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Preserve America Summit Issue Area Panels Co-Chairs and Expert Panelists

The Preserve America Summit feature eleven Issue Area Panels designed to generate ideas for policy decision-making governing historic preservation efforts. Below you will find each of the eleven issue areas and the co-chairs and expert panelists who will be leading the discussion at the Preserve America Summit.

Building a Preservation Ethic and Public Appreciation for History
Coordinating the Stewardship and Use of Our Cultural Patrimony
Determining What’s Important
Protecting Places That Matter
Improving the Preservation Program Infrastructure
Dealing With the Unexpected
Addressing Security
Using Historic Properties as Economic Assets
Involving All Cultures
Fostering Innovation
Participating in the Global Preservation Community

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Updated October 13, 2006

Building a Preservation Ethic and Public Appreciation for History

How can public understanding of America’s history and the importance of our historic and cultural patrimony be enhanced?

Federal Co-Chairs

Morgan Brown, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education (Staff: Doug Herbert; Christine Miller)
Jack Williams, AIA, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Staff: Sharon Conway; Bruce Milhans; Shayla Shrieves)

Non-Federal Co-Chairs

Heather MacIntosh, President, Preservation Action
Anthony J. Napoli, Education Coordinator & James G. Basker, President, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Panelists

Jane Cassady, Management and Information Unit Manager, Georgia State Historic Preservation Office
Spencer Crew, President, National Underground Railroad and Freedom Center
Kate Fermoile, Vice President for Exhibits and Education, Brooklyn Historical Society
Jeremy Finch, Chairman, ACHP Native American Advisory Group (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Rosanne Lichatin, 2005 Preserve America Teacher of the Year, West Morris (NJ) Central High School
Wilson Martin, State Historic Preservation Officer, Utah State Historical Society
Libby O'Connell, Senior Vice President/Chief Historian, The History Channel
Lee Ann Potter, Director of Education and Volunteer Programs, National Archives and Records Administration
Daniel Rice, President and CEO, Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition
Nore Winter, President and Owner, Winter & Company

Coordinating the Stewardship and Use of Our Cultural Patrimony

How can communities benefit from an integrated program for preserving and using historic properties and conservation of documents, artifacts, collections, artistic works, and other cultural expressions?

Federal Co-Chair

Ann Guthrie Hingston, Director, Government Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts (Staff: Tony Tighe)
Henry Moran, Executive Director, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (Staff: Ellen Schlachter; Marsha Semmel)
Carole Watson, Acting Deputy Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities (Staff: Andrea Anderson; Malcolm Richardson)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Diantha Schull, President, Americans for Libraries Council

Panelists

Carol Coletta, President, CEOs for Cities
Claudia Garofalo, Director of Development, National Performance Network
H. T. Holmes, State Historic Preservation Officer, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Patrick Hotard, Director, Beauvoir
Kristen Overbeck Laise, Director of the Heritage Health Index, Heritage Preservation, Inc.
Rick Lowe, Founding Director, Project Row Houses
George McDaniel, Executive Director, Drayton Hall, National Trust for Historic Preservation
David Preziosi, Executive Director, Mississippi Heritage Trust
Sharman Smith, Executive Director, Mississippi Library Commission
Nick Spitzer, Host Producer American Routes, University of New Orleans
Malcolm White, Executive Director, Mississippi Arts Commission
Julia Marks Young, Director, Archives and Library Division, Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Determining What’s Important

What needs to be done to identify and recognize America’s historic places?

Federal Co-Chair

Antoinette J. Lee, Assistant Associate Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (Staff: Sarah Hopson)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Douglas Scott, President, Society for Historical Archaeology (Staff: Anne Giesecke)

Panelists

Elena Daly, Director, Bureau of Land Management National Landscape Conservation System
Kathleen Deagan, Distinguished Research Curator of Archeology, Florida Museum of Natural History
Milford Wayne Donaldson, State Historic Preservation Officer, Office of Historic Preservation, California Department of Parks & Recreation
John Whittington Franklin, Program Manager, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Ron James, State Historic Preservation Officer, Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
Arden Kucate, Tribal Councilman, Zuni Pueblo, and Member, ACHP Native American Advisory Group
Cheryl LaRoche, Research Associate, Department of American Studies, University of Maryland
Randall F. Mason, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
Kirsti Uunila, Historic Preservation Planner, Calvert County, Maryland

Protecting Places That Matter

How can historic preservation be better integrated into public planning and the effectiveness of Federal protective mechanisms for historic properties improved?

