2022 Summit Speakers

A wide range of leading voices took the stage at the inaugural Summit in Worcester, including:

Robert Adam

Special Advisor, Lecturer
NBSS

Luis Aguirre-Torres

Director of Sustainability
City of Ithaca, NY

Catherine Allgor, Ph.D.

President
Massachusetts Historical Society
Deborah Allinson

Deborah Allinson

Chair
Historic New England
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Deborah Berke

Partner
Deborah Berke Partners
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Dr. Alissa Butler

Study Center Manager
Historic New England

Ed Carr

Director of IDCE, Professor
Clark University

Melvin Chen

Deputy Dean
Yale School of Music

John Childs

Director of Collections
Peabody Essex Museum

Vin Cipolla

President and CEO
Historic New England
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Carissa Demore

Team Leader for Preservation Services
Historic New England
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Bethany Groff Dorau

Executive Director
Museum of Old Newbury

Mary Margaret Earl

Executive Director. Senior Minister
UU Urban Ministry
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Barnaby Evans

Executive Artistic Director
Waterfire
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Michelle Finamore, Ph.D.

Fashion and Design Curator
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Kathleen Gagne

Executive Director
Mechanics Hall

Andrew Gapinski

Director of Horticulture
Arnold Arboretum

Jenny Gersten

Interim Artistic Director
Williamstown Theatre Festival
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Dr. Françoise N. Hamlin

Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
Brown University
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Brandon Haw

President, CEO
Brandon Haw Architecture
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Jane Hennedy

Site Manager, Southern Rhode Island
Historic New England

Elizabeth Hitchcock

Principal
The Orbit Group
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Eric Höweler, FAIA

Co-Founder, Partner
Höweler + Yoon
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Emily Kahn

Program Coordinator
National Fund for Sacred Places

Karen Keane

CEO
Bonhams Skinner
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Rebecca Kelly

Lecturer
RISD

Samantha Koslow

Director
Christie’s
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Kathy Kottaridis

Executive Director
Historic Boston Inc.
Eric Kramer

Eric Kramer

Principal
Reed Hilderbrand

Peter Krasinski

Principal Organist
Mechanics Hall
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Arthi Krishnamoorthy

Partner
Deborah Berke Partners
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Kate Lear

Board Chair
Ballet Hispánico

Gregory Lombardi

Founding Principal
Gregory Lombardi Design

Ulrich Lorimer

Director
Native Plant Trust

Leo Lovemore

Research Scholar, Adjunct Faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Rutgers University

Kenann McKenzie

Director
GLADC at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life
James Naughton

James Naughton

Actor
Williamstown Theatre Festival

Lynne Bryan Phipps

Founder, Executive Director
Beachwood Integrative Equine Therapy, Inc.

Nicholas Redding

President/CEO
Preservation Maryland
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Byron Rushing

President
Roxbury Historical Society
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Christopher Serkin

Ridley Chair in Law
Vanderbilt University

Candelaria Silva-Collins

Chair
George B. Henderson Foundation

Carl Skelton, Dr.-Ing.

President
Gotham Innovation Greenhouse
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Anne-Marie Soulliere

Retired President
Fidelity Foundations
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Nader Tehrani

Founding Principal
NADAAA

Doneeca Thurston

Executive Director
Lynn Museum/Lynn Arts
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Sarah Turner

President
North Bennet Street School

Julian Wade

President, Publisher
Davis Publications

Claudia Wu

Attorney, Nonprofit Consultant
Center for Civic Engagement and Service