Proposed Officers for 2025 Election:
President: Milford Wayne Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson is president of award-winning Architect Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, since 1978, specializing in historic preservation services. He is currently licensed to practice architecture in California, Nevada and Arizona and holds a certified license from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Over the last 45 years, Mr. Donaldson has established himself as a leader in Historic Preservation, cultural conservation, and adaptive reuse of existing structures. In 1991, The California Council of the American Institute of Architects acknowledged Mr. Donaldson for his statewide leadership in the creation of the California Historical Building Code that allowed the rehabilitation of historic buildings. In 1992, the American Institute of Architects inducted Mr. Donaldson into the College of Fellows. Mr. Donaldson served as California’s State Historic Preservation Office from 2004-2012 supporting tribal communities. He served as the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation from 2010-2019, appointed by President Obama, advocating Building a More Inclusive Preservation Program.
Vice President: James K. Reap
James K. Reap, is an attorney and a professor emeritus of the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia (USA). He is an affiliate faculty member of the African Studies Institute and the Classics Department. His research focuses on the legal, administrative, and financial aspects of heritage conservation. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Jordan University of Science and Technology and visiting professor at the Orenburg Institute of the Moscow State Law Academy. He is a former member of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee of the U.S. State Department and past president of the ICOMOS Legal Committee. He currently servs as vice president of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield and as a member of ICOMOS USA executive Committee.
Treasurer: Kyle Normandin
As a Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. in New York City, Kyle Normandin brings more than 25 years of experience in historic preservation. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP, his alma mater, where he received his MS in Historic Preservation with a focus on the architectural conservation of historic building materials. During his graduate studies, he participated in the ICOMOS-USA International Exchange Program as an intern in Vilnius, Lithuania, and is currently a member of ICOMOS-USA. His career includes a tenure as a Senior Project Specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute, where he worked on the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Normandin has authored numerous technical papers on architectural conservation. He is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Architectural Conservation, a Fellow of the Association for Preservation Technology (APT), and a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC). He is also an expert member of the ICOMOS ISC on Stone and holds a position on the bureau for the ICOMOS ISC on Twentieth Century Heritage.
Secretary: Angela Lombardi
Dr. Angela Lombardi is an expert in investigation and conservation of masonry, as well as traditional construction methods and building reuse. Her research includes an advanced study of the San Antonio Spanish Colonial cultural landscape within the broader cultural continuum of the Camino Real de los Tejas, applying advanced documentation technologies such as GIS, 3D reconstructions, etc., at the scale of the building, of the city and of the territory. She has co-authored Historic Structure Reports on the convento structures of Missions Concepción and San José, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Franciscan Missions of San Antonio, Texas.Internationally, Dr. Lombardi’s work has included projects at UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Baalbek and Tyre in Lebanon, Erbil in Iraq and the historic center of Lima, Peru. She is co-editor of the 2012 book Lima: the Historic Center Analysis and Restoration and of the 2019 book History meets Science between Abruzzo and Texas, resulting from a joint research agreement between UTSA and the University of L’Aquila, Italy. Dr. Lombardi also conducts research engaging students: in 2016 at the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro, Mexico and, in 2020 in Mexico city, both focused on conservation and management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Dr. Lombardi completed her Master of Architecture, MS in Architectural Heritage and Landscape Conservation, and PhD in Urban and Environmental Rehabilitation, at Sapienza University of Rome.
Proposed Candidates for 2025 Board Election:
Location: Wilton, CT
Adam is an internationally respected thought leader and expert on climate impacts and solutions. He is a leading voice for the inclusion of cultural heritage in national and international climate policy, and an expert on understanding and managing the climate vulnerability of natural and cultural heritage sites, including World Heritage properties.
An experienced non-profit leader, Adam is a former Deputy Director for Climate and Energy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and former Director of the climate team at WWF International. He was also the founding director of New England climate solutions organization Clean Air-Cool Planet. Most recently he conceived and developed a multidisciplinary project to ethically integrate Western science with Indigenous Knowledge to support climate justice and resilience strategies.
Adam has written and published widely on climate change threats to biodiversity conservation and cultural heritage. He is an advisor to National Geographic’s Preserving Legacies project, a member of ICOMOS’ Climate Action Working Group, the International Committee for Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM), and IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas. He is also on the steering group of the international Climate Heritage Network. He has a BSc in Zoology, an MLitt. in Archaeological Studies and is a post-graduate researcher working towards a Ph.D. at the Archaeology Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands. Adam is an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Glenn Eskew: Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University
Location: Atlanta, GA
A Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta since 2021, Glenn T. Eskew joined the Department of History faculty in 1993. His 2013 biography Johnny Mercer: Southern Songwriter for the World received the Bell Award from the Georgia Historical Society while his 1997 But For Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle won the Francis Butler Simkins Prize of the Southern Historical Association. Eskew received the Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities in 2006 and the Hugh McCall Award of the Georgia Association of Historians for lifetime achievement in 2015. He has served as lead scholar on 19 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Workshops for Schoolteachers. He has held leadership positions in the Organization of American Historians, the Southern Historical Association, and the Georgia Historical Society while chairing the Georgia National Register Review Board. Currently, Eskew directs the GSU World Heritage Initiative which the U. S. Department of the Interior authorized to prepare a Serial Nomination of U. S. Civil Rights Movement Sites for consideration of inscription on the World Heritage List.
Paul Coussan: Vice President of Government Relations at the National Park Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
Paul Coussan currently serves as Vice President of Government Relations at the National Park Foundation, where he oversees efforts to lead, direct, and manage the Foundation’s government affairs portfolio. In this role, Paul engages with the Executive Branch and Congress as a trusted voice advocating for federal dollars to protect and enhance national parks.
