Opening General Session & Keynote with Breakfast

This year's Opening General Session & Keynote with Breakfast is sponsored by NAGARA Strategic Partner, Preservica. Join NAGARA President Jen Haney Conover and others as they welcome you to this year's historic event, set the tone for the days ahead, and get you excited about what's to come!

The highlight of the Opening General Session will be the keynote address, delivered by Philip Charles Droege, Director, Office of Records Management, The White House, who will speak on the "Unique Challenges of Managing Presidential Records."

   

Philip Droege currently serves as the Director of the White House Office of Records Management.  He grew up in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC and graduated from Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska in 1989. Mr. Droege started his professional life as a high school teacher on Long Island, New York.  In July of 1990 he moved back to Washington, DC to take a job in the White House as a Records Technician.  During his 34 years in the White House Office of Records Management, he has served in six Presidential Administrations as a Records Analyst, Supervisor, Deputy Director and his current position as Director, which he has held since 2004.

Mr. Droege is married and has four wonderful daughters who adore him.