Polk Consulting L.L.C.
Auction Committee
- Nadine Brown Charlie Palmer Steak
- Thomas Cook Thomas Cook & Associates
- Georgene Dodd Rail Europe Group
- Todd Harris, Navigators, LLC
- Marc Hodies SRS Technologies
- Elyse Kudo Monument Fine Wines
- Kelly Magyarics, Kelly Magyarics Wine Consulting
- David McIntyre Dave McIntyre's WineLine
- J.D. Murphy, Jr. Computech, Inc.
- Maureen Nelson Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Cliff Preminger T-Rex Capital LLC
- Bill Sanders Amherst Holdings, L.L.C.
- Roger Schagrin Schagrin Associates
- Jeff Schragg Argy, Wiltse & Robinson
- Mark Wessels MacArthur Beverages
- Deborah Willis American Airlines, Official Airline
In-Kind and Marketing Committee
- Judi Barth Consultant
- Gail Bassin JBS International, Inc.
- Stacy Brooks Daon
- Cecelia Evans Aon Consulting Inc.
- Arlene Fitzpatrick Ernst & Young
- Laura Fraedrich Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Susan Grais Ernst & Young LLP
- Melanie Hayes US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth
- Justin Mink ReachLocal
- Todd Post
- Josh Pringle AOL
- Debra Schiff J Street Group
Public Relations & Communications Committee
- Charlie Adler, TasteDC.com
- David Bain, Viral Media Productions
- Susan E. Lavine
- Jon McCluskey, American University
- Ann Andrews Morris, AndMore Communications, LLC
- Martha Pratt, Ketchum