Meridian Ball!
On Friday night, we gathered at the esteemed Meridian House for one of DC’s most glamourous events, the 47th Annual Meridian Ball. We snapped Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security executive director Melanne Verveer and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Ambassador-in-Residence Capricia Marshall.
Ambassadors and corporate executives filled the prestigious event to celebrate Meridian’s ongoing efforts to prepare for a complex global future. Here, Ann Morrell and her husband, BP’s Geoff Morrell, PwC’s Laura Cox Kaplan, and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joel Kaplan.
Guests gathered at the beautifully decorated estate at 9:30 following various Ambassador-hosted dinners and the White-Meyer dinner on Meridian’s campus. Here, former Afghan Ambassador Said Jawad and former Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan bookend their wives, Veronica Valencia Sarukhan and TTR Sotheby’s Shamim Jawad.
Embassy of Monaco’s Rama Toure and Terry Crouch bookend Institute for Health’s Devika Patil.
Row Law Groups’ Nicholas Rowe, Andi Cross, Deloitte’s Alison Edwards and RosettiStarr’s Kip Edwards.
Semra Tanrikulu, Renu Med Spa's Michelle Schoenfeld, artist Don Patron, and A.T. Kearney's Angela Steever-Diba.
Merjan Bubernack contributed to this issue.
