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APT September 2025 Town Hall: Historic Preservation Community Gathering

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

At the conclusion of the June Town Hall the consensus was that quarterly gatherings would be welcome. Join us for updated information and perspectives on the ongoing policy and budget changes and challenges facing the preservation and public history community. 

Join APT for our second Town Hall to learn from more, to ask questions, and to be in community with your preservation peers.

This is a non-CEU event.

There is no fee to attend, but registration is required. This program will not be recorded.

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Panelists:

 

Erik Hein, Executive Director, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
Erik Hein is the Executive Director of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO), the national organization representing the State Historic Preservation Offices in every State, Territory and the District of Columbia before elected federal officials, federal agencies, national non-profits and the public. Before this position, which he has held since 2013, he was the President of Preservation Action, a national grassroots nonprofit organization focused entirely on federal historic preservation policy. Prior to that he held various positions at statewide, local and municipal historic preservation organizations and offices in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

A national leader in historic preservation, he currently also serves on the Boards of several non-profit organizations including the Preservation Action Foundation, National Preservation Institute, National Preservation Partners Network, Preservation Delaware and the Lewes Historical Society. 

In addition to extensive public policy and nonprofit experience, Hein’s background is in communications and architectural history. He studied 19 th Century art and architecture at the Victoria University of Manchester, UK, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University and a Master’s in American Studies/Historic Preservation from the George Washington University.
  Shaw Sprague, Vice President for Government Relations, National Trust for Historic Preservation 
Shaw Sprague is the vice president of government relations, where he oversees the organization’s advocacy priorities before Congress and the Administration. Shaw leads a dynamic team of advocacy professionals in support of funding for historic preservation programs, strengthening state and federal incentives that promote building reuse, and preserving the places and stories that provide meaning to our nation. Shaw serves as the National Trust’s ex officio board representative for President Lincoln’s Cottage and Preservation Action. He also serves as an Advisory Trustee of Maine Preservation. Prior to his time with the National Trust, Shaw advocated for land conservation funding while at The Trust for Public Land and also worked as a legislative assistant to Senator Susan Collins on Capitol Hill.
 

Greg Galer, Ph.D., Hon. AIA, HREDFP, Executive Director, APT
Greg Galer is the Executive Director of the Association for Preservation Technology International. He began this role inearly 2022, having previously served as Executive Director of the Boston Preservation Alliancewhere he impacted over $5 billion of real estate development. There he engaged with the design and development of local, regional, and national preservation policy as well as a wide variety of historic sites from National Historic Landmarks to locally significant sites, small scale residential projects, 60+ story buildings, churches, bridges, hospitals, neon signs, and Boston’s famed Fenway Park. His 35+ year career spans the breadth of public history including historic preservation, collection management, museum exhibits, documentation of historic sites, and adaptive use projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Preservation Partners NetworkGreg holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a Ph.D. in the History and SocialStudy of Science and Technology from MIT. His past research includes the evolution of irontruss bridges, ironworking history, and the role of kinship in the transmission of technicalknowledge and capital in 19 th century American industrial enterprises. His personal interestsinclude backpacking, fly fishing, and restoring his 1880 home in southwest Virginia.