He brings over 15 years of Capitol Hill, legislative affairs, lobbying, strategic planning, and policy advocacy experience. Prior to joining the Foundation, Coussan served as director of government relations at the American Battlefield Trust, where he advocated for the continued protection of America’s battlefields by navigating the organization’s relationships with Congress, the Executive Branch, and the National Park Service. Prior to his time at the Trust, Paul worked on Capitol Hill for U.S. Congressman and Senator from his home state of Louisiana.
Paul holds a master’s of Public Administration from The University of Georgia, and bachelor’s degrees in mass communication from Louisiana State University. A native of south Louisiana, Paul is immensely proud of his Cajun roots and enjoys writing, cooking, reading, and traveling to national historic landmarks and national parks (283 and counting!) Additionally, he has visited 18 of the United States’ UNESCO sites (including all eight sites in the Frank Lloyd Wright listing), as well as 21 sites abroad.
Sara Lardinois: Senior Project Specialist, Buildings and Sites department at the Getty Conservation Institute
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Sara Lardinois is a senior project specialist in the Buildings and Sites department at the Getty Conservation Institute, working on the conservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings, and urban areas, both in the United States and internationally. A registered architect in the state of California and a LEED AP, Sara holds an architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame and received additional training at ICCROM. Her work at the GCI includes conservation projects for the tomb of Tutankhamen and in the Valley of the Queens in Egypt and Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute for Biological Studies; projects related to the sheltering of archaeological sites; urban conservation courses in Malaysia for Southeast Asian professionals; and a project to help improve conservation of African American heritage in Los Angeles and other underrepresented heritage. Prior to joining the Getty in 2010, Sara worked at a firm specializing in the conservation of built heritage in the western United States, with much of her work located in the US National Parks, and she also consulted on an earthen architecture conservation project in Yemen. She is an expert member of the ICOMOS ISCEAH. An alumna of the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program to Turkey, Sara has been a member of the IEP committee since 2019.
Christine French: Executive Director, Napa County Landmarks
Location: Napa, CA
Christine Madrid French is an award-winning architectural historian, author, and nonprofit executive whose work bridges scholarship, storytelling, and advocacy in the preservation of the built environment. As Executive Director of Napa County Landmarks, she leads regional initiatives that link architectural heritage with economic and cultural vitality, advancing preservation through education, public engagement, and creative partnerships.
An expert in modern and recent past architecture, Christine has directed national programs for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and led landmark preservation projects across the United States for the National Park Service, the University of Florida, and the California Preservation Foundation. Her fundraising and grant-writing leadership has generated over $2.5 million for cultural and preservation efforts, supported by foundations, state agencies, and private donors.
Christine is the author of The Architecture of Suspense: The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock (University of Virginia Press, 2022), which won Best Portfolio at the 2024 Booklaunch Awards. Her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair and numerous scholarly and popular publications. She has presented at more than fifty professional conferences and contributed to major preservation programs funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Henry Luce Foundation.
With degrees in Architectural History from the University of Virginia and Architectural Studies from the University of Utah, Christine brings to World Heritage USA a deep commitment to cultural continuity, contextual interpretation, and sustainable stewardship of heritage sites that define our collective identity.
Jennifer Aultman: Ohio History Connection’s Director of Historic Sites & Museums
Location: Columbus, OH
Jennifer Aultman serves as the Ohio History Connection’s Director of Historic Sites & Museums, overseeing the care, management, and public interpretation of the state’s 50+ historic sites and museums. Ms. Aultman has also served since 2016 as Project Director for the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks (HCE) World Heritage inscription project. Post-inscription (2023) she continues to lead coordination between Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and Ohio History Connection, the stewards of the Property components, and helps lead Tribal engagement at the sites.
Jen earned degrees in environmental science and archaeology, as well as her M.A. in Anthropology, from the University of Virginia. She specializes in landscapes of culture contact in eastern North America. She previously served as the Curator of Archaeological Collections at Monticello and as an instructor at the University of Virginia and Otterbein University. She has extensive experience working with federally recognized Tribal nations and is deeply committed to building frameworks for Tribal co-stewardship and co-management of heritage sites. In her spare time, Jen is elected to serve on her local public school district’s board of education and is a passionate advocate for public education.
John J. Reynolds: Retired Deputy Director, National Park Service
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Born a park ranger’s son in Yellowstone, he has dedicated to parks and conservation, both at home and aboard.
During his 40-year career with the National Park Service he served as a visionary and leader, leading planning for complex and controversial national parks, park superintendent, and executive leadership in two regions, the Presidio of San Francisco, and Deputy Director NPS.
He championed international conservation in the NPS, advised on park issues in 12 countries, and was US Delegate to the World Heritage Committee for five years.
In retirement he worked for the National Park Foundation and the Student Conservation Association. He served on the boards of nonprofits including the Student Conservation Association, Landscape Architecture Foundation, George Wright Society, Partners for Public Lands, Shenandoah National Park Trust and as a founding board member of the Friends of the Chesapeake Conservancy, Global Parks and the Friends of Flight 93.
He represented the Secretary of the Interior on the board of the Presidio Trust. He chaired federal advisory groups for Flight 93 National Memorial, John Smith Chesapeake Trail and Fort Hancock, NJ. He was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the California State Parks Forward Commission. He currently serves on the board of the Fort Monroe Authority.
He holds a Masters degree in landscape architecture and is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.