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Expected attendees at tonight’s state dinner
In addition to President and Mrs. Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau and Mrs. Grégoire Trudeau, the guest list includes:
Naomi Aberly, philanthropist
Larry Lebowitz
David Abney, chairman & chief executive officer, United Parcel Service
Sherry Abney
Adewale Adeyemo, deputy assistant to the president & deputy national security advisor for International Economics, National Security Council
Heather Wong
Michael Alter, president, The Alter Group
Ellen Alter
Robert Anderson, author
Eric Harland
Navdeep Bains, minister of Innovation, Science & Economic Development of Canada
Sara Bareilles, singer
Jennifer Bareilles
Bruce Bastian, co-founder, WordPerfect Corp.
Clinton Ford
Gary Bettman, commissioner, National Hockey League
William Daly III
Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of International Development & La Francophonie of Canada
Tony Blinken, deputy secretary of state, U.S. Department of State
Evan Ryan
Angela Bogdan, chief of protocol of Canada
Jeremy Broadhurst, deputy to the chief of staff & principal secretary to the prime minister of Canada
Stephen Bronfman, Canadian business representative & philanthropist
Ursula Burns, chairman & chief executive officer, Xerox Corp.
Lloyd Bean
Gerald Butts, principal secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
Kristie Canegallo, assistant to the president & deputy chief of staff for Implementation
Simi Shah
Ashton Carter, secretary of defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Cynthia DeFelice
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine
Peter Vigue
Audie Cornish-Emery, National Public Radio
Theodore Emery
Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif.
Dr. Steven J. Davis
Gov. Mark Dayton of Minnesota
Anita Decker Breckenridge, assistant to the president & deputy chief of staff for operations
Russell Breckenridge
Brian Deese, assistant to the president & senior advisor
Kara Deese
Stéphane Dion, minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Karen Dixon, attorney & executive committee member, Lambda Legal
Dr. Nan Schaffer
Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
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