The 2025 National History Day (NHD) theme is Rights and Responsibilities. The White House Historical Association offers a variety of resources to assist students working on NHD projects.
Teresa Carlson is the president and chief commercial officer of Flexport. She was previously a corporate vice president and executive-in-residence of Microsoft Corporation. She is also the non-executive chair of the board of directors of KnightSwan. She currently serves as an officer for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and the vice chair of the White House Historical Association.
Dr. Cathy Gorn is executive director of National History Day and adjunct professor of history at the University of Maryland at College Park.
Dr. Gorn joined National History Day in 1982 when the organization was in its infancy as a national endeavor. She became executive director in 1995 and fundamentally shaped the evolution of National History Day from a series of contests
Since late 2016, the White House Historical Association has been working with Amazon Web Services to leverage the newest cloud computing tools available to enhance our outreach efforts and engage audiences not just around the United States but all over the globe.
The new WHExperience mobile application uses Amazon Rekognition technology, a leading object-recognition software, to power our Presidential Look-alike feature.
Tammy Haddad is the president and CEO of Haddad Media and founder of the Washington AI Network. A veteran executive producer and television news executive who has worked with Washington’s most important media companies including NBC News, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Politico, and the Washington Post. Haddad is a consultant to political and issue-oriented entertainment TV shows and films. She ha
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty, III is Chairman of McLarty Associates. He co-founded McLarty Associates in 1998 following a distinguished record of business leadership and public service, including various roles advising three US Presidents: Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter. Mr. McLarty is also Chairman of the McLarty Companies, a fourth-generation family transportation business. As President Clinton’s White House
Mark K. Updegrove is the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation and serves as Presidential Historian for ABC News. From 2009 to 2017, he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library where he hosted the Civil Rights Summit in 2014, which included Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter.
Updegrove is the author of four books on
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Furnishing the White House: The Decorative Arts Collection, Finalist, Art
Life in the White House, Finalist, History: United States
The Official White House Christmas Ornament: Collected Stories of a Holiday Tradition, Winner, Novelty & Gift Book
Rocco at the White House Easter Egg Roll, Finalist, Children's Nonfiction
Rocco at the White House Easter Egg Roll, Finalist, Children's
Official Residences Around the World by Abby Clouse-Radigan This survey of the official residences and offices of some fifty nations around the world represents nearly one thousand years of building and renovating. Who lives in these residences? What were their original purposes and how have they been adapted for modern use? How do they project and preserve each nation's heritage?
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JAMES ARCHER ABBOTT is currently the executive director at Wright’s Ferry Mansion in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Abbott has served as director of Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library, curator of American and European decorative arts for the Baltimore Museum of Art, and curator and educator for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Boscobel House and Gardens, and Hist
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