The HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (HPAC) is a volunteer committee of experienced professionals who guide 4Culture's historic preservation policy development and program planning, and advise on issues affecting the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of historic places throughout greater King County.
Kathleen Brooker (chair) is the new Executive Director of Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority. Before coming to Seattle, she spent fifteen years as president and CEO of Historic Denver. Prior to that, she served as deputy state preservation officer in the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office. Kathleen was also executive director of the Lowell Historic Board in Lowell, Mass. She has long held an interest in both the arts and heritage, and came to preservation and her interest in the built environment through her training as an architect.
Brooke V. Best is a LEED certified preservationist and author, who received her M.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduation, she served as field supervisor for the restoration of the c. 1765 Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York City. For seven years, she was employed by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., a cultural resources management firm in Maryland where she successfully managed a wide range of public and private projects. Since re-locating to Seattle in 1997, she has been involved with the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, Friends of Georgetown, AIA Seattle, and DocomomoWEWA. She is currently employed at O'Brien & Company - a green building and sustainability consulting firm - where she assists with LEED for Existing Buildings projects.
Shweta Bhatia Gupta is an independent GIS specialist and preservation consultant. In the recent past, she has worked on GIS models for application in areas such as risk analysis and management of historic properties, transport and urban planning. Prior to moving to Seattle, she worked in India as preservation consultant with focus on management plans, evaluation and documentation of UNESCO nominated and designated world heritage sites in India. She has extensively worked on various onsite restoration projects dealing with materials like adobe, stone and wood. She is a graduate of the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and holds a B.A. in Architecture from India.
Marc Brown is an architect with Snyder Hartung Kane Strauss (SHKS) Architects in Seattle, where he works on large-scale institutional projects involving research and preservation design. Prior to this he was co-owner of Cristalli Brown, Inc., providing building design services and fabrication of hand-forged architectural metalwork and fine art. In earlier positions with Cardwell Thomas and others, he managed the design and construction of high-end residential projects incorporating original artworks, managing a large staff of architects, engineers, and specialty consultants.
Anita Halstead has been an arts educator and creativity consultant for over thirty years. With a Masters degree in Creative Education, she has conducted hundreds of workshops and graduate level courses for schools, businesses, and non-profits throughout the Northwest. Until her retirement in 2005, Anita was Director of Education at the Frye Art Museum. She lives on Vashon Island in Dockton, in an historic house with an award-winning garden. Anita is currently leading the planning and creation of a signed interpretive trail along the Dockton waterfront, where shipbuilding, brick-making, and fishing were the center of island commerce in the early 1900s.
Jennifer Meisner serves as executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, a statewide preservation non-profit. For ten years prior to this appointment, she was lead staff to the Pioneer Square Preservation District Board for the City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods. Jennifer earned a Masters of Architecture, with a Certificate in Preservation Planning and Design, from the University of Washington, during which time she participated in the UW Rome Program. Since 1995, she has taught graduate level courses at the UW College of Architecture & Urban Planning.
Susan Stevens is the current owner of a house that is both on the National Register of Historic Places and a designated King County Landmark. Susan and her family have extensively restored the residence to its original state. Susan is also a co-owner of SGS Glass, a commercial glazing contractor that has performed window replacement and restoration work at several historic buildings in Seattle including the University of Washington's Savery Hall, the Compass Center in Pioneer Square, the Pier 59 Aquarium, and the Colman Building. Susan has 28 years experience in the glass industry, is a currently on the board of directors for the Washington Glass Association.
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