Here it comes, the 19th annual “A” list, tracking the Bay Area’s most talked about, active, and admired celebs, socialites, politicians, and beautiful people during 2009.
Pamela Joyner
Spoiler alert: This year’s list doubles as a who’s who in the Bay Area, reminding us who’s hot and who’s even hotter.
Chit-chat and gossip aside, fashion-magnet and Presidio proprietor Pamela Joyner is the winning woman. The Harvard alum, investment banker, and generally fabulous bicoastal philanthropist was mentioned a far-out fourteen times. Notable this year was her role as moderator and expert investor at the Gazette’s sixth annual Power Broker’s Pow Wow, as well as for ongoing extensive support for the arts and envious designer dress.
Also noted for his fashion flare was the highest rated man, Stanlee Gatti. Gatti, our beloved big bash event planner, and artist, took over the style section, social scene, and art columns ten times in the course of the year.
Stanlee Gatti
But this isn’t just about the king and queen of bold; this is about all of you living large and out loud lovelies who make this city the great place it is. The Gazette wouldn’t be at all bold without you!
Previous winners may only win once in a ten-year period, but are forever enshrined in our List of Honor. These include: Ann Getty, Wilkes Bashford, Elisa Stephens, Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, Vanessa Getty, Denise Hale, Ellen Magnin Newman, Ann Moller Caen, Barbara Rosenberg, Tatiana Sorokko, OJ Shansby, Daniel Steel, Paul Pelosi, Gordon Getty, Richard Goldman, Gary Shansby, and Trevor Traina.
LISTED 10 OR MORE TIMES
Pamela Joyner, 14; Dede Wilsey, 12; Jennifer Siebel Newsom, 10; Stanlee Gatti, 10
LISTED 5-9 TIMES
Charlotte Shultz, 9; Wilkes Bashford, 8; Michelle Curtis, 8; Maria Manetti Farrow, 8; Trevor Traina, 8; Vanessa Getty, 8; Sallie Huntting, 8; Ken Paige, 8; Diane Rubin, 8; Nancy Bechtle, 7; Chandra Friese, 7; Gordon Getty, 7; Kelly Grimes, 7; Michael Kim, 7; Nicola Luisotti, 7; Anne Marie Massocca, 7; Teresa Medearis, 7; Mayor Gavin Newsom, 7; Norah Stone, 7; Michael Tilson Thomas, 7; Frederica von Stade, 7; Merla Zellerbach, 7; Sloan Barnett, 6; Lindsay Bolton, 6; Willie Brown, 6; John Buchanan, 6; Christopher Contos, 6; Roberta Economidis, 6; David Gockley, 6; Denise Hale, 6; Letitia Kim, 6; Patricia Ferrin Loucks, 6; Marissa Mayer, 6; Dorothy Paige, 6; Yurie Pascarella, 6; Alexis Traina, 6; John Traina, 6; Rosemary Baker, 5; Melissa Barber, 5; Barbara Brown, 5; Karen Caldwell, 5; Pamala Deikel, 5; Carol Doll, 5; Bella Farrow, 5; Randi Fisher, 5; Robert Fountain, 5; Richard Goldman, 5; Layne Gray, 5; Lisa Grotts, 5; Gretchen Kimball, 5; Thomas Klein, 5; Jean Larette, 5; Gretchen Leach, 5; Ellen Newman, 5; Walter Newman, 5; Urannia Ristow, 5; Victoria Yeager Sawyer, 5; Gary Shansby, 5; Roberta Sherman, 5; Elisa Stephens, 5; Norman Stone, 5
