The Honorable Brenda LaGrange Johnson and J. Howard Johnson hosted an early evening reception in their New York City home on October 30, 2018. The Reception featured remarks by former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, who is also a member of the Diplomacy Center Foundation Board of Directors. Reflecting on a recent visit to Shanghai, China, he shared insights on US relations with China. Throughout the evening, guests were treated to updates about the development of the US Diplomacy Center.*
44 guests attended the New York City Reception including several donors to the Diplomacy Center Foundation: Mr. Stephen J. Del Rosso, Major Gift Donor and Program Director of International Peace & Security at Carnegie Corporation of New York; Mrs. Janet Ross, Major Gift donor; Ambassador Howard Gutman (ret.), Founding Ambassador; and Ambassador Carl Spielvogel (ret.), Founding Ambassador. Guests also included Dr. Jan Ramirez, Chief Curator of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and Ms. Susan Ball, second cousin to Lucille Ball. In attendance on behalf of the Diplomacy Center Foundation were Chair of DCF Board of Directors Ambassador William C. Harrop (ret.), President of DCF Ambassador Thomas “Ted” E. McNamara (ret.), and DCF Vice President Ambassador Roman Popadiuk (ret.). The Reception also welcomed US Diplomacy Center Director Mary Kane, as well as Jonathan Alger and Kevin Sayama of C&G Partners, who are designing the US Diplomacy Center’s permanent exhibitions.
The Diplomacy Center Foundation would like to thank all of our guests in attendance for the New York City Reception. The Foundation is most grateful to Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson for hosting the gathering in her home, where the Foundation met new friends from MasterCard, Ralph Lauren, AdmieMobile, Lou Hammond Group, Buckingham Capital Management, Global Wealth Partners, NYC Integrated Brand Marketing, art collectors, philanthropists, and stockbrokers.
*On November 5, 2019, the United States Diplomacy Center formally changed its name to the National Museum of American Diplomacy.
