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

Rob Pahl, AIA Chair, PTT Board President, Pahl Architects/Planners

Jonathan Spodek, AIA Vice-Chair, PTT Board Associate Professor, Department of Architecture Ball State University

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

James Walter Garrison State Historic Preservation Officer, Arizona

Roy Eugene Graham, FAIA Director, College Programs in Historic Preservation School of Architecture, University of Florida

Norman Koonce, FAIA American Institute of Architects (Retired)

Frank Preusser, Ph.D. Frank Preusser and Associates, Inc.

Robert Silman, PE Robert Silman and Associates, P.C.

Suzanne Louise Turner Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture Louisiana State University

Norman Weiss Professor, Columbia University

Designated Federal Officer

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