2024 Summit Speakers

More than forty leading voices are taking the stage at the 2024 Summit, including:

Mary Lou Aleskie

Howard Gilman ’44 Executive Director
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College

Nick Anderson

Director, Architecture
Snøhetta

Akeia de Barros Gomes 

William E. Cook Vice President, American Institute for Maritime Studies
Mystic Seaport Museum

Michael J. Bobbitt

Executive Director
Mass Cultural Council

Johanna Chao Kreilick

Former CEO
Union of Concerned Scientists

Vin Cipolla

President and CEO
Historic New England

Maurice D. Cox

Emma Bloomberg Professor in Residence of Urban Planning and Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Carissa Demore

Team Leader, Preservation Services
Historic New England

Meadow Dibble, Ph.D.

Awardee of the Cultural Catalyst Award

Michelle Finamore

Fashion and Design Historian and Curator

Amy Fisher

Consultant
Zero Energy Homes

Vanessa Ford

Associate Director, Vocal Faculty
Community Music School of Springfield

David Foss

Statewide Brownfields Coordinator
MassDEP

Dr. Laura Freid

President
Maine College of Art and Design

Joie Grandbois

Sustainability Coordinator
Historic New England

Paul Growald

Founder
Stopping Stones/Engagement Arts Fund

Rhiannon Hampson

State Director
USDA Rural Development Maine

Melissa Hoffer

Climate Chief
State of Massachusetts

Brianne Lolar

Panawahpskek Citizen

Tod Machover

Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Music and Media
MIT Media Lab

Lee McColgan

Author and Architectural Conservator

AmyJean McKeown

State/Tribal Funding, Historic Preservation
EPA

Jiajian Min

Cofounder and Director | MYStudio
Special Talk | Intersections of Art, Technology, and Heritage 

Frank Mitchell

Curator at Large | The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Curatorial Adviser | Toni N. & Wendell C. Harp Historical Museum

Dr. Kate Mulligan

Assistant Professor
University of Toronto

Betsy Nicholson

North Regional Director
NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Kelly Nowlin

Principal
KDN Philanthropy Consulting

Jim O’Connell

Adjunct Professor, City Planning-Urban Affairs Program
Boston University

Shank Painters

Closing Performance - Day One

Dr. Icela Pelayo

Program Officer, Racial Equity & Community Engagement
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Tere Ramos

Executive Director
Partners for Youth with Disabilities

Ford Reiche

President
The Presumpscot Foundation

Whitney Reynolds Waxman

President and COO
American Roots

Jill Sawyer

Deputy Director
The Abbe Museum

Jim Schachter

President & Chief Executive Officer
New Hampshire Public Radio

Kevin B. Schneider

Superintendent
Acadia National Park

Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

Recipient of the 2024 Historic New England Preservation Leadership Award

Jamie Silvestri

Program Director/Art Therapist/Founder
ArtVan

Eric Stiles

President & CEO
Friends of Acadia

Shamilia McBean Tocruray

Director of Education
Brooklyn Museum

Noelle Trent

President & CEO
Museum of African American History

Ben Waxman

CEO and Co-Founder
CEO and Co-Founder | American Roots

Anna Borou Yu

Cofounder and Director
MYStudio