Who's going to the state dinner for Justin Trudeau
Margaret Trudeau, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, comedian Mike Myers and actor Sandra Oh among invitees
Canadian and American celebrities, sports figures, politicians and philanthropists are among the guests invited to tonight's state dinner at the White House for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.
The official list of expected attendees released by the White House includes Canadian comedian Mike Myers, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Canadian actors Ryan Reynolds, Michael J. Fox and Sandra Oh, and retired NBA player Grant Hill and his wife, singer Tamia Hill of Windsor, Ont.
U.S. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle are hosting the dinner, the social focal point of Trudeau's official visit. Trudeau's mother, Margaret, and Gregoire Trudeau's parents are also expected to attend.
Here is the official list as released by the White House:
THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU AND MRS. GRÉGOIRE TRUDEAU
Ms. Naomi Aberly, Philanthropist
Mr. Larry Lebowitz
Mr. David Abney, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, United Parcel Service
Ms. Sherry Abney
The Honorable Adewale Adeyemo, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics, National Security Council, The White House
Ms. Heather Wong
Mr. Michael Alter, President, The Alter Group
Ms. Ellen Alter
Mr. Robert Anderson, Author
Mr. Eric Harland
The Honorable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science & Economic Development of Canada
Ms. Sara Bareilles, Singer
Ms. Jennifer Bareilles
Mr. Bruce Bastian, Co-Founder, WordPerfect Corporation
Mr. Clinton Ford
Mr. Gary Bettman, Commissioner, National Hockey League
Mr. William Daly III
The Honorable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development & La Francophonie of Canada
The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
The Honorable Evan Ryan
Ms. Angela Bogdan, Chief of Protocol of Canada
Mr. Jeremy Broadhurst, Deputy to the Chief of Staff & Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada
Mr. Stephen Bronfman, Canadian Business Representative & Philanthropist
Ms. Ursula Burns, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation
Mr. Lloyd Bean
Mr. Gerald Butts, Principal Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
The Honorable Kristie Canegallo, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation, The White House
Ms. Simi Shah
The Honorable Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Ms. Cynthia DeFelice
The Honorable Susan Collins, U.S. Senator (Maine)
Mr. Peter Vigue
Ms. Audie Cornish-Emery, National Public Radio
Mr. Theodore Emery
The Honorable Susan Davis, U.S. Representative (California)
Dr. Steven J. Davis
The Honorable Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota
The Honorable Anita Decker Breckenridge, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, The White House
Mr. Russell Breckenridge
The Honorable Brian Deese, Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor, The White House
Ms. Kara Deese
The Honorable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Ms. Karen Dixon, Attorney & Executive Committee Member, Lambda Legal
Dr. Nan Schaffer
Ms. Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post
Mr. Andrew Light
Mr. Adam Entous, The Wall Street Journal
Ms. Sandra Medina
Mr. Mark Feierstein, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council, The White House
Ms. Tiffany Stone
Mr. Michael J. Fox, Actor
Ms. Tracy Pollan
The Honorable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade of Canada
The Honorable Michael Froman, Ambassador, United States Trade Representative
Ms. Nancy Goodman
Ms. Anna Gainey, President of the Liberal Party of Canada & Philanthropist
Mr. Mark Gallogly, Co-founder & Managing Principal, Centerbridge Partners
Ms. Elizabeth Strickler
The Honorable Suzy George, Deputy Assistant to the President & Executive Secretary & Chief of Staff of the National Security Council, The White House
Ms. Devon George-Eghdami
The Honorable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness of Canada
Mr. Jean Grégoire, Father of Mrs. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Mrs. Estelle Blais, Mother of Mrs. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
The Honorable Avril Haines, Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council, The White House
Mr. David Davighi
Mr. John Hannaford, Foreign & Defense Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister & Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Privy Council Office of Canada
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate (Utah)
Ms. Wendy Hatch
Ms. Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin
Mr. James Hewson
The Honorable Bruce Heyman, U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Ms. Vicki Heyman
Mr. Grant Hill, Former Basketball Player, Member of The President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
Ms. Tamia Hill
Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Co-founder, Qualcomm & Chair of the Board of Trustees, Salk Institute
Ms. Joan Jacobs
The Honorable Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U .S. Department of State
Mr. Jonathan Jacobson
The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor & Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House
