S.E.L.F. is introducing the President George H.W. Bush Advocacy Award, which will be awarded to two individuals for their advocacy on behalf of inclusion and access for disabled individuals in Fairfield County. Community activist Stephanie Cowie and Attorney Andrew Feinstein will be the recipients of the inaugural President George H.W. Bush Award.



Wendy Stapleton and Henry Hager will co-chair the event. Stapleton is a lifelong philanthropist, Chairman and Founder of the Greenwich International Film Festival, and the niece of President George Herbert Walker Bush. Hager, Managing Director of Waterous Energy Fund, is a board member of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and the Building Conservation Trust and has served in a number of capacities in President George W. Bush's administration. He is the son of John Hager, 37th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and Margaret Chase Hager, disability rights activist.