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The White House
Office of the First Lady
For Immediate Release

Expected Attendees at Tonight’s State Dinner for the President of Korea and Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok

Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight’s State Dinner.

THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA

His Excellency Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea
Mrs. Kim Yoon-ok

Mr. Charles C. Adams, Jr., Geneva, Switzerland
Mrs. Vera Risteski-Adams    

Ms. Angella Ahn, Performer, Bozeman, MT
Mr. Michael P. Moore 

Ms. Lucia Ahn, Performer, New York, NY
Mr. Christiaan P. Ahn

Ms. Maria Ahn, Performer, New York, NY
Ms. Young Joo Rhee, Cliffside Park, NJ  

The Honorable Brooke Anderson, Washington, DC 

His Excellency Jae Hyun Bae  

His Excellency Jaewan Bahk 

Secretary-General Ki-moon Ban, Secretary General, United Nations, New York, NY
Mrs. Soon-taek Ban

The Honorable Max Baucus, United States Senator
Ms. Melodee Hanes

The Honorable Howard Berman, United States Representative
Mrs. Janis Berman

Mr. James B. Biden, Merion Station, PA
Mrs. Sara Biden

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States
Dr. Jill Biden

The Honorable Stephen Warren Bosworth, Medford, MA
Mrs. Christine H Bosworth

The Honorable Ann W. Brown, Washington, DC
Mr. Don Brown 

The Honorable William J Burns, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Lisa Carty 

The Honorable Dave Camp, United States Representative
Mrs. Nancy Camp 

The Honorable Kurt M Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs
The Honorable Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs 

The Honorable Jay Carney, Press Secretary
Ms. Claire Shipman 

The Honorable Julián Castro, Mayor, San Antonio, TX
Mrs. Erica Lira Castro 

Mr. David Chang, New York, NY
Ms. Chung Hi Chang, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 

Ms. JuJu Chang, New York, NY
Mr. Neal Shapiro 

Mr. John Cho, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. June Jay Cho, San Antonio, TX  

His Excellency Guem Nak Choe 

His Excellency Joong-Kyung Choi 

Mr. Steve Choi, President, Founder and CEO, Korean-American Association, Annandale, VA
Mrs. Leena Prisca Choi 

The Honorable Judy Chu, United States Representative 
The Honorable Mike Eng, California State Assembly, Sacramento, CA 

His Excellency Yungwoo Chun       

The Honorable Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State 

Mr. Bruce Cohen, New York, NY
Mr. Gabriel Catone 

Mr. Jeff Cooper, Edwardsville, IL
Mrs. Francesca Moroney Cooper 

Rev Luis Cortes, Jr., Cheltenham, PA
Mrs. Damaris Cortes 

Ms. Candy Crowley, Bethesda, MD
Mr. Harry Michael Rosselli, Washington, DC  

The Honorable Stephanie Cutter, Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor
Mr. James Matthew Hock 

The Honorable William Daley, Chief of Staff
Ms. Bernadette  Keller 

Mr. D. Scott Davis, Chairman and CEO, UPS, Atlanta, GA 

General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mrs. Deanie Dempsey 

The Honorable Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President, National Security Advisor
Ms. Cathy  Russell, Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden 

The Honorable Shaun L.S. Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Ms. Liza Gilbert             

Mr. Blair Effron, New York, NY
Mrs. Cheryl Effron 

The Honorable Michael B.G. Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs
Ms. Nancy Goodman 

Mr. Robert L. Gallucci, PhD, Chicago, IL
Ms. Jennifer Emily Sims, Upperville, VA 

The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs. Carole Geithner 

Mr. Sloan Gibson, Charleston, SC
Mrs. Margaret Duncan Gibson  

The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington, DC 

Dr. Douglas Edward Goldman, San Francisco, CA
Mrs. Lisa Goldman 

The Honorable Steve Jay Green, Miami Beach, FL
Mrs. Dorothea Green 

The Honorable Duck-soo Han, Ambassador to the U.S., Government of the Republic of Korea
Mrs. Ah-Young Choi 

The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, United States Senator
Mrs. Elaine Hatch 

Mr. William Hite, President's Export Council, Annapolis, MD
Mrs. Patricia Hite 

The Honorable Thomas C. Hubbard, Washington, DC
Mrs. Joan Magnusson Hubbard 

Mr. Changsoo Huh, Special Delegation, Republic of Korea 

The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
Mr. Elvin Charity, Chicago, IL  

Mr. Henry H Kang, Douglas, MA
Ms. Cassi Bryn Michaelik 

The Honorable Sukhee Kang, Mayor, Irvine, CA
Mrs. Joanne Wonhee Kang 

The Honorable Mark Keam, VA House of Delegates, Vienna, VA
Mrs. Alex Seong Keam 

The Honorable John Kerry, United States Senator  

Mr. Fred Khosravi, Mountain View, CA
Mrs. Flora Khosravi 

Ms. Christina Kim, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Raymond Meier, New York, NY  

His Excellency Dae Ki Kim 

Mr. Chang-beom Kim 

Mr. David Kim, Entrepreneur, C2 Education, Duluth, GA
Ms. Minjae Yuh 

Dr. James Yong Kim, President, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Dr. Youn Sook Lim

