Legacy & Leadership: A Celebration of the Presidency of D. Brenton Simons OBE, President Emeritus and Chief Stewardship Officer at American Ancestors

Registration for this event is now closed. If you'd like to be added to our wait-list or have questions, please contact Kelly Neagle at kelly.neagle@nehgs.org or call 617-226-1215. 

This special luncheon will honor Brenton Simons for his many accomplishments as our longtime President and CEO as he shares recollections and anecdotes from more than thirty years as a leader in the fields of history and genealogy. 

D. Brenton Simons OBE is President Emeritus and Chief Stewardship Officer at American Ancestors. The recipient of the John Adams Medal (Sons of the Revolution) and the Bradford Award (Pilgrim Hall Museum) for excellence in nonprofit leadership, he is President of the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, which will convene in Boston in September 2024. Brenton is the President of The American Patrons of St. George's and The Descendants of the Knights of the Garter.

Platinum Benefactor

Brady Brim-DeForest
Thomas Bailey Hagen

Silver Benefactors

Bruce and Patricia Bartlett
Cheryl L. Edwards
Peter and Brantley Knowles
Helen E.R. Sayles
Herbert D. Simons
Jonathan Buck Treat and Leslie Aitken
Tawny Welch

Bronze Benefactors

David H. Burnham
Lea Sinclair Filson
Stefani and Ray Operacz