Events

Pamela Sorensen was featured in Lindsay Volkswagen’s “Sign Then Drive” commercial which aired throughout the Washington Metro area on television.  She was also the co-host for Washington Life TV’s “Year in Review” on the CW-DC50, specifically on the “Most Fashionable” segment and was the guest interview for Verizon FiOS1’s “Push Pause” show, which airs in February.  She has made numerous guest interview appearances on FOX News Sunday (nationally), NewsChannel 8/WJLA, “Live This Morning”, “Let’s Talk Live!”, and “Washington Business Tonight with Rebecca Cooper”, Comcast Newsmakers, DC’s Office of Cable Television TV-16, DC Compass, and continues to be heard on radio’s MiX 107.3FM with Tommy McFly.  She was the live Washington, DC correspondent interview Inauguration evening 2009 for FOX News Channel and is the My City Life Correspondent for the podcast “Miss This Show and Die!” which is based out of Los Angeles.

In 2010, Pamela contributed to Washington Life magazine with her article in SUNDANCETWENTYTEN.  Early in 2009, she was chosen out of thousands of applicants to be on a television episode of Discovery Channel’s Planet Green’s “Emeril Green” with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse. The episode aired Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 8pm EST. During the show, Emeril shared helpful cooking and eating tips for Pamela as she manages her busy life about town. In 2008 Pamela was chosen to be the “Insider” for the 2009 Wallpaper* Washington, DC Tour Guide book.

She has been featured in publications such as the NBC4 Washington, DC website (“Inaugural Pictorial of Media Mavens” & “Celebrity Sightings”), DC magazine (”Romper Room” and “Best 10 Blogs of 2008?), Washington Life (”Young & the Guest List” 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; “Balls & Galas” 2006), Capitol File (”Black Book List 2007, 2008?), Local Kicks (Featured Interview), FamousDC (”Famous5 Questions” Featured Interview), mediabistro FishBowlDC, Examiner (”Yeas & Nays”), Scene Bisnow, New York Social Diary’s Washington Social Diary, The Hill, Washington Post, The Washington Times, Washington Post Express (”Blog Log”), Fashion Washington, Washingtonian (”Great Finds”, October 2005), and was chosen by Washingtonian as one of “Washington’s 25 Most Beautiful People” in 2002.

Pamela Lynne Sorensen is the founder of Pamela’s Punch, a website inspired by her involvement with many civic, business, and community events and organizations. Pamela’s Punch began in November of 2006, and is now acclaimed as the place for getting the “who, what, when, where” of Washington, DC’s social and philanthropic scene.  In addition, Pamela does freelance media, speaking, and event hosting engagements.

After moving with her family to the metro area in 1990, Pamela attended the Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA where she was a Tri-Delta and earned a B.A. in Speech Communications.  She continued to reside in the northern Virginia area post-graduation and began her career in sales and business development for a number of industries, including defense contracting, professional services, telecommunications, and executive networking.  Pamela played in an integral part in the revenue stream growth and success of Net2000 Communications, ExecutiveBiz – where she became Partner – and the Potomac Officers Club.

Micha Weinblatt is an entrepreneur from the suburbs of DC.  He graduated Magana Cum Laude with a Government and Politics degree from the University of Maryland in 2005, where he launched Crooked Monkey T-shirts.  The brand has since been carried by over 500 retailers including Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom, and Pac Sun, has been worn by celebrities Ryan Seacrest and Miley Cyrus. 
He was named one of the Washington Business Journal's 40 under 40 - top business leaders under 40 years old.  And was selected as one of CNN’s top 10 Generation Next Entrepreneurs to watch.  When he’s not entrepreneuring, he’s working with local charities to help them understand and harness the millennials.

  Graham Bunn is probably most known for his time on ABC’s The Bachelor Pad, where he came in second alongside fellow contestant Michelle Money.  However, there is more to this reality star though than meets the eye, though everyone can agree, he is a quite nice sight to see. Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Graham's charisma and genuine nature are the result of a strong family background and his true southern upbringing. Taking that charm north, Graham now resides in New York City, where he concentrates on humanitarian outreach, events and marketing, mainly for his company 46NYC, an apparel company that brings awareness to different causes. Graham and 46NYC have been huge supporters of Chris4Life, as seen through the t-shirt in honor of Michelle's father Scott Cartwright, which has raised over $2,500 for colon cancer research.

