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

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

Nancy Odegaard Conservator, Head of Preservation, Arizona State Museum Professor, University of Arizona

Rob Pahl, AIA President, Pahl Architects/Planners

Jack Pyburn, FAIA Principal Historic Preservation Studio at Lord Aeck Sargent

Jonathan Spodek, FAIA, NCARB Professor of Architecture Department of Architecture Ball State University

Ekaterini Vlahos Center of Preservation Research, Director Chair, Department of Architecture University of Colorado, Denver

Norman Weiss, FAPT Chair, PTT Board Professor, Columbia University

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

Past 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