History in the Camera's Eye
Versailles, Potsdam, and other grand relics of power are all imposing architecture and vistas, one always leading to another— Ossa pi...
Massee McKinley
2018 Presidential Sites Summit Speaker
Courtesy of Massee McKinley
Massee McKinley’s paternal descendant is the 25th U.S. President William McKinley. He is the great-great nephew of McKinley. McKinley’s maternal ancestor is the 22nd and 24th U.S. President Grover Cleveland, being his great-great grandfather. McKinley is the founding partner of Peerage Communications, LLC, an executive and political communications boutique consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. McKinley has written for the likes of Richard Anderson, former Chairman and CEO of Delta Air Lines and Muhtar Kent, former Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. He holds an MBA from the Terry College of Business of the University of Georgia.
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