Who Gets to Sit With the First Lady at the State of the Union?

In 2013, Michelle was joined by the following:

• Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple
• Tracey Hepner, the wife of America's first openly gay military general, Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith
• John Kitzhaber, governor of Oregon
• Bobak Ferdowsi, NASA's "Mohawk Guy"
• Kaitlin Roig, a heroic first-grade teacher from Sandy Hook Elementary School
• Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr., the parents of a girl who was killed in Chicago gun violence shortly after performing at the inauguration

Gun violence and technology were among the issues reflected in the guest list.