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Stewart D. McLaurin

Stewart D. McLaurin serves as president of the White House Historical Association, founded by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961 to share and preserve the rich history of the White House, a symbol of freedom and democracy to billions of people around the world. A private nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, the Association continues to fulfill Mrs. Kennedy's vision through its mission to enhance the understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the Executive Mansion. In his nine years as president, McLaurin has expanded the...
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Albert Lee

Albert Lee joined the Association in June 2015 after serving as an Associate Director for Finance for the Smithsonian Institution. He...
Colleen Shogan

Colleen Shogan joined the Association in the winter of 2020 after almost fifteen years of federal government service. She previously worked...
Marcia Anderson

Marcia Anderson joined the Association in 1998 as the first publishing professional on the staff and she has since overseen a...
Rhett Wilson

Rhett joined the Association following 16 years of service in higher education, primarily as a leader and builder of fundraising programs...
Jocelyn Allen

Jocelyn joined The White House Historical Association in March 2022 as the Database Manager, bringing years of experience working with local,...
Chandler Battaile

Chandler Battaile joined the White House Historical Association staff in February, 2018 as Associate Vice President, Development. He has had an...
Luke Boorady

Luke Boorady spent the summers of 2018 and 2019 as an intern in the Association’s Office of the President. In Fall 2019, he...
Melissa Bryant

Melissa Bryant joined the Association in August 2021 as the Director of Marketing to develop and execute the Association’s marketing st...
Leslie Calderone

Leslie joined the Association in 2015, having previously worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and ProQuest. She...
Ysela Coreas

Ysela joined the Association in November 2021 as the Customer Service Specialist. She is a native of Maryland and is a...
Matthew Costello

Matthew joined the Association in November 2016 after completing his Ph.D. and M.A. in American history at Marquette University....
Andrew Denham

Andy joined The White House Historical Association in June 2022 as the Executive Assistant to the President. Born in Terre Haute,...
John Emerson

John is a native Washingtonian and has over twenty years of accounting experience. He joined the association in 2004 and manages...
Sarah Fling

Sarah Fling started at the White House Historical Association in 2019 as a graduate public history fellow before joining as a...
Jessica Fredericks

Jessica Fredericks joins the Association with more than a decade of expertise in media and strategic communications. She most recently...
Emily Guzick

Emily joined the Association in 2022 as the Content Specialist. She is a native of Northern Virginia and holds a BS...
Christina Hancock

Christina joined the Association’s Publishing Department in January 2023 as the Production Designer. She is a native Tennessean and received he...
Samantha Hunter-Gibbs

Samantha Hunter-Gibbs joined the Association as the Director of K-12 Education in January 2021 after having previously worked in the education...
Rebecca Kaliff

Rebecca Kaliff started at the White House Historical Association in the fall of 2021 as an intern in the education department....
Rebecca Durgin Kerr

Rebecca joined the Association in January 2019 as the Editorial Assistant. She is originally from Bel Air, Maryland and is a...
Alexandra Lane

Alexandra joined the Association in 2011 after serving as an intern conducting research on White House history topics, including African-Americans at...
Lina Mann

Lina Mann first joined the White House Historical Association in 2017 as American University’s Public History fellow and came onboard as...
Grace McCaffrey

Grace joined the Association in June 2022 as the Director of Events and Programming after working as an event planner at...
Lauren McGwin

Lauren McGwin manages the production of the Association's major books. She is a regular contributor to White House History Quarterly...
Hayley Michael

Hayley Michael joined the White House Historical Association in 2022 as a summer intern before being hired as the Events and...
Robert Milam

Robert started at the Association in July of 2016. He is from Reading, England, and has been in the United States...
Kennedy Moore

Kennedy Moore joined the Association in 2021 as the Special Events Associate. Native to Braddock, Pennsylvania, she holds a BS in...
Michael Moore

Michael joined the White House Historical Association in March 2020 as Director of Membership and Operations. Born and raised in Maryland,...
Fazal Ohab

Originally from Aruba, Fazal relocated to Pittsburgh in 2005. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh, he was Director of Rooms for the...
Ken O'Regan

Ken has been working with the Association in various capacities since 2017 and has been in the role of Assistant Director...
Kim Osborne

Kim joined the Association in February 2015 as Assistant to the President. She has ten plus years of experience working with...
Melody Reynolds

Melody, a native Washingtonian, began representing the Association in 2000 upon joining the sales team at the White House Visitor Center....
Steven Richardson

Steve is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with degrees in Political Science and History. He has previously worked on...
Asia Robertson-Ergle

Asia Robertson joined the Association in June 2022 as a key holder for the White House. She was born and raised...
Daniel Schmucker

Daniel Schmucker joined the Association in January 2023. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the University of...
Joel Sewell

Joel K. Sewell has been working at the White House Historical Association since February 2022 as the Facilities Technician. He is...
Amanda Shifflett

Amanda Shifflett joined the Association in 2015 as a member of the Marketing and Communications department to work exclusively on the...
Arioth Harrison Smirne

Arioth has led the Associations events rental team since 2005 and is responsible for its consistent recognition as one of the...
Noelle Spencer

Noelle joined the Association in January of 2023 as Director of Development. Prior to this, Noelle worked at the White House,...
Margaret Strolle

Margaret joined the White House Historical Association in January 2023 as Editorial and Production Manager for the White House History Quarterly....
David Sweeney

David joined the Association in September 2022 to become its first head of corporate relations. He has lived in Washington, DC...
Denise M. Thomas

Denise M. Thomas is a native Washingtonian and joined the Association in 2019. She joins the Association after retiring from the...
Claudia Vinci

Claudia Vinci started at the White House Historical Association as an intern in April 2021 and started full-time as Web Producer...
Rob Warchol

Rob joined the White House Historical Association as Coordinator of Research and Annual Fund in 2017, having previously worked on several...
Teresa Williams

A native of South Carolina, Teresa joined the Association in 2006 with fifteen years of retail experience. She has worked for...
Cindy Wilson

Cindy is a native of South Carolina and moved to Washington, D.C., as a staff member for her local...
Donnie L. Wynn

Donnie L. Wynn has served as Director of Facilities at the White House Historical Association for over six months, supervising...
Alfred Young

Alfred joined the Association in 2006 with over fifteen years of experience working in retail and customer service. He previously held...