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Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors was established in 1966 by the Board of Trustees to increase the National Trust’s direct contact and communication with state and local constituents. It provides the Trust and the American preservation movement a nationwide network of more than one hundred volunteer preservation leaders, with two representatives from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2005 at the request of the Board of Advisors, the Trustees passed a resolution specifically to expand the diversity and reach of Advisors by adding up to two Advisors from each of the six Trust regions, the goal of which is to develop collegial relationships with networks of individuals and communities not currently engaged in the preservation movement. Advisors may serve up to three, three-year terms, with performance evaluations taking place at the end of years 3 and 6. From its inception in 1966, 744 individuals have served on the Board of Advisors.

Advisors represent the skills, interests, backgrounds, accomplishments, and diverse constituencies involved in the preservation movement in the United States. They are selected after consultation with preservation partners in the affected states, and offer assistance to the National Trust through their personal skills, knowledge of issues, and familiarity with the state’s and region’s resources, leaders, government, media, and community organizations. Advisors provide valuable counsel on emerging concerns and trends, and in turn have stimulated the creation of program activities responding to a range of issues, including diversity, the recent past, heritage education, heritage tourism, and economic development. The Trust’s regional offices maintain a strong working relationship with each Advisor in his or her region and help to determine when and how the skills of an individual Advisor might best be matched to identified needs. The Resource Center in the National Trust’s Washington D.C. office supports the leadership of the Board of Advisors and coordinates the meetings of Advisors.

Advisors convene at least twice annually, once at the national preservation conference and again each Spring, either in different cities in their region, or in Washington, D.C., on a rotating basis. Since 1999, Advisors have sponsored educational sessions at the conference, using the opportunity to bring together the experiences of a group of individuals around a rising issue challenging preservationists and communities across the country. Spring meetings every other year in Washington coincide with the preservation movement’s Lobby Day activities, coordinated by a partnership of preservation organizations including the National Trust. Advisors are prominently active in such advocacy activities on a national, regional, and local level.

The Board of Advisors is governed by an annually elected Executive Committee of officers and the chairs of the regional boards of Advisors, plus four individuals from the at-large Advisor membership. The work of the Advisors is accomplished on specialized committees formed around specific issues in concert with staff of the National Trust. Additionally, Advisors serve on committees of the Board of Trustees and the National Trust’s Diversity Council at the invitation of the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Advisors is an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees and a member of its Executive Committee.

Advisors Emeritus are former Advisors who have completed three three-year terms or who have served with distinction, and were elected to Emeritus status. Since the Board’s inception, 247 Advisors have become Emeritus.

Current Advisors (As of January 12, 2011)    

Alabama
Samuel H. Frazier

Alaska
Douglas F. Gasek

Arizona
Demion S. Clinco

Arkansas
Ruth Hawkins
Debbie W. Shea

California
Donna Graves
Luis G. Hoyos, RA

Colorado
Sally H. Hopper
Ann A. Pritzlaff

Connecticut
Charles E. Janson
Anita L. Mielert

Delaware
E. Michael DiPaolo
C. Roderick Maroney, AIA

District of Columbia
Kathryn S. Smith, Chair, 2009-2011
Dreck S. Wilson

Florida
Marion M. Almy
Ralph B. Johnson
George T. Neary

Georgia
Jeanne C. Cyriaque

Hawaii
Lani Ma'a Lapilio

Idaho
Marilyn Dalby Sabella
Terri A. Schorzman

Illinois
Jean A. Follett, Ph.D.
Corlis S. Moody
Edward I. Torrez, AIA, LEED AP

Indiana
Kevin Krulewitch
Timothy S. Shelly

Iowa
Sam Erickson
Dan Tindall, AIA

Kansas
K. Vance Kelly, AIA
Daniel Serda, Ph.D.

Kentucky
Anne M. Arensberg
Helen Dedman

Louisiana
James R. Logan, IV
Jean Sayres

Maine
James M. Day
Edward A. Hobler

Maryland
Louise Lake Hayman

Massachusetts
Vacancy

Michigan
Pamela Hall O'Connor, Hon. AIA
James A. Turner

Minnesota
William E. Stark
Benjamin Vander Kooi, Jr.

