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

Foxall, Horace, Jr. Program Manager, U.S. Corps of Engineers

Garrison, James Chairman, PTT Board State Historic Preservation Officer, Arizona

Graham, Roy, FAIA US/ICOMOS Fellow Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished Professor Director, College Programs in Historic Preservation School of Architecture, College of Design, Construction & Planning University of Florida

Koonce, Norman, FAIA National Co-Chairman The Campaign for the American Center of Architecture

Pahl, Robert Vice-Charman, PTT Board President, Pahl-Pahl-Pahl pc Architects/Planners

Preusser, Frank Frank Preusser & Associates, Inc. Senior Research Scientist, LACMA Conservation Center

Silman, Robert Robert Silman Associates, P.C.

Spodek, Johnathan Associate Professor Department of Architecure Ball State University

Turner, Suzanne Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture Louisiana State University Consultant for Historic Landscapes

Weiss, Norman Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Designated Federal Officer

Cordell, Kirk Designated Federal Officer Executive Director, NCPTT, National Park Service