And im the Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the David Rubenstein center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization with a mission to educate americans about the rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who live and work their. Our guest this evening is michael giorgione. Mike is a retired rear admiral from the navy Civil Engineer corps. He served in a variety of assignments around the world it is 29 year military career, including as commander of camp david. After military retirement in 2010, mike has worked in the private industry and now is the chief executive officer of the building Information Systems technology company, headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. In october of 2017, he published his first book, inside camp david, the private world of the president ial retreat. He often spoke about the book and it has been covered by the