A Celebration of Doris Meissner
| On May 15, 2024, MPI held a gala to celebrate the exceptional—and ongoing—career of Senior Fellow Doris Meissner, who has been an influential voice in the U.S. immigration policy conversation in positions in and out of government since the 1970s. She also has played a key role in building MPI into what it is today. More than 300 family, friends, and colleagues past and present gathered to celebrate her extraordinary public service, with the gala seeding the new Doris Meissner Innovation Fund. The gala's honorary Co-Chairs were former President Bill Clinton and retired Senator Alan K. Simpson. The distinguished host committee was led by Co-Chairs Soren Bjorn, CEO of Driscoll's; Spelman College President Helene D. Gayle, and American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. |
Questions? Email [email protected] We are deeply grateful to the donors who have generously supported the Meissner Innovation Fund. MPI's EIN is: 52-2279789 |
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| Donald E. Graham | The Honorable Cecilia Muñoz & Amit Pandya | |||
| David & Marion Meissner | Anonymous | The Honorable Donna E. Shalala | ||
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| Phyllis Coven & Barbara Strack FWD.us Education Fund The Jerome L. Greene Foundation Guidepost Solutions The Honorable Carlos & Edilia Gutierrez |
The Honorable Roberta Jacobson The Honorable Thomas F. & Donna McLarty Doris Meissner & Family Lynden Melmed & Susanna Gebhard Gilbert Omenn & Martha Darling |
José Luis Prado / Evans Food Group Andrew Selee & Alejandra Vallejo Viamericas Corporation The Honorable Jim & Linda Ziglar Anonymous |
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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
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| American Business Immigration Coalition American Immigration Lawyers Association Anonymous James Berbee Claire Bergeron & David A. Schnitzer |
The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Deborah Keller and Roger Ervin Warren R. Leiden David & Cyndy Martin The Honorable Thomas Nides Rambana & Ricci, P.L.L.C. Immigration Attorneys |
The Rockefeller Foundation Winslow Sargeant Paul & Trish Virtue Werner-Kohnstamm Family Fund Michael Wishnie |
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