It's Official Dignitaries cut the ribbon on Monday, May 12, 2014, to officially reopen the Washington Monument after its $15 million renovation. From left are David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group; Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service; Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell; John Podesta, counselor to the President; and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).