Mr. Anthony Balkissoon
The Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ms. Susan DiMarco
The Honorable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage
Mr. Wayne Jordan, Executive, Founder & Principal, Jordan Real Estate Investments
Ms. Quinn Delaney
Mr. Jonathan Kaplan, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Melt
Ms. Marci Glazer
The Honorable Derek Kilmer, U.S. Representative (Washington)
Ms. Jennifer Kilmer
The Honorable Angus King, U.S. Senator (Maine)
Ms. Kathryn Rand
Mr. Robert Klein II, President, Klein Financial Corporation & Chairman Emeritus, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Mr. Robert Klein III
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator (Minnesota)
Mr. John Bessler
The Honorable Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator (Vermont)
Ms. Marcelle Leahy
Ms. Twila Legare, Letter Writer
Mr. Marc Legare
The Honorable Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mr. Charles Lewis, Chairman, Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
Ms. Penny Sebring
Mr. Andrew Liveris, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company
Ms. Paula Liveris
Mr. Alexander Macgillivray, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, The White House
Ms. Shona Crabtree
His Excellency David MacNaughton, Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America
Mrs. Leslie Noble
The Honorable Denis McDonough, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff, The White House
Ms. Karin McDonough
The Honorable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment & Climate Change of Canada
Mr. Lorne Michaels, Executive Producer, Saturday Night Live
Ms. Alice Michaels
The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism, National Security Council, The White House
Mr. Mark Monaco
The Honorable Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Ms. Katya Frois-Moniz
Mr. Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President, & Chief Executive Officer, The Boeing Company
Mr. Gregory Smith
The Honorable Shailagh Murray, Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor, The White House
Mr. Neil King
Mr. Mike Myers, Actor
Ms. Kelly Myers
The Honorable Marvin Nicholson, Special Assistant to the President, Trip Director & Personal Aide to the President, The White House
Ms. Helen Pajcic
Dr. Konrad Ng, Executive Director, Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng
Ms. Sandra Oh, Actress
Mr. Lev Rukhin
Mr. John Owens, Chairman of the Board, MediGuide International
Ms. Missy Owens
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives (California)
Mr. Paul Pelosi
The Honorable Amy Pope, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, National Security Council, The White House
Mr. Neil Allison
The Honorable Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,
Mr. Cass Sunstein
The Honorable Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Mr. John Poorman
Mr. Thomas Pritzker, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Pritzker Organization
Ms. Margot Pritzker
Ms. Kate Purchase, Director of Communications, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
Ms. Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Mr. Peter Rampton
Mr. Ryan Reynolds, Actor
Ms. Blake Lively
The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President & Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Speechwriting, National Security Council, The White House
Ms. Ann Norris
The Honorable Steven Ricchetti, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the Vice President, The White House
Ms. Amy Ricchetti
The Honorable Susan Rice, National Security Advisor, National Security Council, The White House
Mr. Ian Cameron
Dr. Martine Rothblatt, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, United Therapeutics Corporation
Mrs. Bina Rothblatt
The Honorable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defense of Canada
The Honorable Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Parita Shah Selfridge
The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Senator (New Hampshire)
Mr. William Shaheen
Ms. Beth Shaw, Personal Finance Commentator & Member of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans
Mr. Adam Shaw
Mr. Adam Silver, Commissioner, National Basketball Association
Ms. Maggie Grise
Mr. Ian Simmons, Co-Founder & Principal, Blue Haven Initiative
Ms. Liesel Simmons
The Honorable Todd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State
Ms. Jennifer Klein
Mrs. Michéle Taylor, Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Dr. Kenneth Taylor
The Honorable Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House
Ms. Katie Telford, Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
The Honorable Jon Tester, U.S. Senator (Montana)
Ms. Sharla Tester
The Honorable Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans & the Canadian Coast Guard of Canada
Mrs. Margaret Trudeau, Mother of Prime Minister Trudeau
Mr. Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council & Secretary to the Cabinet Privy Council Office of Canada
The Honorable Melissa Winter, Deputy Assistant to the President & Senior Advisor to the First Lady, The White House
Mr. David Zaslav, President & Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Communications
Ms. Pam Zaslav