Mississippi
Alex Thomas

Missouri
David G. Richardson, AICP
Eric C. Youngberg, AICP

Montana
Robert L. Hawks
Mary G. Oliver

Nebraska
Douglas V. Duey
Franky Jackson

Nevada
Melinda J. Gustin, SPHR
Greg Seymour

New Hampshire
Martha Fuller Clark

New Jersey
Diane Allen
Ronald Magill

New Mexico
Ernest W. Ortega
Theresa A. Pasqual

New York
Lisa Ackerman
Catherine Flickinger Schweitzer
Gretchen Sullivan Sorin

North Carolina
Steven D. Schuster, AIA
Benjamin F. Speller, Jr.

North Dakota
Donald S. Haugen
Amy Sakariassen

Ohio
Kathleen H. Crowther
John E. Moore, Jr.

Oklahoma
John M. Mabrey
Barrett L. Williamson

Oregon
Denyse C. McGriff

Pennsylvania
August R. Carlino
A. Roy Smith

Puerto Rico
Fernando Lloveras

Rhode Island
Martha Werenfels

South Carolina
Glenn F. Keyes, AIA, NCARB

South Dakota
Albert M. LeBeau, III
Stephen F. McCarthy

Tennessee
Carroll Van West

Texas
Margarita Araiza
Samuel L. Collins, III
Veletta A. Forsythe Lill

Utah
Scott L Wyatt

Vermont
Elizabeth Humstone
Robert A. McBride

Virgin Islands
Gerville Rene Larsen

Virginia
Lacy Ward, Jr.
Harry J. Warthen, III

Washington
Horace H. Foxall
Paul W. Mann
Michael Sean Sullivan

West Virginia
Monica D. Miller, EDFP

Wisconsin
Matthew Thomas Jarosz, AIA
Jodi Bender Sweeney

Wyoming
Kurt Dubbe, AIA
Alvin Wiederspahn

Advisors Emeritus

Alabama
Alice M. Bowsher
Douglas C. Purcell
Gwyn C. Turner
Marjorie L. White

Alaska
Judith Bittner
Renee Blahuta
Robert A. Frederick, Chair, 1975-1977
Wilda Marston
Janet M. Matheson, AIA, CSI

Arizona
James E. Ayres
James E. Babbitt
Grady Gammage, Jr.
Linda L. Mayro
Elisabeth F. Ruffner

Arkansas
Carl H. Miller, Jr.
Cheryl Griffith Nichols
Parker Westbrook
Charles Witsell, Jr., FAIA

California
Claire Bogaard
Susan Brandt-Hawley
Linda Dishman
Bruce D. Judd, FAIA
Christy McAvoy
Timothy P. Whalen, Chair, 2007-2009

Colorado
DeVon M. Carlson
David S. Cohen
Ellen Kingman Fisher
Jon Schler

Connecticut
Nancy N. Campbell, Chair, 1987-1989
Jared I. Edwards, FAIA
Mary E. Findlay
Preston Maynard
David Shiverick Smith, Chair, 1967-1969
Terry J. Tondro

Delaware
Kim Rogers Burdick
Mary Jane Elliott
Eldon du P. Homsey, AIA
Charles T. Lyle
Robert L. Raley

District of Columbia
Charles I. Cassell, FAIA
Carol Thompson-Cole

Florida
Roy Hunt
Joan W. Jennewein, Chair, 1981-1983
Nancy Liebman
Janet Snyder Matthews
Arva Parks McCabe
Herschel E. Shepard, Jr.

Georgia
Janice P. Biggers
Ben Grace
Bradley Hale
Mark C. McDonald
Paul Muldawer, FAIA
Eugene L. Surber, FAIA

Hawaii
Spencer Leineweber
Barnes Riznik

Idaho
Robert L. Aldridge
John L. Bertram
Sheri Freemuth
Julie J. Hyslop
Jerry T. Myers

Illinois
Gerald W. Adelmann
Susan Snell Barnes
Maureen E. Gustafson
Amy R. Hecker
Paula Robinson
Edmund B. Thornton

Indiana
James A. Glass
Kent Schuette
Randall T. Shepard, Chair, 1983-1985
J. Reid Williamson, Jr.

