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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.

 

World of Possibilities Advisory Group

 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

 

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