Star-Studded Guest
List Set for Obama’s Final White House Bash
by Jerome Hudson 4 Jan 2017
President Barack Obama and
First Lady Michelle Obama are set to host a
final, star-studded party at the White House on Friday featuring the
couple’s closest celebrities friends and faithful donors.
There’s been no official word confirming the affair, but
the “goodbye party,” the Washington Post reports,
will likely include frequent Obama White House guests Oprah Winfrey, Usher,
Kendrick Lamar, Samuel
L. Jackson, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Bradley Cooper and
Stevie
Wonder.
The Obamas did, however, say during an interview with People magazine last month that one final “grown up”
event was looming.
“We are going to have a big party before we leave
office,” President Obama said.
“It’s going to be kind of a grown up party.”
Film directors J.J. Abrams and
director George
Lucas are also expected to
attend, the Post reports.
The last time this many celebrities headed to the
White House was for Obama’s 55th
birthday party in August. That party featured musical
performances from Usher and Kendrick Lamar and had a guest list reported to
include Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Anna Wintour, Ellen DeGeneres, Alonzo Mourning and Magic Johnson.
George Lucas
George
Lucas is married to Mellody L.
Hobson, and Oprah Winfrey & Samuel L. Jackson were guests at his
2013 wedding.
Note: Mellody L. Hobson is married to George Lucas, a director at the Starbucks Corporation, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Oprah Winfrey & Samuel L. Jackson were guests at her 2013
wedding, and was a trustee at the Sundance
Institute.
Magic Johnson was
a franchise owner at the Starbucks
Corporation.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance
Institute, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the International
Rescue Committee, the Robin Hood
Foundation, and the Children's
Defense Fund.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Kenneth D. Cole
is a trustee at the Sundance Institute,
and married to Maria Cuomo Cole.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is married to Kenneth D. Cole, and a
trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent
Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Laura Wasser was a
VP for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun
Violence, and Stevie Wonder’s
attorney.
Stevie Wonder’s
attorney was Laura Wasser, was a
supporter for the 2008 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, and is a messenger of peace for the United Nations.
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Samantha Power
is the U.S. ambassador for the United
Nations, married to Cass R. Sunstein,
and was a director at the International
Rescue Committee.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the International Rescue
Committee.
Cass R. Sunstein
is married to Samantha Power, a senior
fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and was and adviser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Sheryl K.
Sandberg was a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the Starbucks Corporation, and is a director at the ONE Campaign.
Michelle Obama
was an advocate for the ONE Campaign,
and a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Condoleezza Rice was a director at the ONE Campaign, Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi said he loved her & kept
scrapbook of her photos, is an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant
(think tank).
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the International Rescue
Committee.
Madeleine K.
Albright is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and a professor at Georgetown
University.
Prince
Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding was a center
at Georgetown University.
Alonzo Mourning
is a director at Georgetown University,
and was a supporter for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign.
Muammar
Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi said he loved Condoleezza
Rice & kept scrapbook of her photos, the Libya leader, and Mutassim
Al-Qadhafi’s father.
Mutassim
Al-Qadhafi is Muammar Abu Minyar
Al-Qadhafi’s son, and was the host for the Mutassim Al-Qadhafi New Year's party – 2010.
Beyonce
performed at the Mutassim Al-Qadhafi New Year's party – 2010,
and is married to Jay-Z.
Usher
performed at the Mutassim Al-Qadhafi New
Year's party – 2010.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, and is Emma Bloomberg’s
father.
Emma Bloomberg
is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter,
and was the chief of staff for the Robin
Hood Foundation.
John F. Kennedy
Jr. was a director at the Robin Hood
Foundation, and People named him
the Sexiest Man Alive 1988.
Robin Hood
Foundation was a funder for the Harlem
Village Academies.
John
Legend is a director at the Harlem
Village Academies.
Hugh Jackman is a
director at the Harlem Village Academies,
a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, and People named him the Sexiest
Man Alive 2008.
Bradley Cooper
was named the Sexiest Man Alive 2011 by People.
People
is a publication for Time Inc.
People Group is
a division of Time Inc.
Betsy D. Holden is
a director at Time Inc., and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Rahm I. Emanuel
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the
White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ari
Emanuel is Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
J.J.
Abrams was a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client, and married to Katie
McGrath Abrams.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP,
and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, the candidate for the 2008
Barack Obama presidential campaign, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. was a member of the African
American Religious Leadership Committee, and is a senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Oprah Winfrey was
a parishioner at the Trinity United
Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and the acting
head for the Nation of Islam (Muslim).
Katie McGrath
Abrams is married to J.J. Abrams,
and a director at the Children's Defense
Fund.
Maya Angelou was a
director at the Children's Defense Fund,
and a friend of Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey was
a friend of Maya Angelou, and a
parishioner at the Trinity United Church
of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and the acting
head for the Nation of Islam (Muslim).
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