Iowa
David L. Cordes
Curt Heidt
Marlys A. Svendsen

Kansas
Joan E. Adam
J. Eric Engstrom
Dean Graves, FAIA
Robert A. Puckett

Kentucky
Richard DeCamp
Richard L. Holland
Barbara Hulette
David L. Morgan
Ann Early Sutherland

Louisiana
Winifred Byrd
Paul M. Haygood
Joseph F. Newell
Suzanne W. Turner

Maryland
G. Bernard Callan
H. Grant Dehart, AICP
Edward T. McMahon
Harrison B. Wetherill, Jr.

Massachusetts
Philip B. Herr
Thomas Menino
Roger S. Webb
George Wislocki

Michigan
Janese Chapman
Frank Ettawageshik
William J. Kimball
Kathleen H. Wendler
William M. Worden

Minnesota
Roger A. Brooks
John L. Kuester
Charlene Roise
Carolyn H. Sundquist

Mississippi
Alferdteen Brown Harrison
Susan H. Ivy
Samuel H. Kaye
Beverly T. Meng
Ronald W. Miller
Rufus A. Ward, Jr.

Missouri
William L. Bruning
Janice J. Matthews
William Scott Meyer
Osmund R. Overby

Montana
James R. McDonald, AIA
Jeanette McKee
Judy McNally
Ellen Sievert

Nebraska
George Haecker, AIA
Nancy Hoch
Maxine B. Moul
Perry L. Poyner, AIA

Nevada
Andria S. Daley
Sue Fawn Chung, Ph.D
Ana B. Koval

New Hampshire
Alice DeSouza, Chair, 2001-2003
William B. Hart
Michael C. Harvell
Barbara B. Pressly

New Jersey
Flavia Alaya
Constance Greiff
Mary Brown Hamingson
Michael C. Henry, PE, AIA, PP
Katharine Earnshaw Shuler

New Mexico
Victor W. Johnson, AIA
Katherine Ann Slick, Chair, 1989-1991

New York
Kent Barwick
Henry McCartney
Julia S. Stokes
Anne H. Van Ingen
Anthony C. Wood

North Carolina
Edward H. Clement, Chair, 1979-1981
Richard Mathews

North Dakota
Joan W. Galleger
Barbara S. Lang, Chair, 1999-2001
Royce A. Yeater, AIA, Chair, 1985-1987

Ohio
Sandra C. Hull
Ted J. Ligibel, Ph.D.
Emily Warren

Oklahoma
Susan Guthrie Dunham, Chair, 1993-1995
Martin Newman

Oregon
George Kramer
Richard H. Michaelson
Sharr Steele-Prohaska

Pennsylvania
Caroline E. Boyce
Mary Werner DeNadai, AIA, Chair, 1995-1997
Stanley A. Lowe

Puerto Rico
Jose R. Coleman-Davis Pagan
Arleen Pabón

Rhode Island
Sean O. Coffey
Karen L. Jessup, Ph.D., Chair, 2005-2007
Alfred B. Van Liew
Richard C. Youngken

South Carolina
Howard E. Duvall
William Light Kinney, Jr.
Evelyn M. McGee
Vanessa Turner-Maybank

South Dakota
Jacqualyn Gist Fuller
Spencer Ruff
William R. Wyatt

Tennessee
James K. Huhta
William E. Kennedy, M.D.
Debby Dale Mason
Mimi Phillips

Texas
Peter Brink
Karl A. Komatsu, AIA
Betty A. Massey
Virginia S. McAlester
Nancy Brown Negley
Paula Peters
Marcel Quimby, FAIA

Utah
Stephanie Jackel
Tina Stahlke Lewis, Chair, 1997-1999
Frank R. Pignanelli
Allen D. Roberts
Don L. Stromquist, M.D.
Robert White

Vermont
Paul Bruhn
Georgianna O. Brush
Chester Liebs
Thomas P. Salmon

Virgin Islands
Anthony J. Ayer
Barbara M. Hagan-Smith
George Tyson

Virginia
FitzGerald Bemiss
Constance Chamberlin
Robert B. Lambeth, Jr.
Patricia L. Zontine

Washington
Karen Gordon
Joanne H. Moyer
Larry J. Nickel
Mary M. Thompson, Chair, 2003- 2005

West Virginia
Laura Kurtz Kuhns
Betty Woods Nutting

Wisconsin
Brian D. Rude
William H. Tishler

Wyoming
James Davis
Lucille Clarke Dumbrill
Richard D. Wilder