Team Way Outside the Beltwayers
Year Recruited: 2009
Profession: Non-Profit Executive Director
Organization: Sound Experience
Why I’m Coming: "Eighty percent of life is showing up."
- Woody Allen
What I Want Most to Save: The 96 year-old schooner, Adventuress.
What I Bring to the Team: Fearlessness and a big mouth.
What I Plan to Ask For: A Save America’s Treasures grant.
Year Recruited: 2009
Profession: Museum Director
Organization: The Center for Wooden Boats
Why I’m Coming: It’s a fantastic learning opportunity.
What I Want Most to Save: Historic Vessels
What I Bring to the Team: Enthusiasm and curiosity.
What I Plan to Say: Historic preservation stimulates the economy and more!
Year Recruited: 2009
Profession: Fundraising & Administration Consultant
Organization: The Collins Group
Why I’m Coming: "It takes a village," and the federal government is a major stakeholder in the village.
What I Want Most to Save: A strong sense of western U.S. history and heritage.
What I Bring to the Team: Ability to listen to both sides.
Year Recruited: 2008
Profession: Preservation Program Manager
Organization: 4Culture
Why I’m Coming: An exciting new era begins with new possibilities.
What I Want Most to Save: Washington Hall in Seattle.
What I Bring to the Team: Stamina, attention to detail and years in the trenches.
Why I Keep Coming Back: I find it stimulating and rewarding.
What I Plan to Say: What is more green, more economical and more educational than preserving the best of our built environment?
Year Recruited: 2005
Profession: Executive Director & Congressional Meeting Scheduler Extraordinaire
Organization: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Why I’m Coming: Lobby Day is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job.
What I Want Most to Save: Allyson Brooks, our fabulous SHPO.
What I Bring to the Team: Excellent fashion sense and un-sensible shoes.
Why I Keep Coming Back: The thrill of being in the halls of Congress.
What I Plan to Say: We’re not asking for a hand out, just a hand up.
Year Recruited: 2006
Profession: On the Ground Preservationist
Organization: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Why I’m Coming: I hope to see cherry blossoms.
What I Want Most to Save: The Collins Building in Everett.
What I Bring to the Team: I am tall and have a loud voice.
Why I Keep Coming Back: I often find myself clicking my heels and saying, "There’s no place like The Willard..."
What I Plan to Ask For: The $50 million for SHPOs that was cut from the federal stimulus package.
Year Recruited: 2008
Profession: Retired University Professor
Why I’m Coming: To promote saving our heritage, especially farms.
What I Want Most to Save: Barns
What I Bring to the Team: Belief in the mission.
Why I Keep Coming Back: To keep the message alive in these difficult times.
What I Plan to Ask For: Preservation for all historic buildings and more money.
Year Recruited: 2009
Profession: Cultural Resource Planner
Organization: Applied Preservation Technologies
Why I’m Coming: To storm Capitol Hill with (evidently) the biggest and best delegation in the land.
What I Want Most to Save: Graves, cemeteries, archaeological sites and northwest microbrews.
What I Bring to the Team: My iPhone, a sense of humor, and reading and writing skills.
What I Plan to Ask: The president wants to see us?
Year Recruited: 2001
Profession: Former Small City Mayor
Organization: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Why I’m Coming: I strongly believe historic preservation is a stimulus package for communities.
What I Want Most to Save: Small town Main Streets.
What I Bring to the Team: First-hand experience of the economic benefits of historic preservation.
Why I Keep Coming Back: We must keep our facts and experience on the table with Congress.
What I Plan to Say: We have spent money on Wall Street, now let’s support Main Street.
Year Recruited: 2004
Profession: Professor, Historic Preservation Consultant
Organization: Washington Trust, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Why I’m Coming: Commitment to preservation and drinks at the Willard.
What I Want Most to Save: A strong statewide preservation ethic.
What I Bring to the Team: Familiarity with statewide issues.
Why I Keep Coming Back: Tradition and proven effectiveness.
Year Recruited: Too long ago to remember.
Profession: Preservation Consultant
Organization: Washington Trust, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Why I’m Coming: Allyson Brooks made me.
What I Want Most to Save: Jack Williams, an irreplaceable Washington resource.
What I Bring to the Team: Institutional memory.
Why I Keep Coming Back: It's fun and we do good work.
What I Plan to Ask For: As much as we can get.
Year Recruited: 2004
Profession: Program Associate & Mansion Manager
Organization: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Why I’m Coming: I enjoy it and I get to visit family in D.C.
What I Want Most to Save: Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. in Waitsburg.
What I Bring to the Team: How to navigate between congressional offices.
Why I Keep Coming Back: It’s exciting to be in the thick of it.
What I Plan to Ask For: The usual: more federal funding and incentives.
