2025 chairs & Committees


Honorary Diplomatic Chair
His Excellency Laurent Bili, Ambassador from France to the United States

Honorary Chair Emeritus
James Lemon †

CoChairs
Rachel and Jared Michael

Loan Exhibit CoChairs
Ellen Clark
Glen Hennessey

Preview Night
Katie and Westray Battle
Malcolm W. Dilley
Lizzie Edgeworth Cantacuzene 
Peggy Holland 
Hon. Rodney E. Hood
Allison Kling 
Alixe & Andrew Peek
Renee Meath

Young Collectors Circle
Marion Smith Buglione, Cochair  
Mary Grace Hathaway Meyers, Cochair 
Jay Fovel
Eliza Maciag
Sara Costello Nagel
Elise Sidamon-Eristoff 
Kirsten Wallace

Lecture and Luncheon 
Blythe Roberts McNerney, Cochair
Griffith Elizabeth Roth, Cochair 
Christen Brown
Elizabeth H. Brown
Susan Burke
Devon Caraher 
Kerry Fortune Carlsen
Elizabeth Davis 
Samira Farmer  
Paige Ralston Fromer
Cleo Gewirz
Val Hawkins
Sassy Jacobs 
Catherine C. Jones 
Katherine Korengold 
Jessica Lee 
Rickie Niceta 
Virginia Ourisman 
Meriwether Powell 
Katherine M. Prendergast 
Carver Queally 
Sally Steponkus Roche
Kim Shiff 
Page Smith
Suzanne Duvall Stelljes
Frances Talley

Design Panel
Melanie Gowen, Chair 
John Dillon 
Kristine Kennedy
Robin Leed
Ashley Pascale
Maria Pollard 
Whitney Rosenthal 

Saturday Lecture
Mona Boatwright 
Katie Troutman Mugnaini 
Pilar & Bill O’Leary 
Kristin Rover 
Nena Thayer 
Andrea Cochrane Tracey
Fran Usher

Jazz Night
Stephanie and Drew Marrs
Ellie Wainstein 

Sunday Lecture
Collette Bruce
Laura Dreiband  
Daryl A. Muller 
Simone Rathle 
Colman Riddell
Anne Brooks Rudzki

Sundaes on Sunday
Caroline Curtin Connell 
Rachael Houston-Carter 
Jennifer Newman
Floral Chair
Ashley E. Greer 

Exhibitor Hospitality
Bernadine Dullaghan
Elizabeth Ellis
Logan MacKethan 

Charity Liaison 
Sally Wiebe

Booth Sitters Chair
Henrietta Keller