CONTRIBUTORS


KEVIN CHAFFEE Kevin Chaffee is the Assistant Features Editor and Society Editor at The Washington Times. He recently traveled to Ireland to attend the July wedding of Chris Murray and Carlotta Hester and agreed to record a few essential impressions of Dublin on the way.	JANET DONOVAN Janet Donovan (shown with Matt Drudge) is the Founder and President of Creative Enterprises Int’l, a publicity firm based in Washington, D.C. whose clients include celebrities, authors, politicians and publications. She created and hosted The Beltway Broads radio show and writes the column Hollywood on the Potomac.

PORTER GIFFORD

During his 15 year career as a photographer, Porter Gifford’s work has appeared in leading publications in the US and abroad, including the New York Times, Time, Fortune, Life, Businessweek, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, People and Forbes. In addition to his many professional credits, Gifford is also an accomplished photojournalist. He has produced photo essays on such diverse subjects as heroine addiction and homelessness in New York City, the Native-American cactus harvest in the southwest US, high tech heart surgery, the Kentucky Derby and America’s gun culture. Gifford also produces images for commercial clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Columbia University and Fleet. He lives in Cambridge, Mass. with his wife and two children.

CAROL JOYNT

Carol Joynt is the owner of the popular Georgetown restaurant, Nathans. After 9/11 Joynt began hosting monthly neighborhood power lunches at her restaurant and in minutes they became the ultimate insiders’ insider lunches. With guests such as Tom Brokaw, Dan Snyder, Tim Russert, Leslie Cockburn and Fred Smith, the lunches feature the city’s best known leaders speaking candidly in an intimate atmosphere. When not at Nathans, Joynt focuses her time on her priorities: family; raising her son, Spencer, their dog, Leo, and Ozzy, the bird; and writing her memoir, “Innocent Spouse.”

ALISON LUKES

After four and a half years in New York and Paris and landing her dream job at Michael Kors, Alison Lukes, WL’s new Style Editor, returned to Washington ready to dress some of the city’s power players. As a personal stylist she is sought after by some of Washington’s best dressed and will help anyone find the perfectly appropriate and effortlessly chic wardrobe. She heads up her own company, Alison Lukes et Cie. www.alisonlukes.com.

BARBARA MCCONAGHY

Barbara McConaghy, fashion contributing editor for Washington Life, is a nationally recognized fashion stylist, show producer and editor. In upcoming issues she’ll share her take on Washington men’s and women’s fashion, and the city’s celebrity style. Her work has appeared in Elle and Detour magazines, and locally as Fashion and Lifestyle Editor for DC Style, Washingtonian, Baltimore Magazine, for Special Sections of the Washington Post and Fashion Editor for Capital Style. She has produced national tours for YM and Seventeen magazines; appeared on Montel Williams; and dressed stars such as Lauren Hutton, Brandy and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

CHRIS MURRAY

After earning his B.A. degree in Philosophy at Georgetown University, Chris Murray founded Govinda Gallery in 1975, in Georgetown. Some of the Gallery’s highlights have included several exhibitions for Andy Warhol, with whom the Gallery was closely associated, the first exhibition of Annie Leibowitz’s photographs, and a 20th Anniversary exhibition featuring photographs of Mohammed Ali by Howard Bingham. Govinda Gallery actively publishes catalogues for many of its exhibitions, which Murray has edited. This fall, Govinda Gallery celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the first exhibition ever of songwriter and musician Donovan’s Sapphographs.

FRANCO NUSCHESE

Hospitality entrepreneur Franco Nuschese is president of Georgetown Entertainment Group LLC, the management company for Café Milano, Sette Osteria, and Sette Bello in Arlington, Va. Nuschese, 44, mastered the art of blending hospitality and entertainment skills during a career that includes public relations in top hotels in London and Las Vegas. He is on the boards of the Washington National Opera and the Foundation of the Georgetown University Hospital. He is a trustee of The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences and is member of the advisory board for Life-Link MD, Inc. He also enjoys serving on the boxing committee for the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission.