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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Mrs. Landini to the White House for a state dinner. (Erin Patrick O'Connor/The Washington Post)
The complete guest list as provided by the White House for the state dinner honoring Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Agnese Landini
Adewale Adeyemo, deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for international economics, National Security Council
Mae Podesta
Salman Ahmed, special assistant to the president & senior director for strategic planning & counselor to the national security adviser, National Security Council
Shaheen Ahmed
Elizabeth Alexander, poet
Mark C. Alexander
Mario Andretti, former racing driver
Barbra Andretti-Curto
Paola Antonelli, architect and designer, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Giorgio Armani, fashion designer, the Armani Group, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Mario Batali, chef
Susan Cahn
[At the last state dinner of the Obama White House, the word of the night is ‘bittersweet’]
Richard Bates, senior vice president of governmental relations, Walt Disney Co.
Rose Bates
Giovanna Battaglia, W magazine and Vogue Japan
Oscar Engelbert
Roberto Benigni,actor, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Steve Keith Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, S.C.
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin
Chance Bennett, rapper
Kenneth Bennett
Celebrities arrive for Italian state dinner
Actors and musicians like Jerry Seinfeld, Chance the Rapper and Frank Ocean were among the celebrities at the White House for the Italian state dinner. (Erin Patrick O'Connor/The Washington Post)
Susan Berghoef, attorney
Patrick Croke
Megan Beyer, executive director, President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Don Beyer Jr.
Ashley Blazer Biden, executive director, Delaware Center for Justice
Hunter Biden, chairman, Rosemont Seneca Partners
Joseph R. Biden Jr., vice president of the United States
Dr. Jill Biden
Paul Blavin, founder, FOR GOOD
Amy Blavin
Tony Blinken, deputy secretary of state, U.S. State Department
Evan Ryan
Paul Boskind, chief executive, Deer Oaks Mental Health Associates
Robby McMillin-Boskind
David Bradley, chairman and owner, Atlantic Media
Katherine Bradley
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo as they greet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini on the North Portico for a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Nicoletta Braschi, actress, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Anita Breckenridge, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for operations, the White House
Rebekah Bader
Donato R. Buccini, vice president, Edward J. DeSeta Co.
Bernadette De Seta Buccini
Carrie Budoff, Politico
Thomas Brown
Cathy Burns, president, Produce Marketing Association
Kenneth Burns
Kristie Canegallo, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for implementation, the White House
Mark James Canegallo Jr.
Raffaele Cantone, president, National Anticorruption Authority, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Ashton B. Carter, defense secretary
Stephanie Carter
Paul Cejas, chairman, PLC Investments
Gertie Cejas
Jim Chanos, chief executive, Kynikos Associates
Crystal Connors
Timothy Collins, chief executive, Ripplewood Holdings
Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.)
Catherine Smith
Michael Connor, deputy secretary, Interior Department
Shari Connor
[At the final Obama state dinner, Versace’s glamour shimmers]
Maria Contreras-Sweet, administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Kelly Williams
Ertharin Cousin, executive director, United Nations World Food Program
Tybra Arthur
Bathsheba Crocker, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, U.S. State Department
Saone Crocker
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of New York
Sandra Lee
Chase Cushman, assistant to the president and director of scheduling and advance, the White House
Ashley Cushman
Daniela D’Antonio, journalist, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Giuliano Da Empoli, adviser to the prime minister of Italy
Yene Damtew, hairstylist
Tsegaye Shiferaw Assefa
Brian Deese, assistant to the president and senior adviser, the White House
Bree Arsenault
Joseph Del Raso, chairman, National Italian American Foundation
Anne Del Raso
Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.)
Kurt DelBene
Kelly Dibble, senior vice president and director of public affairs, Northern Trust Corp.
Andrew Dibble
John DiEleuterio, director of intergovernmental relations, Delaware National Guard
Maureen DiEleuterio
John Doerr III, partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Ann Doerr
Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House
Liza Gilbert
Amy Dove, director for European Union, southern Europe & European affairs, National Security Council
Patrick Lacey
Josh Earnest, assistant to the president and press secretary, the White House
Natalie Earnest
Jennie Easterly, special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, National Security Council
Jason Easterly
Neil Eggleston, assistant to the president and counsel to the president, the White House
Rachel Eggleston
Ken Ehrlich, producer
Harriet Ehrlich
Carlos Elizondo, resident manager and social secretary to Vice President and Jill Biden
Mark William Dumas
John Elkann, chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Lavinia Borromeo Arese Taverna
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Christine Grady
Jon Finer, chief of staff, U.S. State Department
Emily Finer
Larry Fink, Chairman and chief executive, BlackRock
Chris Fonzone, deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel to the president and legal adviser, National Security Council
Jillian Catalanotti
Fabrizio Freda, president and chief executive, Estee Lauder
Mary-Ann Jeanine Lannoy
Julia Frifield, assistant secretary for legislative affairs, U.S. State Department
Shannon Kula
Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, the White House
Eve Gerber
Laetitia Garriott De Cayeux, co-founder, Escape Dynamics
Richard Garriott De Cayeux
Maria Gavrilovic, CBS
Emil Jahic
Paolo Gentiloni, minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of Italy
Suzanne George, deputy assistant to the president and executive secretary and chief of staff, National Security Council
David George
Fabiola Gianotti, director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, guest of the prime minister of Italy
Henry Goldberg, chief executive and founder, Artery Capital Group
Carol Brown Goldberg
Alex Gorsky, chairman and chief executive, Johnson & Johnson
Patricia Gorsky
Rachel Goslins, director of the Arts & Industries Building, the Smithsonian Institution
Julius Genachowski
Savannah Guthrie, NBC
Michael Feldman
Avril Haines, assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser, National Security Council
David Davighi
Tamron Hall, MSNBC
Jonathan Todd Capehart
Jane Harman, director, president and chief executive, the Wilson Center
Robert Dickie, Boston
Cynthia H. Harrell-Horn, philanthropist
Cassidy Horn
Mel Heifetz, real estate developer
John Di Pietro
Mary Kay Henry, international president, SEIU
Paula Macchello
Stephen Hightower, president and chief executive, Hightowers Petroleum Company
Stephen Hightower II
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.)
