~ Affairs of State 2009 ~

We are happy to announce that we have fashion designer and “District Dish” contributor, Ebong Eka, as our Master of Ceremonies. We are also thrilled that Ebong and Pamela Sorensen of “Pamela’s Punch” will be acting as the auctioneers and are sure to get the party revved up.

The Silent Auction will feature personal meetings with a who’s who of foreign policy leaders including: 




Ambassador Paul Bremer, former U.S. Presidential Envoy and Administrator in Iraq
Honorable Harold Brown, 14th Secretary of Defense
Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor
Elisabeth Bumiller, National Affairs Correspondent for the New York Times
Honorable R. Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Steve Clemons, Publisher, The Washington Note, and director of the American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
Steve Coll, President and CEO of New America Foundation, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer
Senator Thomas A. Daschle, Special Public Policy Advisor at Alston & Bird, LLP , former Senate Majority Leader
Honorable Paula Dobriansky, Former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State, and Former Special Envoy to Northern Ireland
Honorable Lee Hamilton, President, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and former Vice-Chair of the 9/11 Commission
Jennifer Hillman, Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, and former Commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission
Honorable Carla A. Hills, former U.S. Trade Representative, and Chairman and CEO of Hills & Co.
Honorable John Hamre, President, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense
Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Vice President of Intelligence & Counterterrorism, L-3 Communications Corporation
Honorable Mary Beth Long, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Dr. John Nagl, President, The Center for a New American Security
Richard Perle, former Chairman of the U.S. Defense Policy Board
Honorable Thomas R. Pickering, former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Dr. Paul Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia
John Prendergast, co-founder of The Enough Project
Tom Ricks, contributing editor of Foreign Policy Magazine & bestselling author of Fiasco
Dr. James Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Defense, Former Secretary of Energy, Former Director of Central Intelligence
General Brent Scowcroft, President of the Scowcroft Group and Former National Security Advisor to Presidents George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford
Dr. Stephen Walt, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government
Senator John Warner, retired Senator from Virginia, and former Chairman, Committee on Armed Services
Honorable Paul Wolfowitz, former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and President of the World Bank
General Anthony C. Zinni, former Commander in Chief of U.S. CENTCOM, former Presidential Envoy, and Chairman and Acting President & CEO of BAE Systems

All proceeds will support Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and its public service programs, including:

The Refugee Assistance Program - Pairing YPFP members with recently arrived refugee families to help them adjust to their new lives in America

The Veterans' Assistance Program - Helping American veterans and their families achieve their educational, professional and personal goals