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Huzzah! Thank you for supporting the 22nd Annual Spirit of Mount Vernon

On behalf of the Regent and Vice Regents of the Mount Vernon’s Ladies’ Association, thank you to our sponsors and guests who attended and supported the 22nd Annual Spirit of Mount Vernon on October 5, 2023. This was the first year the event sold out with more than 950 guests under the tent. With your support, this special evening, which is Mount Vernon’s largest annual fundraiser, raised more than $925,000 for Mount Vernon’s mission of education, historic preservation, and the legacy of George Washington. We are grateful to have such wonderful ambassadors for this important institution. We hope you will mark your calendars and please remember to include this event and important institution in your 2024 budget.

Save The Date

Thursday, October 3, 2024 for the 23rd Annual Spirit of Mount Vernon Sunset Reception and Dinner

For more information and to sponsor in 2024, please contact Tammy Eddy, Senior Corporate Gifts Officer, at teddy@mountveron.org or 703.799.5075.

A special thanks goes out to the event’s incredible 2023 Co-Chair team: Kevin Burke, President & CEO, Airports Council International-North America; Steve Caldeira, President & CEO, Household & Commercial Products Association; Lorraine Riffle Caron, Vice President Global Government Affairs, Kimberly-Clark; Shannon Meade, Executive Director, Workplace Policy Institute, Littler Mendelson P.C.; and Mike Skahill, Director, Government Affairs, Lineage. Mount Vernon is grateful for their extraordinary leadership and commitment!

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The Spirit of Mount Vernon

Please join us on Thursday, October 5, 2023 for the 22nd Spirit of Mount Vernon Sunset Reception and Dinner. This special, celebratory night supports Mount Vernon’s mission of education, historic preservation, and the legacy of George Washington. In 2022 the event reached a meaningful milestone raising over $1 million for Mount Vernon’s important mission and hosting more than 850 guests. Our goal is to once again raise over $1 million in 2023!

The Spirit of Mount Vernon welcomes guests from the government affairs, association, corporate, and consulting communities along with members of Congress and staff from Capitol Hill and the administration. Highlights include a sunset reception on the east lawn over-looking the Potomac River, a patriotic moment with fireworks, dinner, and a live auction.

We hope you will join us for this fantastic evening. Please mark your calendars and help us celebrate and support our foremost founding father’s leadership at his beloved home!

This event complies with Congressional and Administration ethics rules.

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The Spirit of Mount Vernon

Photographer: Dan Chung

History of the Event

In late September of 2001, the association community, with the leadership of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, came together to begin an annual event, the Spirit of Mount Vernon, in support of Mount Vernon’s education and historic preservation mission. Notably, the inaugural event was held just days after the events of 9-11 and in the aftermath of one of the most challenging times in the history of our great nation. 

As we celebrate this annual event, we reflect on the challenges our country has faced with an eye to the importance of Mount Vernon’s civics and educational mission. Thanks to the support of the government affairs community, the Spirit of Mount Vernon has become one of the most popular evenings on the Washington, D.C. social and charitable calendar and has become Mount Vernon’s single largest fundraiser.

Sponsor Benefits

Sponsor benefits include event participation and recognition, as well as estate benefits that can be utilized throughout the year.

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CURRENT 2023 SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

Spirit of Mount Vernon Proceeds

The proceeds from the Spirit of Mount Vernon supports our mission to preserve, restore, and manage the estate of George Washington to the highest standards and to educate visitors and people throughout the world about the life and legacies of George Washington so that his example of character and leadership will continue to inform and inspire future generations.

Presenting Sponsor

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company

2023 Co-Chair Leadership

Airports Council International – North America

Kevin Burke, President & CEO

Airports Council International – North America

Household & Commercial Products Association

Steve Caldeira, President & CEO

Household & Commercial Products Association

Kimberly-Clark

Lorraine Riffle Caron, Vice President, Global Government Relations

Kimberly-Clark

Littler Mendelson P.C.

Shannon Meade, Executive Director, Workplace Policy Institute

Littler Mendelson

Lineage

Michael Skahill, Director, Government Relations

Lineage

Platinum Sponsors

Boeing

Anniversary Sponsors

Fox Corporation International Dairy Foods Association National Association of Realtors National Retail Federation Virginia Distillery Co.

Gold Sponsors

Co-Sponsors

Double Patron Sponsors

Cigna Health Care Service Corporation Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

Patron Sponsors

Catoctin Creek Finseca

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association has owned and maintained George Washington’s Mount Vernon for more than 160 years.

Regent

Margaret Hartman Nichols
Regent
Maine

Vice Regents

Cameron Kock Mayer
Vice Regent for Louisiana

Maribeth Armstrong Borthwick
Vice Regent for California

Ann Haunschild Bookout
Vice Regent for Texas

 

Virginia Dawson Lane
Vice Regent for South Carolina

Laura Peebles Rutherford
Vice Regent for Alabama

Susan Marshall Townsend
Vice Regent for Delaware

Anne Neal Petri
Vice Regent for Wisconsin

Liz Rollins Mauran
Vice Regent for Rhode Island

Ann Cady Scott
Vice Regent for Missouri

Sarah Miller Coulson
Vice Regent for Pennsylvania

Andrea Notman Sahin
Vice Regent for Massachusetts

Catherine Hamilton Mayton
Vice Regent for Arkansas

Helen Herboth Laughery
Vice Regent for Wyoming

Catherine Marlette Waddell
Vice Regent for Illinois

Lucia Bosqui Henderson
Vice Regent for Virginia

Mary Lang Bishop
Vice Regent for Oregon

Elizabeth Medlin Hale
Vice Regent for Georgia

Ann Sherrill Pyne
Vice Regent for New York

Karen McCabe Kirby
Vice Regent for New Jersey

Hilary Carter West
Vice Regent for the District of Columbia

Adrian MacLean Jay
Vice Regent for Tennessee

Susan Brewster McCarthy
Vice Regent for Minnesota

Sarah Seaman Alijani
Vice Regent for Colorado

Carolyn Sherrill Fuller
Vice Regent for North Carolina

George Washington's Mount Vernon

George Washington’s skill as a general helped secure our independence. His leadership as our first president shaped this new nation. His enduring legacy continues to inspire us.

After falling into disrepair following his death in 1799, this historic property was rescued by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. They opened it to the public in 1860. It is now the most visited historic home in America.

As a private non-profit organization, Mount Vernon does not accept government funds. On-site sales and donations allow us to pursue our mission to teach the world about George Washington and preserve his beloved home for future generations.

Mount Vernon COVID Protocols:

Mount Vernon will follow Virginia’s COVID guidelines from the Virginia Governor’s Office:

“By Order of the Governor of Virginia, face masks are recommended indoors for all persons, vaccinated or unvaccinated. Face masks are required for all unvaccinated guests. Those who are not vaccinated are required to wear face coverings outdoors when social distancing is not possible.”

For the Spirit of Mount Vernon we recommend all guests who have been vaccinated to wear their masks outdoors as well, when social distancing is not possible.

MV staff and the event catering team will all be wearing masks. 

We will have extra masks available at registration for guests. We will also have “sanitizer” stations set up in areas of the event. The reception is outside on the east lawn and the dinner is in an outdoor tent. We expect at least one side of the tent to be open, with the possibility of two sides open depending on weather.

Questions?

Please contact us at spiritofmv@mountvernon.org. 

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