John Warner Smith
Executive Director
Shadows-on-the-Teche

Opening Session and National Preservation Awards

Eric Solomon
Program Manager
Historic Atlanta

Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: Insights from Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Context Statement

Andy Sternad
Principal
Waggonner & Ball

High Water in the Holy City: Dutch Dialogues® and Climate Change Adaptation in Charleston, South Carolina

Marianne Stuck
Associate and Senior Urban Designer/Planne
Design Workshop

Creative Partnerships as a Resiliency Planning Tool for Preservation

Kevin Sutton
Executive Director
Foundation for Homan Square (FHS)

It Takes a Garden: Lessons from North Lawndale

Leona Tate

African American Preservation Meeting

Gwen Thompkins
Journalist
Tulane University

Heritage in Harmony: Preserving Musical Traditions

Lisa Thompson
Senior Program Officer for Revitalization Services
Main Street America

Downtown Redevelopment Finance

Tiffany Tolbert
Director of Preservation of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF)
National Trust for Historic Preservation

African American Preservation Meeting

Jackie Tyson
President
New South Associates

Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: Insights from Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Context Statement

Lovely Umayam
Founder
Bombshelltoe Policy and Arts Collective

Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Story of Healing from Environmental Trauma

Heather Veneziano
Associate Director of Historic Preservation
Tulane University

Precious Work: Brainstorming with Legendary New Orleans Master Craftsmen

Cameron Walpole
Visitor Engagement Manager
President Lincoln’s Cottage

Radical Communication as Interpretive Practice: The Prison Reimagined Project

Shana Walton
Bayou Culture Collaborative

Introduction to Climate Adaptation, Migration, and Relocation

Amy Webb
Senior Director
National Trust for Historic Preservation

Preserving Route 66 for the 2026 Centennial Anniversary + the Next Century

Amber Wiley
Matt and Erika Nord Director, Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites
University of Pennsylvania

Expanding the Circle: "Annunciating" a Community-Driven Preservation Platform with the Friends of the Tanner House

April Wood
Historic Charleston Foundation

The Hardest Part - Case Studies in Easement Enforcement (Breakfast)

Toshi Yano
Perfect Earth Project

Climate-Smart Land Management at Historic Properties

Doug Young
Director of the Office of Design
Office of Design, Department of City Planning, City of Atlanta

Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: Insights from Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Context Statement

Zen Zheng
Houston Community College

"This is, was, will be Chinatown": Preservation of cultural communities in the United States