Fun and free-spirited, Glenda enjoys dancing, and making sure you have an awesome time. Glenda was born in North Potomac, Maryland, so she has been in this area her whole life. She earned a dual degree in Business and Communication from the University of Maryland in 2007. When she is not working her day job at the non-profit, Dreams for Kids – DC, she is managing events and hospitality at DISTRICT Nightclub. And when not at those two jobs, Glenda volunteers her time to plan charity events for local and national non-profits. Since 2008 she has helped raise around $10,000 for a variety of non-profit organizations. Glenda currently serves on the Young Professional Board of the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation. Above all, she is a philanthropist and social butterfly, so if you win a date with Glenda, it will sure to be a messy but memorable night.

David Good

 David Good is an entrepreneur who first appeared on The Bachelorette season 5 where he competed for the heart of Jillian Harris but got eliminated in the fourth week of the competition. He made his reality TV comeback the following year as part of the cast of the first season of Bachelor Pad, where he, along with contestant Natalie Getz, won the grand prize." Taken from www.buddytv.com

 Emily Maynard

 "Emily Maynard is one of the contestants on The Bachelor season 15, which stars Brad Womack. This 24-year-old hails from Morgantown, West Virginia and works at a children's hospital as an event planner. She likes spending holidays with her friends and family." Taken from wwww.buddytv.com

Michelle Money

Michelle Money starred in season 15 of ABC's The Bachelor, and in the most recentseason of The Bachelor Pad. In August of 2011, she lost her fatherafter a long battle with colon cancer. Since her father's death, Michelle has become an advocate for colon cancer awareness. Michelle has partnered with 46NYC, a company that makes clothing  for a cause to design a shirt to benefit colon cancer awareness. Michelle has dedicated herself to helping Chris4Life, and we are very excited to have her as a pationate advocate for the cause.

Michael Ponticelli

 Big Shot at Bisnow Media, very nice guy, went to GWU, abnormally well connected. Enjoys good music, Grand Marnier, and dance parties.

Erica Rose

Erica Rose is best known for her outrageous antics and high-maintenance attitude on “The Bachelor: Rome”.  She was famous for wearing a tiara to “bring out her inner princess” and saying to Prince Lorenzo Borghese upon meeting him “I flew coach for you..be flattered.” Viewers either loved or hated the sexy socialite but either way they tuned in week after week to see what she was going to do next, including Kelly Ripa who reported on Erica’s antics every Tuesday after the show on “Live with Regis and Kelly.”  The producers realized it was Erica that was bringing all of the ratings, so after Prince Lorenzo Borghese did not give Erica a rose, they still brought her back for more episodes. She was in high demand and made numerous talk show appearances including “The Ellen Degeneres Show” and “The Tyra Banks Show” . In addition to her roles on reality tv Erica is currently enrolled in law school at The University of Houston and will finish up at the end of this semester.

  Sam Sanders

Hailing from North Carolina, Sam is a well-connected entrepreneur who always tries to give back by dedicating himself to numerous philanthropic missions. While he used to work in the real estate arena, he is now using his talents to start up his own businesses. Besides being a model in many charity fashion shows, he enjoys working out, hanging out with friends and Britney Spears.

DJ Saul

DJ is the VP of New Ventures at the local creative agency iStrategyLabs, where he's leading the creation of their first product "Grandstand" which just debuted at DCWEEK in November.  DJ is a co-organizer for the DC Tech Meetup, a co-producer of Digital Capital Week, and is the DC Ambassador for Sandbox, a group of 600+ inspirational leaders from 45 countries, all under the age of 30.  DJ studied International Affairs at GW, and now serves on the GW Alumni Association Communications Committee as well as mentors several GW startups.  DJ won the Great Urban Race in DC and was a finalist in the New Orleans championships.  Most importantly, DJ plays in the DC Bocce League, where his team (city champs & sponsored by Ben’s Chili Bowl) has donated thousands of dollars to local non-profits.

Nicole Hawkins

Nicole Hawkins founded Nicole Hawkins Communications (NHC) in October 2004.  Nicole works with clients on strategic positioning, branding, event planning, public relations, and community outreach.    Current and former clients include the Trump Organization, Etan Thomas of the Atlanta Hawks, Panera Bread, the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation, the National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area, the USO, Comcast SportsNet and WJLA-TV 7/Newschannel 8.  Prior to founding NHC, Nicole was the Director of Public Relations for the Washington Wizards (NBA) where she worked closely with players including Michael Jordan and she was the first African American woman to hold the position of Public Relations Director for an NBA franchise. 

Bethany Nash

Bethany Nash, a young age of 25 (ha) attended the University of Alabama (Roll Tide) receiving a degree in Apparel Design. She is currently working on her own start-up fashion line, Beth N. She is also venturing into real estate and interior design. She enjoys traveling; she prefers her vacations to be geared towards the beach and everything it offers, cooking, decorating and getting dressed up for nights with great friends supporting amazing causes.