Barbara has dedicated her career to the field of historic preservation. She has worked for the past 25 years as a preservation architect, planner and historian. She has lectured extensively, organized many conferences, serves on a variety of nonprofit and advisory Boards, teaches, writes and is the author of two books. Barbara just completed her term as the President of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), where she led the efforts of the organization’s Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation and created the Technical Committee on Modern Heritage.

She has been involved in the AIA for her entire career, and is the former Chair of the Seattle Historic Resources Committee. She is one of the leaders of the National Trust’s Sustainability Program and the co-founder of the national coalition on sustainable preservation formed between the Trust, APT, AIA and the National Park Service. She received the National AIA Young Architect of the Year Award in 2002 and under her leadership, APT received the National 2007 AIA Award for Collaborative Achievement for their sustainable preservation efforts. Barbara was elevated to Fellowship in the AIA this year as “the leading national architect and policymaker for the integration of preservation values into green building practices, demonstrating that artistic, scientific and cultural aspects of preserving historic buildings are crucial to a sustainable future.”

Barbara has an architecture degree from SUNY Buffalo and a Master’s in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. She has been the Executive Director of a landmarks organization in Buffalo, ran her own architecture firm for many years in NYC, served as the Regional Historic Preservation Officer for the Northwest Region of GSA and currently is the Chief Architect for the 29 historic sites operated by the National Trust where she oversees such iconic landmark sites as Philip Johnson’s Glass House, Drayton Hall in Charleston, and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House.