Presidential Sites Summit Speakers
Speakers and Biographies
The White House Historical Association is pleased to welcome all of our speakers for the Presidential Sites Summit August 27-30, 2018. To learn more about each speaker, see their biographies below.
Catherine Allgor
President, Massachusetts Historical Society
William J. Antholis
Director and CEO, Miller Center, University of Virginia
Edward Ayers
Historian, University of Richmond
Joan Bacharach
Senior Museum Curator, National Park Service
Susan Ford Bales
Daughter of President Gerald R. Ford
Richard Benedetto
Adjunct Professor of Journalism, American University and Former White House Correspondent and Columnist
Michael Beschloss
American Historian and Author
Catherine Hernandez-Blades
Senior Vice President, Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Aflac
Leslie Bowman
President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Valerie Camillo
Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer, Washington Nationals Baseball Club
Adan Canto
Actor, Designated Survivor
Teresa Carlson
Vice President, World Wide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services, and Chair of the National Council on White House History
Gary Cole
Chief Development Officer, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
Alan Dabbiere
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and owner of Hickory Hill and member of National Council on White House History
Clifton Truman Daniel
Grandson of President Harry S. Truman
Mike Davis
Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services
Louise Dubé
Executive Director, iCivics
Jeffrey A. Engel
Director, The Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
David Ferriero
Tenth Archivist of the United States
Cathy Gorn
Member of the Board of Directors, The White House Historical Association and Executive Director, National History Day
Tammy Haddad
President and CEO, Haddad Media, Consultant for HBO and political filmmakers
Phil Hills
CEO, Marts & Lundy and Lead Strategy Consultant, Smithsonian Capital Campaign
Jaya Kaveeshwar
Senior Advisor, National Museum of American History
Olivier Knox
Chief Washington Correspondent, SiriusXM, and President, White House Correspondents Association
Monica Gray Logothetis
CEO, DreamWakers
Alan Lowe
Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Anita McBride
Chair, Presidential Sites Summit Committee, Member of the Board of Directors, The White House Historical Association, and Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush
Mike McCurry
Member of the Board of Directors, The White House Historical Association, and Press Secretary, William J. Clinton Administration
Massee McKinley
Descendant of Presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley
Mack McLarty
Chairman, McLarty Associates, Consultant to Designated Survivor, White House Down, and many others. Chief of Staff, William J. Clinton Administration
Stewart D. McLaurin
President, The White House Historical Association
Jon Meacham
Presidential Historian and Author
Roland Mesnier
Former White House Executive Pastry chef and author
Timothy Naftali
Historian and Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service, New York University
Ron Nessen
Press Secretary, Gerald R. Ford Administration
Susan Page
Journalist and USA Today Washington Bureau Chief
Stacy Palmer
Editor, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Barbara Perry
Historian, Miller Center, University of Virginia
Abigail Potter
Digital Project Manager, National Digital Initiatives Division, Library of Congress
Lee Rainie
Director of Internet and Technology Research, Pew Research Center
Lynda Johnson Robb
Daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson
Cokie Roberts
Journalist, ABC News and NPR
Tweed Roosevelt
Great-Grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
Jeffrey Rosen
President and CEO, National Constitution Center
David M. Rubenstein
Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group
Fredrick J. Ryan, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, The White House Historical Association and Publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
Kirk Saduski
Documentarian and Producer and Executive at Playtone
David Selby
Lincoln Narrator, Ford's Theatre
Frank Sesno
Director, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University and Former CNN D.C. Bureau Chief
Markette Sheppard
Host of WUSA 9's Great Day Washington
Katherine A.S. Sibley
Director of American Studies Program, St. Joseph’s University
Richard Norton Smith
American Historian and Author
Paul Sparrow
Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
John Stanwich
National Park Service Liaison to the White House
Valerie Strauss
Education Journalist, The Washington Post
Susan M. Swain
Co-CEO, C-SPAN
Julie Teer
Chief Development and Public Affairs Officer, Boys and Girls Club of America
Janet Tran
Director of Learning and Leadership, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
Stephanie Tuszynski
Amazon Web Services Director of the Digital Library, The White House Historical Association
Mark K. Updegrove
President and CEO, LBJ Foundation
Jamie Vanderbilt
Writer, Director, Producer and Screenwriter and Producer of White House Down
Carrie Villar
Associate Director of Museum Collections, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Tom Walker
President and CEO, The American Village Citizenship Trust