Restoration Efforts of the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts

 
Khristina Lew, President, Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts
Khristina Lew is the founder and president of the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts. A former photojournalist who covered Ukraine in the 1990s, she is currently a technical writer with the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. She has received multiple U.S. government grants to implement civic education programmes in Ukraine and has served as an international observer in seven Ukrainian elections. Lew is co-author of 100 Nahirny Churches: The Churches of Vasyl Nahirny and 100 Nahirny Churches: The Churches of Evhen Nahirny.

 
Martha Jarosewich-Holder, Secretary, Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts
Martha Jarosewich-Holder is a founding member of the Board of the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts and its current Secretary. She is a retired technical specialist with a 25-year history in international development at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. She was involved in ensuring due diligence and in-program design, formulating results frameworks for quality assurance, and monitoring and evaluating performance in environmental and water resources management programs. Jarosewich-Holder has both resided and worked on several investment projects in Ukraine. 

Robert J. Hotes, AIA, NCARB, APT RP, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Preservation Architect, JKOA
As Senior Preservation Architect at JKOA, Bob focuses on the preservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings for institutional, governmental, and educational clients. After growing up in Washington, DC, Bob spent the majority of his career in Philadelphia. A passion for the past, combined with a commitment to a sustainable future, has guided an award-winning career working with existing buildings, including all forms of rehabilitation and additions, spanning the 18th to the 21st centuries. Recent projects include the exterior restoration of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the roof replacement at Reynolda House Museum of American Art and restoration of the Conservatory and Greenhouses at Reynolda Gardens, the rehabilitation of the House of Many Porches at Dorothea Dix Park, the exterior restoration of the Selma Federal Building and US Courthouse, and the restoration, renovation and expansion of Dillon Gymnasium at Princeton University. 

Bob was the recipient of the 2000 Young Architect Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and he chaired AIA Philadelphia’s Historic Preservation Committee for over twenty years. He is a Recognized Professional with the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) and currently serves as APT Vice President. He chairs the APT Partnerships & Outreach Committee and serves on the APT Technical Committees on Documentation, Sustainable Preservation, and Modern Heritage. Bob is also active with the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), for whom he serves on multiple International Scientific Committees. His publications include “Sustainable Building” in The Practice of Sustainable Development, published by the Urban Land Institute. In Wilmington, Bob serves on the boards of the Historic Wilmington Foundation and the Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts. 

Bob received a BSE in Architecture and Civil Engineering from Princeton University and a MArch and Certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. He pursued additional training through the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program at the Institute Spetsproyectrestavratsiya in Moscow and the Penn Summer Program in European Conservation at the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) in Rome, and he was the 2011 laureate of the Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship in France. A leader in the architecture and preservation professional communities, Bob speaks and writes frequently on architecture, preservation and sustainable design, and he has lectured at numerous professional conferences and symposia throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. 

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