Hosted at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Kogod Courtyard, the evening featured remarks from CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his path to America from Iran before a special performance celebrating America’s 250th birthday, while supporting MADD’s mission to end impaired driving.
Grammy Award-winning country music star Keith Urban and his band performed for over an hour with the crowd dancing and singing along. There were multiple Trump Administration officials including Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, VA Secretary Doug Collins, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, HHS nominee Chris Klomp, White House adviser Alex Flemister and DoT’s Seval Oz. House members included House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) and Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.).
Uber President Jill Hazelbaker Franks welcomed guests including Stacey Stewart, CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) who thanked supporters for helping advance the organization’s mission to eliminate impaired driving. The celebration brought together leaders from government, business, media, and philanthropy for an evening honoring America’s past while looking ahead to its next 250 years of innovation, opportunity, and safer roads. Guests took photos at the wall size American Flag made of cars.
Tech CEOs included Julie Sweet (Accenture) and Chad Sweet (Chertoff), Rene Haas, (Arm Holdings), Arun Gupta, (Noble Reach Foundation), and Kristin Sharp, (Flex Foundation).
Guests included former Uber executive Rachel Holt, Jimmy Sapp, Javier Correoso, Spencer Silverman, Alberto Martinez, Matt Gorman, Katelyn Bledsoe, Brittany Punaro, Dan Meyers, James Van Den Berg, Karalee Geis, Chris Russo, Kaily Grabemann, Colin Moneymaker, Aaron Lukas and Steve Clemons.
Media was well represented with Josh Dawsey (WSJ), Marisa Schultz (NYPost), Ted Johnson (Deadline), Sumi Somaskanda (BBC), Liz Claman (Fox Business), Rick Klein (ABC News), Christine Brennan (ABC Sports),
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