LISTED 2-4 TIMES
Patrick Barber, 4; Barbara Brookins-Schneider, 4; Lucy Buchanan, 4; Dolly Chammas, 4; Barnaby Conrad III, 4; Gail DeMartini, 4; Harry Denton, 4; Dixon Doll, 4; Lynne Edminster, 4; Stacey Fleece, 4; Cheryl Fordham, 4; Ann Getty, 4; Malin Giddings, 4; Marcia Goldman, 4; Joel Goodrich, 4; Angelique Griepp, 4; John Gunn, 4; Jake Heggie, 4; Cecelia Herbert, 4; George Hume, 4; Lucy Jewett, 4; Judy Jorgensen, 4; Hazel Kawaja, 4; Victoria Kornblum, 4; Charlie Loucks, 4; Daniel Lurie, 4; Jane Mudge, 4; JaMel Perkins, 4; Mary Poland, 4; Genelle Relfe, 4; Toby Rose, 4; Charles Schwab, 4; Sobia A. Shaikh, 4; George Shultz, 4; Tatiana Sorokko, 4; Adrianna Pope Sullivan, 4; Cissie Swig, 4; Diane Taube, 4; Tad Taube, 4; Helgi Tomasson, 4; Elizabeth Touw, 4; Jessa Wu, 4; Robert Mailer Anderson, 3; Max Armour, 3; Hillary Armstrong, 3; Roger Barnett, 3; Robert Bechtel, 3; Neal Benezra, 3; Dale Brown, 3; Jan Buckley, 3; Hilary Newsom Callan, 3; Marie Carr, 3; Karen Clopton, 3; Elizabeth Colton, 3; Eleanor Coppola, 3; Shannon Cronan, 3; Ted Deikel, 3; Daniel Diaz, 3; Jacqueline Erdman, 3; Fati Farmanfarmaian, 3; Dianne Feinstein, 3; Sako Fisher, 3; Billy Getty, 3; Erin Glenn, 3; Cynthia Fry Gunn, 3; Mimi Haas, 3; Carole Shorenstein Hays, 3; Arianna Huffington, 3; Leslie Hume, 3; Marie Louise Hurabiell, 3; Katie Jarman, 3; Cheryl Jennings, 3; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 3; Linda Kemper, 3; Guy Kornblum, 3; Lang Lang, 3; Howard Leach, 3; Libby Leffler, 3; Charlot Malin, 3; Jillian Manus, 3; Stephen Massocca, 3; Stella McCartney, 3; Elaine McKeon, 3; Elaine Mellis, 3; Kimberly Miller, 3; Lisa Miller, 3; Sonya Molodetskaya, 3; Rita Moreno, 3; Maura Morey, 3; Martin Muller, 3; Beth Nickel, 3; Connie Nielsen, 3; Matt Paige, 3; Gladys Perint Palmer, 3; Cameron Phleger, 3; Brad Pitt, 3; Becca Prowda, 3; Harriet Quarré, 3; Helen Hilton Raiser, 3; Robert Redford, 3; Lorrae Rominger, 3; Ben Rose, 3; Alan Salzman, 3; Lily Samii, 3; Helen Schwab, 3; Katie Schwab , 3; Mireille Schwartz, 3; Keith Scott, 3; O.J. Shansby, 3; Clara Shayevich, 3; Alexandra Siliezar, 3; Allison Speer, 3; Cheri Spolin, 3; Patricia Sprincin, 3; Lisa Stevens, 3; Robin Sutherland, 3; Amy Tan, 3; Yuan Yuan Tan, 3; Wayne Thiebaud, 3; Stephanie Tuttle, 3; Betsy Vobach, 3; Jan Wahl , 3; Lonna Wais, 3; Alice Waters, 3; Toni Wolfson, 3; Jay Xu, 3; Akiko Yamazaki, 3; Harold Zlot, 3; Isha Abdullah, 2; Afsaneh Akhtari, 2; Kathleen Alioto, 2; Michela Alioto-Pier, 2; Monique Apatoff, 2; Robert Atkinson, 2; Kaylea Bakker, 2; Michael Barcun, 2; Gerry Belling, 2; Richard Benefield, 2; Amber Marie Bently, 2; Christopher Bently, 2; John Berggruen, 2; Denee Berliner, 2; Mark Best, 2; Athena Blackburn, 2; Timothy Blackburn, 2; Joy Boatwright, 2; Wayne Boatwright, 2; Deborah Bocci, 2; Zack Bogue, 2; Carol Bonnie, 2; Peter Brandenhoff, 2; Leona Bridges, 2; Rebecca