Serena and Venus Williams are among the standouts who will be honored this fall by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
Other power players include acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay, who will be touted by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. The humanitarian and chef Jose Andres will be presented his award by the Emerson Collective’s Laurene Powell Jobs. And the Children’s Defense Fund’s Marian Wright Edelman will be celebrated by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Vanity Fair is on board as the event’s exclusive media partner and Chevron and General Dynamics are the gala’s lead sponsors this year. Baratunde Thurston has been recruited as the host for the festivities., who spent Tuesday practicing for what is expected to be her final U.S. Open competition. In advance of that, she debuted an assortment of items emblazoned with “GOAT,” as in the Greatest of All Time, for her S by Serena apparel collection.
An audience of 75 influencers, brand marketers and content creators are expected at the nonticketed event. The panel discussion is indicative of the “elevated experiences Hana Kuma and Naomi want to create with brand partners,” according to advance material for the media. In addition to MasterCard, the event is being held in partnership with Hypebeast, Hana Kuma’s experiential production partner.
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