Nancy Reagan: The Legacy, The Lens, and The Lady

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute will celebrate the late First Lady Nancy Reagan’s Centennial in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.  Nancy Reagan: The Legacy, The Lens, and The Lady is an afternoon of programming beginning at 1:30 pm EDT highlighting her lifetime of accomplishments.  The event will be followed by an Open House format reception for former Reagan Associates and special guests. The Centennial will feature three panels with presentations and Q&A sessions: The Impact of the First Lady, The First Lady Through the Photographers’ Eye, and The Insider’s View of Nancy Reagan.

The event will be held in-person at the Ronald Reagan Institute, 850 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006,  and will be broadcast live online through the Reagan Foundation & Institute's website and social media channels.

1:30 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Roger Zakheim, Washington Director, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

James Rosebush, Chairman and CEO, GrowthStrategy, Inc., and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to First Lady Nancy

1:40 p.m.

Panel One: The Legacy and Impact of The First Lady

Moderator:

Anita McBride - Director, First Ladies Initiative, School of Public Affairs at American University and Former Reagan White House Personnel Director

Panelists:

Douglas Brinkley – Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and Professor of History at Rice University

Carl Cannon - Executive Editor and Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief of RealClear Media Group

Nancy Kegan Smith - Author of Modern First Ladies: Their Documentary Legacy,    Former Director for Presidential Materials Staff in the National Archives and Records Administration

2:45 p.m.

Panel Two: The First Lady Through the Photographer’s Lens

Moderator:

Ann Compton - Former White House correspondent for ABC News

Panelists:

Mary Anne Fackelman-Miner - Former Reagan White House Official Photographer

Pete Souza – Bestselling author, speaker, freelance photographer, and former Reagan White House Official Photographer

3:50 p.m.

Panel Three: The Insider’s View of Nancy Reagan, The Lady

Moderator:

Lisa Cavelier - CEO of Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena, Assistant to U.S. Ambassador to France during Reagan Administration, and former Executive Director, Nancy Reagan Foundation

Panelists:

Ken Barun – EVP, Government & Partner Relations, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, and former Director of Projects and Policy for First Lady Nancy Reagan

Gahl Burt – Chairman Emeritus, American Academy in Berlin, and Former White House Social Secretary in the Reagan Administration

Frederick Ryan, Jr. - Former Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan,              Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential                  Foundation

5:00 p.m.Conclusion of Online Event