Bruce, 2; Marilyn Cabak, 2; Michael Cabak, 2; Barbara Callan, 2; Zheng Cao, 2; John Caprizzi, 2; Deborah Carpineti, 2; George Chammas, 2; Alex Chases, 2; David Chung, 2; Joan Collins, 2; Margaret Collins, 2; Ed Conlon, 2; Dona Crowder, 2; Diana Dalton, 2; Gary Danko, 2; Gray Davis, 2; Juliet de Baubigny, 2; Sally Debenham, 2; Dan DeShon, 2; Samara Diapoulos, 2; Diane Disney Miller, 2; Debra Dooley, 2; Susan Dunleavy, 2; Fanis Economidis, 2; Delia Ehrlich, 2; Sandra Farris, 2; Michael Feinstein, 2; Ruth Felt, 2; Bill Fisher, 2; Cecelia Fisher, 2; Denise Fitch, 2; Tyler Florence, 2; Bill Fontana, 2; Bob Friese, 2; Tamara Fritz, 2; John Galliano, 2; Gary Garrels, 2; Jenny Georges, 2; Fred Giuffrida, 2; Pam Glogau, 2; Doug Goldman, 2; John Goldman, 2; Lisa Goldman, 2; Michael Gorman, 2; Jerry Grodsky, 2; John Grotts, 2; DJ Grubb, 2; George Hamilton, 2; Anette Harris, 2; Mark Harris, 2; Dr. Zahi Hawass, 2; Marilu Henner, 2; James Herbert, 2; Martha Hertelendy, 2; Judy Holm, 2; Donna Huggins, 2; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, 2; Jane Inch, 2; Kathryn Pellegrini Inglin, 2; Marlene Jacura, 2; Melina Jampolis, 2; Claude Jarman, 2; Sean Jeffries, 2; Brenda Jewett, 2; Zem Joaquin, 2; Don Johnson, 2; Thomas Keller, 2; William Kentridge, 2; Maggie Stack King , 2; Randall Kline, 2; Todd Koons, 2; Karl Lagerfeld, 2; Fred Levin, 2; Sharon Litsky, 2; Jeannik Littlefield, 2; Nancy Livingston, 2; Diane Jones Lowrey, 2; Ye-Hui Lu, 2; George Lucas, 2; Gorretti Lo Lui, 2; Bob Lurie, 2; Connie Lurie, 2; Gregory Malin, 2; Susan Malott, 2; Alan Malouf, 2; Sandy Mandel, 2; Leigh Matthes, 2; Dan McCall, 2; Glenn McCoy, 2; Mark McLaughlin, 2; Ron Miller, 2; Nicola Miner, 2; Jessica Moment, 2; Bob Morey, 2; Scotty Morris, 2; Colin Murdoch, 2; Tim Murray, 2; Diana Nelson, 2; Larry Nibbi, 2; Anne Otter, 2; Deepa Pakianathan, 2; Teola Young Partain, 2; Carl Pascarella, 2; Nancy Pelosi, 2; Paul Pelosi, 2; Christian Pelz, 2; Roland Petersen 2; Karl Peterson, 2; Tanya Peterson, 2; Charles Phan, 2; John Pitcairn, 2; Maria Pitcairn, 2; Grace Prien, 2; Lisa Pritzker, 2; Colleen Quen, 2; Sondra Radvanovsky, 2; Janet Reilly, 2; Genelle Relfe, 2; Suzanne Rischman, 2; Dodie Rosecrans, 2; Barbara Rosenberg, 2; Dawn Ross, 2; Mickey Rourke, 2; Ellen Sandler, 2; Dorothy Saxe, 2; George Saxe, 2; Andrea Schnitzer, 2; Theo Schwabacher, 2; Ricky Serbin, 2; Mai Shiver, 2; Damian Smith, 2; Kate Smith, 2; Deborah Strobin, 2; John Stumpf, 2; Maria Sullivan, 2; Sandra Swanson, 2; Martin Swig, 2; Marlene Tomasson, 2; Katie Traina, 2; Maxx Traina, 2; Todd Traina, 2; David Traitel, 2; McCoy Tyner, 2; Matt Tyrnauer, 2; Lars Ulrich, 2; Barbara Walkowski, 2; Meg Whitman, 2; Judy Wilbur, 2; Annie Woods, 2; Frank Woods, 2; Tiger Woods, 2; Martha Woollomes, 2; Anita Wornick, 2; Ron Wornick, 2; Tommy Wu, 2; Jerry Yang, 2; Vanessa Zahorian, 2; Ann Zerbst, 2; Mary Zlot, 2
