A no-nonsense negotiator and a canny politician, Randi Weingarten is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers, which represents 74,000 teachers in New York City and 20,000 other school employees, but she's since been elected president of the UFT's national parent union, the American Federation of Teachers.
Pop musician Wainwright's carefully crafted songs and good looks have made him something of a gay icon.
Marian Salzman
Diamond is the head of giant corporate PR firm Weber Shandwick.
Ari Merkin is the chief creative officer and co-founder of the boutique ad agency Toy.
Often hailed as the most powerful man on Madison Avenue, Gotlieb is CEO of giant media buying agency GroupM, a job that gives him control of 17 percent of worldwide advertising spending.
Chantecaille is a social fixture and, along with her mother, the owner of a cosmetics company that bears the family name.
Maureen White
The most famous celebrity photographer in America, Leibovitz shoots portraits of Hollywood stars for magazines like Vanity Fair and big companies like Disney and American Express.
The CEO of Forbes Inc. and the editor-in-chief of Forbes, Steve is the bug-eyed publisher of the money magazine that bears his family name and a two-time unsuccessful presidential candidate.
Gerstner is chairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the largest private equity firms in the U.S. with close to $60 billion in assets.
Bjork is the pixieish Icelandic pop star who continues to defy musical conventions and dress codes.
British-born, thinking-man's babe Rachel Weisz earned an Oscar for her work in The Constant Gardener, but she frequently finds herself cast in stinkers like The Mummy Returns and Envy. She is married to Mr. Bond himself, Daniel Craig.
Weiner is a U.S. Congressman representing south Brooklyn and parts of Queens, as well as an erstwhile—and potential future—mayoral candidate.
The lead singer of Talking Heads, Byrne has been a fixture of the New York punk and indie scenes for the past 35 years.
Joseph Moinian
