The Endowment campaign – A World of Possibilities – is a joint initiative between the House and the Foundation to secure the long-term future of the House and its educational aims. The Honourary Chair is Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States. The World of Possibilities Advisory Group comprises of sixteen senators and congressmen and women, along with fifteen members of Britain’s House of Lords and House of Commons. The Educational Panel comprises scholastic leaders who lend their support to the campaign. US fundraising events include the 2009 Newseum Gala . World of Possibilities UK events will take place upcoming.
Honourary Chair
Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States
Congressional Members
Senator Chuck Hagel, Nebraska
Senator Johnny Isakson, Georgia
Senator John F. Kerry, Massachusetts
Senator Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
Senator Richard Lugar, Indiana
Congressman Gary Ackerman, New York
Congressman Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama
Congressman Robert A. Brady, California
Congressman Gene Green, Texas
Congressman Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa
Congressman Donald Manzullo, Illinois
Congressman Gregory Meeks, New York
Congressman Donald Payne, New Jersey
Congressman Todd R. Platts, Pennsylvania
Congressman Ted Poe, Texas
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
Parliamentary Members
Baroness Detta O'Cathain
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lord Hannay of Chiswick
Lord Howe of Aberavon
Lord Jopling
Lord Morris of Aberavon
Lord Newby
Lord Owen
Lord Trimble
The Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett, MP
Mr Brian Donohoe, MP
The Rt. Hon. Michael Howard, MP
The Rt. Hon. Adam Ingram, MP
The Rt. Hon Charles Kennedy, MP
The Rt. Hon. Elfyn Llywd, MP
Mr. Bill Olner, MP
World of Possibilities Educational Panel
Professor H W Brands, University of Texas
Roy E. Goodman, American Philosophical Society
Professor Philip E. Krider, University of Arizona
Edmund Morgan, Yale University
Lady Joan Reid, Benjamin Franklin House