2014 Be Beautiful Be Yourself Global Down Syndrome Foundation DC Gala
Funding groundbreaking Alzheimer’s disease & Down syndrome research
at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
2014 Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award Honoree’s and Global Ambassador
Meet the Models
Live Auction Items
Sponsors
Honorary Host Committee
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Multi-Platinum Singer-Songwriter Leona Lewis!
Leona Lewis took the music world by storm with her 2008 debut album, “Spirit,” which featured “Bleeding Love” – the #1 single in over 30 countries. She recorded the famous theme song for the film “Avatar” and has collaborated with the likes of Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo and Akon.
Lewis has won numerous music awards and has been nominated for three Grammys. She has sold over 20 million albums and singles, and broke a world record for being digitally downloaded more than 50,000 times in 30 minutes. Following her “X-Factor” win, she signed on and continues with Simon Cowell of Syco Music and Clive Davis of Sony Music Entertainment. She is one of the best pop vocalists today – with her expansive four-octave mezzo-soprano vocal range, she is an extraordinary gift to the music industry.
Global Down Syndrome Foundation
Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award Recipients
Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus Co-Chair
12-term congresswoman representing District of Columbia
Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on
Highways and Transit
Member of Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
First woman to chair U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Member of Appropriations, Veterans’ Affairs, and Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committees
Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
Represented Kansas’ 1st Congressional District
for seven terms
Oversaw $84 million increase in funding for the
National Institute on Aging in FY 2014;
committed to Alzheimer’s research
Global Down Syndrome Foundation Ambassador
2014 Ambassador Katherine Felicia Norton and inaugural Ambassador Alex Sessions
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The Honorable Senator Harry Reid, Honorable Chris & Julie Hill Senator Michael F. Bennet Representative Spencer Bachus |
Representative Jeff Fortenberry * – List in formation |
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Also be sure to mark your calendars for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show in Denver – Saturday, October 25, 2014
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