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

Frank Matero

Gonick Family Professor and Chair
Department in Historic Preservation
University of Pennsylvania

Nancy N. Odegaard, Ph.D., FAIC, FIIC

Conservator, Professor Emerita
Arizona State Museum
University of Arizona

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

Moss Rudley

Superintendent
Historic Preservation Training Center
Park Facilities Management Division
National Park Service

Designated Federal Officer

Kirk A. Cordell

Deputy Associate Director, Science, Technology & Training
Executive Director, NCPTT
National Park Service – Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science

Emeritus Board Members

Roy Eugene Graham, FAIA, NVARB, Fellow US/ICOMOS

Reinecke-Reeves Distinguished Professor (Retired)
College of Design, Construction, and Planning
University of Florida

Norman Koonce, FAIA

American Institute of Architects (Retired)

Victor Knox

Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Lands
National Park Service

Lucy Lawliss, ASLA

Vice-Chair, PTT
Board Superintendent, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
National Park Service (Retired)

Frank Preusser, Ph.D.

Frank Preusser and Associates, Inc.

Robert Silman, PE

President Emeritus Robert Silman and Associates, P.C.

Suzanne Louise Turner

Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture
Louisiana State University

Horace Henry Foxall, Jr

Program Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

James Walter Garrison

State Historic Preservation Officer, Arizona

William (Fred) Limp, RPA

Leica Geosystems Chair and University Professor
Department of Geosciences and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
University of Arkansas