2025 Annual Conference Speakers

 

INTRODUCING OUR 2025 MARION S. COVINGTON KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

LORI FERRISS, AIA, PE
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Built Buildings Lab

SESSION SPEAKERS

RAMONA BARTOS
Division of Historical Resources Director, NC DNCR
JOHN S. BENNETT, PE, SE
Structural Engineer
Bennett Preservation Engineering, PC
KRISTI BRANTLEY
Local HP Commission
and CLG Coordinator, NC DNCR
AMANDA BROWN
Project Manager, Architectural Preservationist
Bennett Preservation Engineering, PC
W. STEVEN BURKE
American Folk Art Buildings Collection
JAMI DANIELS
CEO, The Daniels Group
SHARON FAHRER
Owner, Asheville Historic Tours
MARY FERNANDEZ
Program Outreach Coordinator, the National Trust for Historic Preservation
KEVAN FRAZIER
Asheville By Foot
JONATHAN GACH
The Building Science Detectives
AMELIA GOLCHESKI
Executive Director
Cashiers Historical Society
STEWART GRAY
Director, Historic Landmarks Department of Mecklenburg County
JESSIE LANDL
Executive Director, Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County
ESTHER MANHEIMER
Mayor, City of Asheville
MICHELLE McCULLOUGH
Historic Resources Project Planner, Town of Winston-Salem
MICHELLE MICHAEL
Senior Planner – Historic Preservation, Town of Wake Forest
LISA F. MOZER, Ed.D
Author
Weathering Preservation: Statesville’s Black Historic District and Landmarks
MARK PICKEL
Chief Financial Officer
The Biltmore Company
DAN PEZZONI
Architectural History and Preservation Consultant, Landmark Preservation Associates 
ANTONIN ROBERT
President of Community Development, GBX Group
EMMA GRACE SPRINKLE
2021 Jenrette Fellow, Historian at AECOM
HEATH TOWSON
Owner, Mountaineer Motor Tours
DR. DARIN WATERS
Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History, NC DNCR
PHILIP WOOLCOTT
Managing Principal, JPW Development
Co-Managing Principal,
Flatiron Preservation Group