Featuring special guestThe Honorable Steven Chu
Dr. Steven Chu, distinguished scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics (1997), was appointed by President Obama as the 12th Secretary of Energy and sworn into office on January 21, 2009. Dr. Chu has devoted his recent scientific career to the search for new solutions to our energy challenges and stopping global climate change – a mission he continues with even greater urgency as Secretary of Energy. He is charged with helping implement President Obama’s ambitious agenda to invest in alternative and renewable energy, end our addiction to foreign oil, address the global climate crisis and create millions of new jobs.
with special remarks by Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Jared Diamond
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Union Station's East Hall
Cocktail reception - 6:30 pm
Dinner and Program - 7:30 pm
Co-Chairs
Carolyn Brody
Sydney McNiff Ferguson
Ann and Tom Friedman
Maria and Andy Karsner
H.M. Queen Noor
Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn
Dinner Committee
Rona and Jeffrey Abramson
Lisa and Joshua Bernstein
Diane and Samuel Bodman
E. Patrick Coady
Arthur P. Dodge, III
Monica Dorhoi
Susan Hand
Finn Torgrimsen Longinotto
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
Kathleen and Christopher Matthews
Donna and Mack McLarty
Ann and Wes Nichols
Amanda Pope
Vicki and Roger Sant
Eileen Shields-West
Sandra Taylor
Jill Cooper Udall and Senator Tom Udall