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Reception Honoring the Honorable Ann Stock

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Guests stroll and chat in the garden near the pool



Friends and colleagues  gather to  congratulate Ann Stock, former White House Social Secretary, on her confirmation to be Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs, at a private residence in Alexandria, VA on Thursday, July 29, 2010. 

The event was hosted by the well-known David Abshire, head of the Center for the Study of the Presidency.

— Report and photographs by James R. Brantley


Former White House Social Secretary Lucky Roosevelt and Ann Stock

Rep. James Moran (D-Va.) and Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki

Sen.Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Jill Udall and Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress President and CEO David Abshire


Heidi Shoup, Rafif Moustapha and Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha

Marie Therese Royce, wife of Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar

Belgian Ambassador Jan Matthysen and Singapore's Ambassador Han Heng Chee

Adrienne Arsht and Gwen Holliday

Stuart Stock and former Secretary of Veterans Afairs Togo West

Greg Franklin, Leon Shahabian and Erik Peterson


Meridian International Center President and CEO Ambassador Stuart Holliday and Qatar's Ambassador to the U.S. Ali Bin Fahad Al-Hajri

Ann Stock and Olgivy Government Relations' Wayne Berman

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West, Carolyn Abshire, Gail West, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress President and CEO  David Abshire.

White House florist Laura Dowling and Ann Stock


Yoriko Fujisaki, Ann Stock, and Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki show thumbs up approval for Ms. Stock's confirmation as Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs

Former U.S. Attorney and Missouri Democratic Rep. James Symington and Sylvia Symington

Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress President and CEO David Abshire jokes with guests while Ann Stock, Dr. Joe Duffy, Meridian International Center President and CEO Ambassador Stuart Holliday laugh along.

Dr. Joe Duffy and Corinne Winburn


Erik Peterson and Phyllis D'Hoop

Former White House Social Secretary Lucky Roosevelt, Rafif Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha, and Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress President and CEO David Abshire listen to Ann Stock.

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