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, D.C. 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
Lyndon K. Boozer
Sela Thompson Collins
DeDe Lea
Ruth & Arne Sorenson
Yelberton R. Watkins

GALA VICE CHAIRS
Joyce Brayboy
Larry Duncan
Kim Sheftall Humphries
Anthony A. Lewis
Tanya L. Lombard
Vanessa Reed
Nicole Venable
Katharine Weymouth

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