Federal Co-Chairs

David L. Winstead, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration
- (Staff: Rolando Rivas-Camp; Matt Radford; Joan Brierton; Kristi Tunstall)
Daniel J. Basta, Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce (Staff: Cheryl Oliver; Tom Street; Ole Varmer)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Emily Wadhams, Vice-President, Public Policy & Paul Edmondson, Vice-President and General Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Panelists

John Bell, Mayor, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Charles Birnbaum, Director, Landscape Initiative, National Park Service
Ian Burrow, Vice-President/Principal Archaeologist, Hunter Research
Arthur Cohn, Executive Director, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Alan Downer, Navajo Tribal Preservation Officer, Chairman, NATHPO
Dorothy Guzzo, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office
Sherry Hutt, NAGPRA Program Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Don Klima, Director, Office of Federal Agency Programs, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Amos J. Loveday, Jr., Preservation Specialist, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Elizabeth Merritt, Associate General Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Mary Ann Naber, Federal Preservation Officer, Federal Highway Administration
Katherine Slick, State Historic Preservation Officer, HP Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
Harriet Tregoning, Director, Smart Growth Leadership Institute

Improving the Preservation Program Infrastructure

What should be done to clarify the roles of key preservation entities and build their capacity to promote preservation?

Federal Co-Chair

John M. Fowler, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Staff: Ralston Cox)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Jay D. Vogt, President, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO, South Dakota) (Staff: Nancy Schamu)

Panelists

Dan Becker, Executive Director, Raleigh Historic Districts Commission
Peter Brink, Senior Vice President for Programs, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Jim Glass, Director, Center for Historic Preservation, Ball State University
Kelly Jackson-Golly, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Lac du Flambeau Band
Terry Klein, Executive Director, SRI Foundation
Jan Matthews, Associate Director for Cultural Resources, National Park Service
Janet Oakley, Director of Policy and Government Relations, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Ann Pritzlaff, Conference Coordinator, Colorado Preservation, Inc.
Edward F. Sanderson, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Rhode Island Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission
Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior
Jay Thomas, Deputy Federal Preservation Officer, Department of the Navy
Bob Young, Regional Director, Region IV, Department of Housing & Urban Development

Dealing With the Unexpected

How can the national program more effectively promote the preservation of historic properties after natural and man-made disasters, and ensure that reuse of historic properties contributes to recovery efforts?

Federal Co-Chair

David I. Maurstad, Director, Mitigation Division and Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security (Staff: Craig Wingo; John Ketchum)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Lawrence Reger, President, Heritage Preservation (Staff: Jane Long; Mary Rogers)

Panelists

Brenda Breaux, Chief Deputy Assistant City Attorney for Low-Income Housing, City of New Orleans, Louisiana
Robert Collins, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Toursim
Joan Exnicios, Archeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Andrew Ferrell, Chief, Architecture & Engineering Program, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Frederick Gaske, State Historic Preservation Officer, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State
John Hildreth, Director, Southern Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Tim Lovell, Public Private Program Manager, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Deidre McCarthy, Historian/GIS Specialist, Cultural Resource GIS Facility, National Park Service
Ruth Mascari, Deputy Director, Maryland Emergency Management Agency
Brian Robinson, Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design

Addressing Security

How can we more effectively balance security concerns with the preservation and interpretation of historic properties?

Federal Co-Chair

Philip W. Grone, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment), Department of Defense (Staff: Maureen Sullivan; Brian Lione; CAPT Rick Cook)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

James Malanaphy, AIA, Chair, Historic Resources Committee, American Institute of Architects

Panelists

Curt Betts, P.E., Structural Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Design Protective Center
Michael Chipley, PhD, Vice President, Geospatial Solutions and Strategic Development, Technology Associates International Corporation
Roger Courtenay, ASLA, Principal, EDAW, Inc.
Horace H. Foxall, Jr., Program Manager, Center of Expertise for Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Frank V. Giblin, AICP, Urban Development/Good Neighbor Program, General Services Administration
Melvena Heisch, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office
Eve Hinman, P.E., Principal Engineer, Hinman Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Bruce Judd, FAIA, Principal, Architectural Resources Group
Steve Lorenzetti, Deputy Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks, National Park Service
Robert D. Loversidge, Jr., FAIA, President and CEO, Schooley Caldwell Associates
Joseph Moravec, Private Consultant
Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA, Principal, Barbara Nadel Architect
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Chair, Historic Landmarks Preservation Center
Paul Westlake, Jr., FAIA, Managing Principal and Lead Designer, Westlake Reed Leskosky
Nancy Witherell, Federal Preservation Officer, National Capital Planning Commission
Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, National Building Museum

Using Historic Properties as Economic Assets

How can communities be encouraged to use their historic properties as economic development assets?

