The Washington, D.C. Gala Benefit kicks off Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual engagement at The Kennedy Center. 

Proceeds support Ailey's Washington, DC programs, including the creation of new works, arts-in-education activities, and scholarships to talented young dance students in the Washington area to attend The Ailey School in New York.

GALA CO-CHAIRS
Gina Adams
Lyndon K. Boozer
Sela Collins
Debra L. Lee

GALA VICE CHAIRS
Alaina Beverly 
Joyce Brayboy
Kim Sheftall Humphries
Robert Raben
Vanessa Reed
Nicole Venable 
Yelberton R. Watkins
Katharine Weymouth

CORPORATE CHAIR
Thomas A. Fanning, President & CEO, Southern Company