Lianna is encouraged to study math by Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education, Wexner Center, Ohio State University, October 22, 2006

Lianna meets Earl Dodge, Prohibition Party Presidential candidate, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, APIC Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, October 28, 2006

Dodge died on November 7, 2007.

Lianna trades stories with "The Daily Show" comedy writer Ben Karlin, COSI, Columbus, Ohio, October 28, 2006

Lianna meets "The Daily Show" star Jon Stewart, COSI, Columbus, Ohio, October 28, 2006

Lianna chats with U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2007

Senator Kennedy died August 25, 2009.

Lianna congratulates Sherrod Brown on the night before his swearing-in as U.S. Senator (D-OH), Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2007

Lianna with Connie Schultz, 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Feature Writing, and wife of Sherrod Brown, Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2007

Lianna greets U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2007

Lianna visits with U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna and Dan Glickman, President of the Motion Picture Association, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Glickman was U.S. Representative (D-KS), 1977-1995, and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1995-2001.

Lianna shares a moment with U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna gets to know U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Hart Senate Office Building, January 4, 2007

Lianna meets Lloyd Hand, former aide to Lyndon Johnson, Ambassador, and Chief of Protocol, Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna discusses the Iraq War with newly sworn U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna congratulates former Secretary of the Navy and new U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna enjoys a chat with former Governor and U.S. Senator Chuck Robb (D-VA), Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna with Lynda Johnson Robb, daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson and wife of Chuck Robb, Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna celebrates with newly re-elected U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna meets Olympia Snowe's husband, former U.S. Rep. (R-ME) and Governor John McKernan, Jr., Russell Office Building, Washington, January 4, 2007

Lianna enjoys an encounter with U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Senator Stevens was convicted of corruption in office, 2008, but the conviction was overturned. He died in a plane crash over southwest Alaska, August 9, 2010.

Lianna and U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) meet in the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna jokes with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) at a reception in the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna meets her father's old friend, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Lianna seeks advice from U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dirksen Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007