2022 Western Region Tribute Event

Peter Hayes chaired the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 2014 to 2019 and is a recipient of the Museum’s National Leadership Award.

Dr. Hayes was a professor at Northwestern University for 36 years and won a long series of awards for his teaching. He holds degrees from Bowdoin, Oxford, and Yale and is the author or editor of 13 books and more than 80 articles or book chapters. His publications include prize-winning works on German corporations and the Holocaust, The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies (co-edited with John Roth), How Was It Possible? A Holocaust Reader, and Why? Explaining the Holocaust.

The Hiltons are dedicated to honoring the memory of Steve’s father, Holocaust survivor Sam Hilton, and are part of the Museum’s Founders’ Society. Steve is a Western Region Advisor for the Museum and serves on its Collections and Acquisitions Committee.

In addition to being the executive chairman and co-founder of Meritage Homes Corporation, Steve serves on multiple boards, including as chairman of the Banner Health Foundation board. Suzi also holds leadership positions at multiple charities, including recently serving as a vice chair for the American Heart Association Phoenix Heart Ball.

Jane was the first woman partner in the consulting arm of KPMG, where she served for 25 years, and is a past member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Jane continues to hold positions on several corporate and community boards, including SunAmerica Funds and Cathay Bank, and is the founding president and a board member of Center Dance Arts. She is the author of Portraits in Black and White: Holocaust Survivors of Café Europa, a collection of stories and photographs of Holocaust survivors.

Holocaust survivors Jack, z”l, and Helen Tramiel, z”l, were part of the Museum’s Founders Society and instilled in their family a deep commitment to philanthropy. Their children, including son Sam Tramiel and his wife, Tzipi (pictured at left), have carried on their legacy. They’ve been dedicated to the Jewish communities in which they have lived, including Toronto, Hong Kong, Japan, and finally Palo Alto, California, where Sam has held executive positions at Commodore and Atari and is currently a partner in Tramiel Capital.