FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: FIRST ROW: Michelle Levy, Angela Bizotto & Carlo Bizotto; Giuliano Zaccardelli (RCMP Commissioner), Jean Chrétien & wife Aline. second row: Thomas D’Aquino (President & CEO – CCCE), Marie Claire Morin (President & CEO – National Gallery of Canada Foundation), Susan D’Aquino (Co-Chair) & Pierre Théberge (Director of National Gallery of Canada); Prime Minister Paul Martin with Jim Watson (Minister of Consumer & Business Services). third row: Catherine Clark & father Joe Clark (former PM); Renata Hornstein (Philanthropists) & husband Michael; André Desmarais, Judith Manley & France Chrétien-Desmarais; The Hon. E. Peter Lougheed; Joseph-Richard Veilleux (Artist), Pierre Théberge & Constance Dionne.

Photos by Jean-Marc Carisse/Mark Paradis/Michelle Levy Productions.

The Renaissance Ball
The National Gallery of Canada Foundation generated $1 million with its first-ever national fundraising event, held on Saturday, May 28th, in Ottawa. Acting as co-hosts for the evening were Thomas d’Aquino, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, and Marie Claire Morin, President & CEO of the National Gallery Foundation.