Mary Himes
Amos Hochstein, special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs, U.S. State Department
Julie Ringel
Susan Holland, event designer, Susan Holland Events
Richard Klein
Sarah Hurwitz, special assistant to the president, senior strategic and policy adviser to the Council on Women and Girls and senior presidential speechwriter, the White House
Tyler Lechtenberg
Denise Ilitch, president, Ilitch Enterprises
Jeffrey Krupcale
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement, the White House
Laura Jarrett
Kristen Jarvis, chief of staff, Ford Foundation
Shaun West
Sally Jewell, interior secretary
Warren Jewell
Broderick Johnson, assistant to the president and Cabinet secretary, the White House
Michele Norris
Fisk Johnson III, chief executive, S.C. Johnson & Son,
Jeh Johnson, homeland security secretary
Susan DiMarco
Kristin Jones, special assistant and director of special projects for the first lady, the White House
Lawrence Jackson
Cody Keenan, assistant to the president and director of speechwriting, the White House
Kristen Bartoloni
Janet Keller, president, Keller Consultants
Leslie Ray
Angela Kennedy, staff attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Henry Kennedy Jr.
John F. Kerry, secretary of state
Naeem Khan, fashion designer, House of Khan
Ranjana Khan
Gayle King, CBS
Kirby Bumpus
Meredith Koop, special assistant to the first lady
Tomas Motta
Charlie Kupchan, special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs, National Security Council
Simma Kupchan
Mark Landler, the New York Times
Angela Tung
Josh Lederman, the Associated Press
Amy Lederman
Bel Leong-Hong, president, Knowledge Advantage
Kenneth Hong
Christina Lewis, founder and executive cirector, All Star Code
Loida N. Lewis
Mara Liasson, National Public Radio
Jonathan Cuneo
Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. attorney general
Stephen Hargrove
Robert Malley, special assistant to the president, White House coordinator for the Middle East & North Africa Region and senior adviser to the president on the Counter ISIL Campaign, National Security Council
Caroline Brown
Major General Carmine Masiello, military adviser to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
Colleen McCain Nelson, Wall Street Journal
Jon Nelson
Cornell McClellan, fitness coach, trainer & member of the President’s Council on Fitness Sports & Nutrition
Robert A. McDonald, secretary of veterans affairs
Diane McDonald
Denis McDonough, assistant to the president & chief of staff, the White House
Karin McDonough
Gail McGovern, president & CEO, the American Red Cross
Donald McGovern
Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, State Department
Gina Chon
Mike Memoli, Los Angeles Times
Matthew Memoli
Micheline Mendelsohn, deputy CEO, Good Stuff Eatery
Clifford Luhn
Jamie Merisotis, president & CEO, Lumina Foundation
Colleen O’Brien
Carolyn Miles, president & CEO, Save the Children USA
Carlos Carrazana
Doug Mills, the New York Times
Katherine Mills
Connie Milstein, principal & co-founder, Ogden CAP Properties LLC
Ian Kahn
Cindy Moelis, president, Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
Robert Rivkin
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama host their final state dinner — this one is in honor of Italian Prine Minister Matteo Renzi and wife Agnese Landini. It features a menu by celebrity chef Mario Batali and performance by Gwen Stefani.
Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security & counterterrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Anthony Monaco
James Montgomery, Sr., principal, James D. Montgomery & Associates
Pauline Montgomery
Phil Munger, analyst
Georgia Travers
Shailagh Murray, assistant to the president & senior adviser, The White House
Neil King
Cecilia Muñoz, assistant to the president & director of the Domestic Policy Council, the White House
Amit A. Pandya
Giuseppina Nicolini, Mayor of Lampedusa, Sicily, guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary of state for European & Eurasian Affairs, State Department
Robert Kagan
Frank Ocean, singer & songwriter
Katonya Breaux
Eric Ortner, producer & manager, The Ortner Group
Chuck B. Ortner
Casey Owens, senior brand manager, Starbucks Corporation
Christopher Castello
Clarence Page, The Chicago Tribune
Lisa Page
Carrin Patman, attorney, Bracewell and Giuliani LLP
Jim Derrick, Jr.
Art Peck, CEO, The Gap Inc.
Kirsten Peck
Bill Peduto, mayor of Pittsburgh
Frank Peduto
Nancy Pelosi, minority leader, U.S. House of Representatives
Paul Pelosi
Denielle Pemberton-Heard, business affairs attorney, Public Broadcasting Company
Greg Heard
Tom Perez, secretary of labor
Ann Marie Staudenmaier
Andrew Peterson, Special Olympic Athlete for the United States
Craig Peterson
John Phillips, U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic & the Republic of San Marino, State Department
Linda Douglass
Diego Piacentini, Government Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google Inc.
Anjali Pichai
Bill Plante, CBS
Robin Smith
Michael Polsky, president & CEO, Invenergy LLC
Tanya Polsky
Stephen Pomper, special assistant to the president & senior director for multilateral affairs & human rights, National Security Council
Karen Manning
Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Ting Poo
Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Professor Cass Sunstein
Richard Price, CEO, Mesirow Financial
Eva Tyree
Matthew Pritzker, CEO, The Matthew Pritzker Company
Cristina Curcio
Penny Pritzker, secretary of commerce
Donald Traubert
Andrew Prozes, founder, TAEVAST
Laura Heery
Jennifer Psaki, assistant to the president & director of communications, the White House
Eileen Medvey
Carl Ray, makeup artist
Hillary Korutz
Rachael Ray, The Rachael Ray Show
John Cusimano
Jack Reed, U.S. Senator (Rhode Island)
Julia Reed
Ben Rhodes, assistant to the president & deputy national security adviser for strategic communications & speechwriting, National Security Council
Ann Norris
Steven Ricchetti, assistant to the president & chief of staff to the vice president, the White House
Amy Ricchetti
Susan Rice, assistant to the president & national security adviser, National Security Council
Ian Cameron
Anne Richard, assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, & migration, State Department
William Davis
John Rogers, Jr., Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments
Marion Brooks
Amy Rosenbaum, assistant to the president & director of legislative affairs, The White House
Joshua Lahey
Catherine Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issue, U.S. Department of State
Thomas Donilon
Haim Saban, Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group
Cheryl Saban
Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian
Jessica Seinfeld
Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State
Parita Selfridge
Filippo Sensi, Press Office of the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
J Rutherford Seydel, Attorney, Davis Pickren Seydel & Sneed LLP
Laura Seydel
Thomas Shannon, Jr., Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
John Shulman, Founder & Managing Director of Juggernaut Capital Partners
Alison Shulman
David Simas, Assistant to the President & Director of Political Strategy & Outreach, The White House
Shauna McCarty
MacKenzie Smith, Special Assistant to the President & Director of Scheduling & Advance for the first lady, The White House
Pam Smith
Mark Smith, the Associated Press
Mina Smith
Michael Smith, Interior Designer, Michael S. Smith Inc.
Katherine Malkin
Alan Solow, Partner, Resolute Consulting
Andrea Solow
Arne Sorenson, President & CEO, J.W. Marriott International
Ruth Sorenson
Paolo Sorrentino, Film Director, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
Emily Sowek, Letter Writer
Susan Andrews
Gwen Stefani, Singer & Songwriter
Blake Shelton
Rick Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mary Stengel
George Stephanopoulos, ABC
Alexandra Wentworth
Margaret Talev, Bloomberg
Richard Micklethwait
James Taylor, Singer & Songwriter
Kim Taylor
Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the first lady, The White House
Emma Tchen
Caroline Tess, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council
Thiago Lourenco Dos Reis
Ambassador David Thorne, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Rose Thorne
Chuck Todd, NBC
Kristian Todd
Conrad Tribble, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Christina Tribble
Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
John Turturro, Actor
Katherine Borowitz
Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder & CEO, Chobani LLC
Louise Vongerichten
His Excellency Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy to the United States, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
Micaela Barbagallo
Krishanti Vignarajah, Policy Director to the first lady, The White House
Collin O’Mara
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Christie Vilsack
Beatrice Vio, Olympic Athlete for Italy, Guest of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
Teresa Angela Grandis
Charles Ward III, Architect, June Street Architecture
Michael Lombardo
Constance Williams, Former State Senator (Pennsylvania)
Elizabeth Williams
Evan Williams, Founder & CEO, Medium
Sara Williams
Jonathan Winer, Special Envoy for Libya & Senior Advisor for MEK Resettlement, U.S. Department of State
Libby Lewis
Melissa Winter, Deputy Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor to the first lady, The White House
Joshua Alkin
Johnny Wright, Hairstylist
Jacqueline Tarrant
Kevin Xu, CEO, MEBO International
Guoxin Tao
Her Excellency Maria Angela Zappia, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Delegation of the Republic of Italy
Jeffrey Zients, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy & Director of the National Economic Council, The White House
Mary Zients
This post has been updated.
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