2025 Global Leadership Awards Gala
International Student House of Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Reception 6:00 PM | Dinner and Program 7:00 PM
The International Student House of Washington, DC
1825 R St NW Washington, DC 20009
Cocktail Attire, National Dress Encouraged | Valet Parking
Mr. Everett Eissenstat
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Mrs. Janet Eissenstat
Former Director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships
The Honorable Rafat “Ray” Mahmood & Mrs. Shaista Mahmood
His Excellency Shigeo Yamada
Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Senator Chris Van Hollen & Mrs. Katherine Wilkens
Representative Rick Larsen & Mrs. Tiia Karlén
Benefactors
Embassy of the State of Qatar
Google
Patrons
Foreign Policy
Mr. Eric Melby and Mrs. Pamela Tripp-Melby
The Honorable Michele Thoren Bond
Boeing
Partners
Amgen
Mrs. Lisa Barry and Mr. James Gale
Governor James Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
Booking Holdings
Eurest
Ms. Sherry Lee Mueller, Ph.D.
Occasions Caterers
The Webster Group
Friends
The Honorable Fletcher Burton
Ms. Debbie Driesman and Mr. Frank Islam
Mr. Lawrence Dunham and Mrs. Deborah Dunham
Dr. Putnam Ebinger and Dr. Charles Ebinger
Mrs. Janet Eissenstat and Mr. Everett Eissenstat
Mr. Phillip Lauinger
Mrs. Tangley C. Lloyd and Family
Mr. Thomas Rabaut and Mrs. Sheila Rabaut
The Honorable John Rooney and Mr. Zach Clouse
Ms. Barbara Slavin and Mr. Michael Ross
Total Wine & More
The Honorable Jess Baily and Ms. Capie Polk
Mrs. Lisa Barry and Mr. James Gale
Governor James Blanchard and Mrs. Janet Blanchard
The Honorable Michele Thoren Bond
Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave
The Honorable Fletcher Burton
Mr. Sunny Chaudry and Mrs. Sarwat Chaudry
The Honorable Walter Cutler and Mrs. Isabel “Didi” Cutler
Ms. Debbie Driesman and Mr. Frank Islam
Mr. Lawrence Dunham and Mrs. Deborah Dunham
Ms. Jan Du Plain
Dr. Putnam Ebinger and Dr. Charles Ebinger
Mrs. Janet Eissenstat and Mr. Everett Eissenstat
Ms. Stephenie Foster
Ms. Linda Harper and Mr. Robert Demers
Drs. Tazeen and Shoaib Hashmi
Mrs. Kathryn Horlick and Mr. Gary Horlick
Mr. Ignacio Jauregui and Ms. Cynthia Canelas-Jauregui
Ms. Barbara Keller
Mrs. Melike Yetken Krilla and Mr. Jeffrey Krilla
Mr. Phillip Lauinger
Mrs. Tangley C. Lloyd
Mr. Eric Melby and Mrs. Pamela Tripp-Melby
Mr. David Messing
The Honorable Jim Moran
Ms. Sherry Lee Mueller, Ph.D.
Mr. Chris Norton and Mrs. Carter Norton
Ms. Wendy Ponvert and Mr. Harold Rosen
Mr. Kenneth Propp and Ms. Kelly Lukins
The Honorable John Rooney and Mr. Zach Clouse
Ms. Barbara Slavin and Mr. Michael Ross
The Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner
Mr. Puru Trivedi and Ms. Kriti Doval
The Honorable Susan Wild
Dr. Stephen Wrage
His Excellency Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France
Her Excellency Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland
His Excellency Khazar Ibrahim, Ambassador of Azerbaijan
Her Excellency Al-Zain Al-Sabah, Ambassador of Kuwait
His Excellency Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar
His Excellency Esteban Moctezuma, Ambassador of Mexico
Her Excellency Catalina Sancho Crespo, Ambassador of Costa Rica
His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
His Excellency Georg Sparber, Ambassador of Liechtenstein
His Excellency Furkat Sidikov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan
His Excellency Francisco Duarte Lopes, Ambassador of Portugal
His Excellency Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, Ambassador of Pakistan
His Excellency Motaz Zahran, Ambassador of Egypt
Senator Ed Markey and Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal
Senator Peter Welch and Mrs. Margaret Cheney
Senator Roger Wicker and Mrs. Gayle Wicker
Representative Ami Bera and Mrs. Janine Bera
Representative Donald S. Beyer Jr. and Mrs. Megan Beyer
Representative Debbie Dingell
Representative Veronica Escobar
Representative Jim Himes and Mrs. Mary Himes
Representative Ted Lieu and Mrs. Betty Lieu
Representative Greg Murphy and Mrs. Wendy Murphy
Representative Dan Newhouse and Mrs. Joan Galvin
Representative Jan Schakowsky and Mr. Robert Creamer
Representative Kim Schrier
Representative Mike Turner
2. Janet Blanchard and Governor James Blanchard
3. Rebeca Lamadrid, Oshin Bista, and Tonija Hope
4. Janet Pitt, Annie Totah, Lisa Barry, and Willee Lewis
5. Lizette Corro, Cheri Carter, and Tom Carter
6. H.E. Catalina Crespo Sancho, Ambassador of Costa Rica, Dr. Yasmeen Haider, and Ignacio Jauregui
7. Daniel Bremer-Wirtig and H.E. Khazar Ibrahim, Ambassador of Azerbaijan
8. H.E. Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Ambassador of Bahrain and Shaikha Aisha bint Jaber Al Khalifa