Federal Co-Chair

Jim Yeager, Chief of Staff, Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce (Staff: Dennis Alvord)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Peter Bell, President, National Housing and Rehabilitation Association (Staff: Thom Amdur)

Panelists

Bill Armbruster, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense
Lona Barrick, Administrator, Chickasaw Nation Division of Arts and Humanities
Marilyn Black, Vice President for Heritage Development, Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry, and Tourism
Tom Capp, Executive Vice President, Gorman and Company, Inc.
Judy Christa-Cathey, Vice President for Brand Marketing, Hampton Hotels
Hal Fairbanks, Director of Acquisitions, HRI Properties/National Cities Fund
John Garvin, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development
James Hamrick, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Larry Oaks, State Historic Preservation Officer, Texas Historical Commission
Donovan Rypkema, Principal, Place Economics
John M. Tess, President, Heritage Consulting Group

Involving All Cultures

How can the capacity of all cultures, notably Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians, to understand, protect and enjoy historic properties of concern to them be improved?

Federal Co-Chairs

Sherry Hutt, NAGPRA Program Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (Staff: Michelle Joan Wilkinson)

Non-Federal Co-Chairs

Bambi Kraus, President, National Conference of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
Ruth Pierpont, Secretary, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, New York)

Panelists

Ruth J. Abram, President, Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Janine Bowechop, Vice-Chairman, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
LouAnn Jacobson, Manager, Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Bureau of Land Management
Akemi Kikumura-Yano, Senior Vice President, Japanese American National Museum
Paul Lumley, Senior Tribal Liaison, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Department of Defense
Davianna McGregor, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaii
Nancy Morgan, Executive Director, Cane River National Heritage Area
Aida Belen Rivera, State Historic Preservation Officer, Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office
Bob Stanton, Senior Fellow, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University
Brian Wallace, Chairman, Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California

Fostering Innovation

How can the potential of technology be harnessed and nontraditional solutions to preservation challenges be encouraged?

Federal Co-Chairs

Linda Lawson, Director, Office of Safety, Energy, and Environment, Department of Transportation (Staff: Brigid DeCoursey)
Kirk Cordell, Executive Director, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (Staff: Sean Clifford)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Mike Mohamad, Senior Vice President for Marketing, The History Channel (Staff: Kathleen Ferrigno; Stuart Ruderfer)

Panelists

Ralph Applebaum, CEO, Ralph Applebaum Associates
Raymond Ashley, Executive Director, Maritime Museum of San Diego
John Cosgrove, Executive Director, Alliance of National Heritage Areas
Eric DeLony, Consultant, Engineering & Industrial Heritage, PC
Bobbie Greene, Director, Save America’s Traesures Program, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Michael Henry, Principal, Watson & Henry Associates
Elizabeth Hobbs, State Program Administrator Coordinator, Geographer, Minnesota Department of Transportation
John Knoerl, Cultural Resource Mapping Services, Heritage Preservation Services, National Park Service
Cristyne Nicholas, President, NYC & Company
Eric Pourchot, Professional Development Director, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Franco Ruffini, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, Ohio Historical Society
Robert Silman, Principal, Robert Silman Associates, P.C.

Participating in the Global Preservation Community

How can America share its preservation successes with the world and learn from the efforts of other nations?

Federal Co-Chair

Mark Rey, Under Secretary for Natural Resources & Environment, Department of Agriculture (Staff: Melissa Simpson; Michael Kaczor, Jon Reedy)

Non-Federal Co-Chair

Gustavo V. Araoz, Executive Director, U.S. National Committee of ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites)

Panelists

Erica Avrami, Secretary, US/ICOMOS, and Preservation Consultant, Rutgers University
Lowell Baier, Historian/Commercial Developer, The Boone and Crockett Club
Bonnie Burnham, President, World Monuments Fund
Marta De La Torre, Director of Museum Studies, Florida International University
Frank Hodsoll, Principal, Hodsoll & Associates
Susan Kane, Professor, Art Department, Oberlin College
Stephen J. Kelley, Consultant, Wiss, Janney, Elstner, Associates
Nora Mitchell, Assistant Northeast Regional Director, National Park Service
Jonathan Tourtellot, Director, Center for Sustainable Destinations, National Geographic Society

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