About the Task Force
The Preservation Priorities Task Force (PPTF) is a partnership of the National Preservation Partners Network and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Formed in 2020, this all-volunteer project brought together advocates from across the country to help state and local preservation organizations address four significant, interrelated issues facing the preservation movement:
Affordable Housing and Density
Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice
Preservation Trades and Workforce Development
Sustainability and Climate Action
These challenges aren’t new, and they will take much more than this task force to resolve. Our goal is to develop practical resources that advocates can use right away in their communities. For the two-year span of the original project, the Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners focused its grants on work addressing these four issues.
The effort is led by a joint Steering Committee of representatives from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Preservation Partners Network. They worked closely with four Working Groups, one for each issue, with volunteers from a range of organizations and entities and with particular expertise in their issue.
After the original two-year project, the task force is shifting focus from the Working Groups to producing resources and pursuing one or two key projects that cut across all four issues. We are deeply grateful to everyone (listed below) who donated so much time, insight, and energy to this project. Thank you!
Thanks to Our Funders
The Preservation Priorities Task Force is supported by the Moe Family Fund for Statewide and Local Partners, which provided grants for innovative demonstration projects related to the four priorities. The Preservation Fund for Eastern Massachusetts of the National Trust for Historic Preservation also supported production of the four Issue Briefs. Thank you!
Get Involved
Please consider sharing your valuable insight and expertise! You can participate in any number of ways, including:
Share a case study related to one of the priority issues
Use the resources in your work and let us know how it goes
Spread the word about the resources within your networks
Pitch in as needed with specific activities
If you’re interested or have questions, please contact Rebecca Harris of the National Preservation Partners Network or Jim Lindberg of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Thank you!
Contact
Rebecca Harris, National Preservation Partners Network
rharris@prespartners.org
Jim Lindberg, National Trust for Historic Preservation
jlindberg@savingplaces.org
National Preservation Partners Network
PO Box 2446
Woburn, MA 01888
National Trust for Historic Preservation
600 14th Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Members
Steering Committee
Chair: Greg Galer, Association for Preservation Technology International
Jessie Fisher, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House
Rebecca Harris, National Preservation Partners Network
Renee Kuhlman, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Jim Lindberg, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Rob Nieweg, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Cindy Olnick, Cindy Olnick Communications
Affordable Housing and Density Working Group
Co-Chair: Cindy Heitzman, California Preservation Foundation
Co-Chair: Renee Kuhlman, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Amanda Bloomberg, National Trust Community Investment Corporation
Kathleen Crowther, Cleveland Restoration Society
Linda Dishman, Los Angeles Conservancy
Curt Heidt, Vice President of External Relations, Federal Home Loan Bank, Des Moines, IA (retired)
Erik Hein, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
Anna Mod, MacRostie Historic Advisors
David Preziosi, Preservation Dallas
Shaw Sprague, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Carrie Zaslow, Providence Revolving Fund
Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice Working Group
Co-Chair: Di Gao, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Co-Chair: Vincent Michael, Conservation Society of San Antonio
Carissa Demore, Historic New England
Heather Denne’, Jackson State University
Ethiel Garlington, Historic Macon Foundation
Lolly Rash, Mississippi Heritage Trust
Charleen Roise, Consultant
Brent Runyon, Providence Preservation Society
Tiffany Tolbert, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Ed Torrez, Bauer Latoza Studio
Brad White, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Preservation Trades and Workforce Development Working Group
Co-Chair: Nancy Finegood, Consultant
Co-Chair: Milan Jordan, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Aaron Ahlstrom, Providence Preservation Society
Molly Baker, HOPE Crew, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Sharon Ferraro, City of Kalamazoo, Michigan (retired)
Greg Galer, Association for Preservation Technology International
Benjamin Haavik, Historic New England
Natalie Henshaw, Preservation Maryland
Veronica Johnson, Detroit Land Bank Authority
Jordan Riggs, Preservation Maryland
Erin Tobin, Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Kris Turgeon, Newport Restoration Foundation
James Turner, Turner Restoration
Amy Webb, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Mary Webb, Preserve Montana
Claire Winn, Mississippi Heritage Trust
Sustainability and Climate Action Working Group
Co-Chair: Jim Lindberg, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Co-Chair: Lindsey Wallace, The 106 Group
Sara Bronin, University of Connecticut
Laura Burns, National Trust Community Investment Corporation
Lisa Craig, The Craig Group
Cashion Drolet, Historic Charleston Foundation
Alison Frazee, Boston Preservation Alliance
Donna Graves, Historian and Urban Planner
Sarah Hansen, Greater Portland Landmarks
Alicia Leuba, Red Bridge Group
Nathan Lott, Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans
Cindy Nasky, Colorado Historical Foundation
Rachel Robinson, Providence Preservation Society
Rhonda Sincavage, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Heidi Swank, RETHOS: Places Reimagined
Seri Worden, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Communications Committee
Chair: Cindy Olnick, Cindy Olnick Communications
Marci Boudreau, Picnic Design
Mary Butler, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Colleen Danz, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Matthew Dickey, Boston Preservation Alliance
Chris Moore, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Katie Williams, The L’Enfant Trust