Conservancy Holds Reception for Stephanie Meeks
Conservancy Board Treasurer Jack Kerr, Stephanie Meeks, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Stuart Siegel, Conservancy Board Chair.
Stephanie Meeks, Conservancy President Peg Breen and Stuart Siegel
Elizabeth White and Sam White of Platt Byard Dovell White, Architects LLP, Alex Herrera, Conservancy Director of Technical Services Center and Meisha Hunter, Senior Preservationist at Li/Saltzman Architects PC
Robert Silman of Robert Silman Associates/ Structural Engineers, Rebecca Buntrock, Stephanie Meeks and Frank E. Sanchis, III Senior Vice-President at The Municipal Art Society of New York
The Conservancy and the Municipal Arts Society held a reception at the Conservancy’s office on Dec. 8 to honor Stephanie Meeks, the new President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
“Preservation is about our heart and soul. We won’t survive as a nation and as a people if we don’t keep this cultural fabric that tells our collective story,” Meeks said at the reception.
Meeks became President of the Trust in July of this year, following the 17-year long tenure of former president Dick Moe. Prior to joining the Trust, she served as President and CEO of Counterpart International, a non-profit international development organization working in twenty-five countries. Before Counterpart, Meeks held top leadership positions with one of the world’s largest and most influential conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy, for more than seventeen years, including Acting President and CEO and Chief Operating Officer.
“One of the things I’ve heard most consistently is the need for all of us to band together to continue to make the case for the relevancy of preservation,” Meeks added.
The Conservancy has supported putting both Governors Island and Ellis Island on the National Trust’s list of endangered places. As long-time advocates for the historic buildings on the islands, the Conservancy encouraged Meeks to stay involved in the preservation issues on both islands.
