National First Ladies' Library

H&A launched the National First Ladies’ Library in Canton, Ohio, developing a strategic plan, creating a corporate identity, and developing Board and State First Lady committees. H&A also developed a sponsorship strategy and solicited prospects. Initial events included the first White House “internet telephony broadcast” event with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Grand Opening of the Library in Canton with First Lady Rosalyn Carter in attendance.

H&A has managed the annual “First Ladies Salute First Women” awards gala on behalf of the Library since its inception, providing all creative design, production and logistical support, as well as fund raising assistance, for an annual awards event recognizing nationally renowned women who have been first in their field, including Madeleine Albright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth P. Campbell, Shirley Chisholm, Sandra Day O’Connor, Althea Gibson, Antonia Novello, Kathryn Sullivan, Frankie Hewitt, Helen Thomas, Corinne “Lindy” Boggs, Elizabeth Dole, Bernadine Healy, M.D., Wilhelmina Holladay, and Coretta Scott King.