American Presidents Film & Literary Festival
Several community partners are organizing this exciting event. The partners include the Liberty & Learning Foundation, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Fremont City Schools and Birchard Public Library.
Mission Statement
We are committed to providing a place for expanded national and international understanding of the history and current events that have and continue to shape and influence the President of the United States. Utilizing the site and community of America’s first presidential library and museum, filmmakers, film professionals and authors will inspire audiences to explore, understand, critique, and analyze the people, places, politics and power surrounding the American Presidency.
Guiding Principles
- Utilize the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums as a center of a national forum for the exploration of the American Presidency through film and literature.
- Utilize the mission statement and guiding principles to serve as the blue print for the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival.
- Establish and maintain a financially stable organization.
- Attract artistic and cultural opportunities to Fremont and Sandusky County through the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival.
- Engage local and regional community in support of the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival.
- Develop, maintain and encourage local, regional and national support through sponsors and volunteers.
- Acknowledge support of sponsors and volunteers.
- Establish and promote film audiences, educational panels and workshops through film and literary professions with focus on the American Presidency.
- Promote public and private school educational programming and part of the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival.
- Provide a forum for independent film makers to screen historical, biographical, innovative films exploring people, places, politics and power surrounding the American Presidency.
- Create a film festival that will make Fremont and Sandusky County as the home of the 1st Presidential Library a place for exploration of the American Presidency though film and literature.
Committee Members List
Executive Committee
Joe Albrechta, President
Denice Hirt, Vice President
Christie Weininger, Treasurer
Nancicarol Woleslagel, Secretary
Steering Committee
Elizabeth Davenport – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Dustin McLochlin – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Christie Weininger – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Denice Hirt – Fremont City Schools
Pam Hoesman – Birchard Public Library
Kim Beardmore – Fremont City Schools
Kristy Witte – Albrechta & Coble, Attorneys
Joe Albrechta – Albrechta & Coble, Attorneys
Kristina Smith – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Nancicarol Woleslagel – Woleslagel Moving Co.
Kathy Boukissen – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Susan Frye – Downtown Fremont
Programming and Submissions
Chairman: Elizabeth Davenport, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Film Subcommittee
Chairman: Dustin McLochlin, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Kevin Lause – Birchard Public Library
Joan Eckermann – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Janet Myles – retired from Fremont Middle School
Kevin Moore – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Cheryl Laugherty – Birchard Public Library
Education Subcommittee
Chairman: Kim Beardmore – Fremont City Schools
Denice Hirt – Fremont City Schools
Annette Fisher – Fremont City Schools
Shawn Hineline – Fremont City Schools
Michelle Borjas – Fremont City Schools
Melissa Hanson – Fremont City Schools
Patricia Diaz – Fremont City Schools
Mike Gilbert – retired teacher, local historian
Literary Subcommittee
Chairman: Pam Hoesman
Kevin Lause – Birchard Public Library
Nancy Koebel – Birchard Public Library
Kevin Moore – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Larry Michaels, local author
Suzi Michaels, local author
Kathleen Nalley, retired special education director
Cheryl Cotter, retired from Sandusky County Department of Developmental Disabilities
Development and Fundraising
Chairman: Kathy Boukissen
Meghan Wonderly – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Mike Ginnetti – St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Bowling Green
Kerri Carte – WSOS
John Ransom – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Sharon Barnett – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Marketing
Chairman: Kristina Smith, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Peggy Courtney – Sandusky County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Gil Gonzalez – Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Tom Leite, retired from Fremont News-Messenger
Program design: Kristina Smith