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.
Joan Bacharach
Senior Museum Curator, National Park Service
Richard Benedetto
Adjunct Professor of Journalism, American University and Former White House Correspondent and Columnist
Catherine Hernandez-Blades
Senior Vice President, Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Aflac
Teresa Carlson
Vice President, World Wide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services, and Chair of the National Council on White House History
Alan Dabbiere
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and owner of Hickory Hill and member of National Council on White House History
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
Olivier Knox
Chief Washington Correspondent, SiriusXM, and President, White House Correspondents Association
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
Mack McLarty
Chairman, McLarty Associates, Consultant to Designated Survivor, White House Down, and many others. Chief of Staff, William J. Clinton Administration
Timothy Naftali
Historian and Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service, New York University
Abigail Potter
Digital Project Manager, National Digital Initiatives Division, Library of Congress
Fredrick J. Ryan, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, The White House Historical Association and Publisher and CEO of The Washington Post
Frank Sesno
Director, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University and Former CNN D.C. Bureau Chief
John Stanwich
National Park Service Liaison to the White House
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
Carrie Villar
Associate Director of Museum Collections, National Trust for Historic Preservation
