Preservation Technology & Training Board

Created by Public Law 102-575 in 1992, the purpose of the Board is to provide leadership, policy advice, and professional oversight to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training located at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana. A unit of the National Park Service, the Center was created by the 1992 Amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act to coordinate and promote preservation research, distribute information, and provide training about preservation skills and technologies. Other responsibilities of the Board include advising the Secretary on priorities and the allocation of grants among the activities of the Center and submitting an annual report to the President and the Congress.

Board Members

Rinita A. Dalan

Emeritus Professor, Anthropology and Earth Science
Minnesota State University Moorhead

John E. Dumsick, P.E. (VA), FAPT, APT-RP, FMP

Senior Civil Engineer / Heritage Building Specialist
U.S. Department of State
Overseas Buildings Operations, Office of Cultural Heritage

Kimball Erdman

Professor of Landscape Architecture
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
University of Arkansas

Dominique M. Hawkins, FAIA, LEED AP, NCARB

Partner, Managing Principal
Preservation Design Partnerships, LLC

Morris [Marty] Hylton III

President, Architecture Sarasota

Caitlyn R. O'Grady, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
University of California, Los Angeles

Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, FAPT

Professor of Practice
Director, Center for Architectural Engagement
School of Architecture + Planning
Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design
University of Texas at San Antonio

Jonathan C. Spodek, FAIA

Professor of Architecture
Department of Architecture
Ball State University

Vincas Steponaitis, PhD

Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ekaterini Vlahos

Professor
College of Architecture and Planning
University of Colorado Denver

Norman R. Weiss, FAIC, FAPT, FSA

Adjunct Professor
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Columbia University

David Wessel, AIC, FAPT

Principal and CEO
ARG Conservation Services, Inc.

Secretary of the Interior’s Designee

Vacant

Designated Federal Officer

Andy Ferrell, NCPTT