2023 Summit Speakers

More than forty leading voices took the stage at the 2023 Summit, including:

Charles Baldwin

Access and Inclusion Program Officer
Mass Cultural Council

Joanne Berger-Sweeney

President
Trinity College

Dan Bergsagel

Sustainability Lead
schlaich bergermann partners

Rebecca Berry

Principal, President, Director of Sustainability
Finegold Alexander Architects

Angela D. Brooks, FAICP

Director
American Planning Association

Maria A. Burks

Consultant
Parks and Public Lands

Dawn Carroll

Founder and Executive Director
Over My Shoulder Foundation

David N. Cicilline

President and CEO
Rhode Island Foundation

Vin Cipolla

President and CEO
Historic New England

Joseph Codega Jr.

State Budget Officer
State of Rhode Island

Carol Coletta

CEO
Memphis River Parks Partnership

Trudy Coxe

CEO and Executive Director
Preservation Society of Newport County

Carla DeStefano

Executive Director
SWAP, Inc.

Carissa Demore

Team Leader for Preservation Services
Historic New England

Kara Elliott-Ortega

Chief of Arts and Culture
City of Boston

R. Tripp Evans

Professor, History of Art; Chair, History of Art Program
Wheaton College

Michelle Finamore

Fashion and Design Historian and Curator

David Fithian

President
Clark University

Valerie Fletcher

Executive Director
Institute for Human Centered Design

Louis C. Fusco

Principal
Louis Fusco Landscape Architects

Rosanne Haggerty

President and CEO
Community Solutions

Tom Kaufhold

Founder
Seacoast NH LGBT History Project

Phillip Kennicott

Senior Art and Architecture Critic
The Washington Post

David Leonard

President
Boston Public Library

Sarah Marchant

Chief of Staff & VP of ROC NH
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund

Marta V. Martínez, PhD

Executive Director
Rhode Island Latino Arts

Miranda Massie

Director
Climate Museum

Sharon M. Meagher, PhD

Creative Changemaker

Adam Osgood

Collections Technician
Historic New England

Christina H. Paxson

President
Brown University

Doug Pizzi

Executive Director
Mass Parks for All

Jonathan Rosenbloom

Professor of Law
Albany Law School

Lisa Serafin

President
Athena Real Estate Development

Betty Siegel

Director of the Office of VSA and Accessibility
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Mayor Brett P. Smiley

Mayor
City of Providence, Rhode Island

Lorén M. Spears

Executive Director
Tomaquag Museum

Harold Steward

Executive Director and Cultural Strategist
New England Foundation for the Arts

Heidi Swevens

Director of Community Partnerships
Inclusive Arts Vermont

Valerie Tutson

Executive Director
Rhode Island Black Storytellers

Representative Andy X. Vargas

Massachusetts State Representative
Massachusetts House of Representatives | 3rd Essex District (Haverhill)

Susan D. Whiting

Chair
National Women’s History Museum

Thomas Woltz

Principal and Owner
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Carrie Zaslow

Executive Director
Providence Revolving Fund