His Excellency Kwan Jin Kim

 His Excellency Sung-hwan Kim 

Dr. Tae Hyo Kim 

Ms. Billie Jean King, New York, NY
Ms. Llana Kloss 

Mr. Robert Thompson King, Ann Arbor, MI 
Ms. Kathlene Eugenie King  

The Honorable Ron Kirk, USTR
Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk 

Mr. Harold Koh, Washington, DC
Ms. Mary-Christy Fisher 

The Honorable Howard Kyongju Koh, Washington, DC
Ms. Claudia Anne Arrigg 

Mr. Bon Moo Koo, Chairman of LG 

Mr. Chris Korge, Coral Gables, FL
Mr. Andrew Korge 

Mr. Peter Kraus, Dallas, TX
Mrs. Lisa Kraus 

Mr. Peter Kwon, Washington, DC
Mrs. Jeanie Kwon 

The Honorable Jim Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, Bethesda, MD
Mrs. Elisabeth Leach 

Mr. John Lechleiter, Indianapolis, IN
Mrs. Sarah Lechleiter 

Dr. Chang-rae Lee, Princeton, NJ
Mrs. Michelle Branca Lee 

Ms. Seung Yun Lee, Daughter of Korean President Lee 

Mr. Won Lee, Washington, DC
Mrs. Young Ja Lee 

The Honorable Sander Levin, United States Representative 
Ms. Pamela Marie Cole 

Mr. James E. Liguori, Wyoming, DE
Mrs. Stephanie I. Liguori  

Mr. Andres W. Lopez, San Juan, PR
Ms. Camelia Garrido 

The Honorable Richard Lugar, United States Senator 
Ms. Deb Lugar 

The Honorable Capricia Penavic Marshall, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Robert Marshall 

Mr. John P. Marttila, Boston, MA
Mrs. Nancy Ellen Marttila 

Ms. Linda Mason, Manager, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Belmont, MA
Mr. Roger H Brown, President of Berklee College of Music 

The Honorable Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
Mrs. Karin McDonough 

Ms. Janelle Monáe, Performer
Mr. Nathaniel Irvin 

Mr. Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
Mrs. Nicki Mulally  

Mr. Scott A. Nathan, Boston, MA
Ms. Laura A. Debonis 

Mr. Mark Nichols, Washington, DC
Ms. Jane Siena

The Honorable Thomas Nides, Dep. Secretary of State for Management and Resources
Ms. Virginia Moseley 

Mr. Spencer Arthur Overton, Professor of Law, GW Law School, Chevy Chase, MD
Mrs. Leslie Collins Overton 

The Honorable Leon E Panetta, Secretary of Defense 

Mr. Deven J. Parekh, New York, NY
Mrs. Monika Parekh  

Mr. Scott Pelley, Darien, CT
Mrs. Jane Boone Pelley

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, United States Representative
Mr. Paul Pelosi, Jr. 

The Honorable David Plouffe, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
Ms. Olivia Morgan 

Dr. Peter M. Rhee, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Mrs. Emily Rhee  

The Honorable Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, New York, NY
Mr. Ian Cameron 

Ms. Carla A. Robbins, New York, NY
Mr. Guy B. Gugliotta 

Mr. Lee Rosenberg, President, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Chicago, IL
Mrs. Nancy Rosenberg 

The Honorable Pete Rouse, Counselor to the President, Washington, DC
Ms. Courtney M. Chapin 

The Honorable Kathryn Ruemmler, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President 

Mr. Danny Russel, Chevy Chase, MD
Mrs. Keiko Abo Russel 

Mr. Jin Roy Ryu, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Helen Lho 

Ms. Sheryl Kara Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook, Palo Alto, CA
Ms. Adele Frances Einhorn Sandberg, North Miami Beach, FL 

Mrs. Elaine Schuster, Osterville, MA
Gerald Schuster 

Mr. Sydney A. Seiler, Director for Korea, NSS, Washington, DC 

Mr. Eugene Sepulveda, Austin, TX
Ms. Suzanne Deal Booth 

Mr. Paull Shin, Washington State Senator, Lynwood, WA
Mrs. Donna Shin 

Mr. Kyung-shik Sohn  

Ms. Unmi Song, Skokie, IL
Ms. Unhae U. Song, Washington, DC 

Mr. Bobby Stein, Jacksonville, FL
Mrs. Mary C. Stein 

The Honorable Kathleen Stephens, Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
William C. Harwood, Emeryville, CA 

The Honorable Ann S Stock, Acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Mr. Stuart C Stock 

Ms. Kathy Surace-Smith, Bellevue, WA
Mr. Brad Smith 

Ms. Nancy Helen Sutley, Washington, DC
Mrs. Suzanne Beatrice Sutley, Jackson Heights, NY 

The Honorable Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff, Office of the First Lady 

General James D. Thurman, Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, Department of Defense
Mrs. Delia Lee Thurman 

The Honorable Melanne Verveer, Ambassador at Large for Women's Global Issues, Department of State
The Honorable Philip Louis Verveer 

The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Mr. Bob Stallman 

Ms. Jai Lee Wong, Executive Director, Women's Leadership Circles, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Kent Douglas Wong