Michael Fairbanks and Willa Shalit host President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda, at the Four Seasons during
United Nations General Assembly week, 2009.
- InterAmerican Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno, Michael Fairbanks of SEVEN Fund, Pianist Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer, and Broadway Producer and Founder of Fairwinds Trading Inc. Willa Shalit
- College Academy Award-winning Filmmaker Laura Hinson with President Paul Kagame, Republic of Rwanda
- Dr. Charles Harper, Jr., philanthropy strategist and thought leader, with Dr. Eliane Ubalijoro, professor at McGill University
- Public relations executive Anne Glauber, Dale Dawson, Founder of Friends of Rwanda, and award-winning filmmaker Laura Hinson
- Dr. Charles Harper, Jr., Mr. A. Jim Heynen of Fairwinds Trading, and Andreas Widmer of the SEVEN Fund
- Joe Ritchie, CEO of the Rwanda Development Board, with Eric Kacou, Managing Director of the OTF Group
- Dr. Charles Harper, Jr. with Dean Glen Hubbard, Columbia Business School and author of the forthcoming book The Aid Trap
- Michael Roux, former chairman of Citibank Australia, with Bishop John Rucyahana and Dr. Clet Niyikiza, Senior Vice President at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
- Yolande Makolo, Press Secretary of Rwanda, with Larissa MacFarquhar of the New Yorker
- Bishop John Rucyahana with Dr. Clet Niyikiza Senior Vice President of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Bob Mulroy CEO/Founder of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Minister of Agriculture for Rwanda
- Legendary Stanford Economist Paul Romer with Michael Fairbanks of the SEVEN Fund and InterAmerican Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno
- Kaia Miller of Aslan Global with Rwandan Senator Aloisea Inyumba
- David King, Oxford don and former science advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, with Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali
- Nationally syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock, Mauro De Lorenzo of the Templeton Foundation, and economist Paul Romer
- President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda, with Peter Seligmann, Founder of Conservation International
- Emmy-Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ann Aghion with President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda
- Rwandan Senator Aloisea Inyumba with Dr. Clet Niyikiza, Senior Vice President of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
- Yolande Makolo, Press Secretary of Rwanda, with Marylee Fairbanks, New York musical theater actress
- Rwandan Ambassador to the United States, James Kimonyo, Faith Mbabazi of Fairwinds Trading Inc., with Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's and Tina Lundgren
- Francis Gatare, Director General of the Rwanda Investment Promotion Agency, with Bob Mulroy CEO of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and nationally syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock
- Dr. Emmanuel Gasakure M.D. with Vivek Varma, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for Starbucks
- Starbucks Chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, with President Paul Kagame, Republic of Rwanda
- Dr. Emmanuel Gasakure M.D. with groundbreaking Princeton geneticist Dr. Lee Silver
- Author, journalist, and editor of The Paris Review Philip Gourevitch with Arthur Asiimwe, senior editor at the New Times, Rwanda's daily newspaper
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