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.
Current Board Members
Rinita Dalan
Professor of Anthropology and Earth Science
Minnesota State University Moorehead
John Dumsick
Office of Cultural Heritage
Bureau of Overseas Operations
Department of State
Kimball Erdman
Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
University of Arkansas
William (Fred) Limp, RPA
Leica Geosystems Chair and University Professor
Department of Geosciences and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
University of Arkansas
Frank Matero
Professor of Architecture
University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Odegaard
Conservator, Head of Preservation, Arizona State Museum
Professor, University of Arizona
Jonathan Spodek, FAIA, NCARB
Professor of Architecture
Department of Architecture
Ball State University
Vincas Steponaitis
Secretary of the Faculty
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David Wessel
CEO of ARG Conservation Services
Designated Federal Officer
Kirk A. Cordell, LEED AP BD+C
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
Victor Knox
Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Lands
National Park Service
Norman Koonce, FAIA
American Institute of Architects (Retired)
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
Last updated: December 16, 2021