The ACHP's 24 statutorily designated members, including the chairman who heads the agency, address policy issues, direct program initiatives, and make recommendations regarding historic preservation to the President, Congress, and heads of other federal agencies. Members meet several times per year to conduct business. ACHP members are from various federal agencies, local and state government, the public, and historic preservation organizations.
Council Members
Four members of the general public and four historic preservation experts are appointed by the President, including the chairman and vice chairman.
Aimee Jorjani earned Senate confirmation in June 2019 as the first full-time chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). She was nominated by President Donald J. Trump.
Aimee Jorjani earned Senate confirmation in June 2019 as the first full-time chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). She was nominated by President Donald J. Trump.
Rick Gonzalez is President and Co-Founder, with his father Ricardo, of REG Architects in West Palm Beach, specializing in architecture, historic preservation, interior design, and community planning. He earned two architecture degrees from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he first discovered his love of historic architecture. He also studied design in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Italy.
Rick Gonzalez is President and Co-Founder, with his father Ricardo, of REG Architects in West Palm Beach, specializing in architecture, historic preservation, interior design, and community planning. He earned two architecture degrees from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he first discovered his love of historic architecture. He also studied design in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Italy.
John G. Finley is Chief Legal Officer of Blackstone, an investment firm, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Finley had been a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for 22 years where he was a member of that law firm’s Executive Committee and Co-Head of Global Mergers & Acquisitions.
John G. Finley is Chief Legal Officer of Blackstone, an investment firm, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Finley had been a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for 22 years where he was a member of that law firm’s Executive Committee and Co-Head of Global Mergers & Acquisitions.
Connecticut State Representative John H. Frey is a real estate broker and lifelong resident of Ridgefield, established in 1708 and the location of the only land skirmish in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. He lives in a restored 1753 residence that was the home of a Revolutionary War soldier. He served as president of the Lounsbury House (formerly the home of the late Connecticut Governor Phineas C.
Connecticut State Representative John H. Frey is a real estate broker and lifelong resident of Ridgefield, established in 1708 and the location of the only land skirmish in Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. He lives in a restored 1753 residence that was the home of a Revolutionary War soldier. He served as president of the Lounsbury House (formerly the home of the late Connecticut Governor Phineas C.
Kristopher B. King is executive director of the Preservation Society of Charleston. While he directs all aspects of the organization, he brings an impassioned focus to advancing the preservation and advocacy mission of the Society. He is also an adjunct professor in historic preservation at Clemson University and the College of Charleston, and serves on the Board of Directors for Drayton Hall.
Kristopher B. King is executive director of the Preservation Society of Charleston. While he directs all aspects of the organization, he brings an impassioned focus to advancing the preservation and advocacy mission of the Society. He is also an adjunct professor in historic preservation at Clemson University and the College of Charleston, and serves on the Board of Directors for Drayton Hall.
Luke Nichter is a Professor of History and Beck Family Senior Fellow at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, and a 2020-2021 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. His area of specialty is the Cold War, the modern presidency, and U.S. political and diplomatic history, with a focus on the “long 1960s” from John F. Kennedy through Watergate. Nichter is a noted expert on Richard Nixon’s 3,432 hours of secret White House tapes.
Luke Nichter is a Professor of History and Beck Family Senior Fellow at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, and a 2020-2021 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. His area of specialty is the Cold War, the modern presidency, and U.S. political and diplomatic history, with a focus on the “long 1960s” from John F. Kennedy through Watergate. Nichter is a noted expert on Richard Nixon’s 3,432 hours of secret White House tapes.
Jordan E. Tannenbaum, an ACHP staff member from 1972-82, has been Chief Development Officer of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum since 2004. He is responsible for overseeing all of the museum's fundraising activities, including the annual fund, membership, planned giving, and corporate and foundation relations. From 1999-2004, Tannenbaum was Vice President for Development for Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life in Washington, D.C.
Jordan E. Tannenbaum, an ACHP staff member from 1972-82, has been Chief Development Officer of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum since 2004. He is responsible for overseeing all of the museum's fundraising activities, including the annual fund, membership, planned giving, and corporate and foundation relations. From 1999-2004, Tannenbaum was Vice President for Development for Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life in Washington, D.C.
Jay D. Vogt is the recently retired director of the South Dakota State Historical Society and State Historic Preservation Officer. A South Dakota native, Vogt is a past president of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and he has served on several national task forces on various historic preservation issues. Vogt is also active in the American Association for State and Local History. He and his wife Elizabeth live in Pierre, South Dakota, and have three grown sons, Gabriel, Joshua, and Zachary.
Jay D. Vogt is the recently retired director of the South Dakota State Historical Society and State Historic Preservation Officer. A South Dakota native, Vogt is a past president of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and he has served on several national task forces on various historic preservation issues. Vogt is also active in the American Association for State and Local History. He and his wife Elizabeth live in Pierre, South Dakota, and have three grown sons, Gabriel, Joshua, and Zachary.
A member of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, a governor, and a mayor are appointed by the President.
Two federal agency heads and the Architect of the Capitol are permanent members of ACHP.
Seven federal agency heads are designated by the President to terms on ACHP.
Ex-officio representatives of national preservation organizations round out ACHP's membership.
ACHP Observers
Designated observers may actively participate in certain activities of the membership, but may not make or second any motion and may not vote.