Over the past 35 years, Lorne has developed expertise in the planning, design, and restoration of historic facilities. From landmark buildings in the midst of large cities, to facilities in rural settings, his tailored approach has produced projects that preserve, extend, and revitalize historic structures. In addition to his design work, Lorne has reviewed hundreds of landmark applications in his role as a board member. Lorne is the recipient of a Seattle Chapter AIA Award for the historic renovation of Franklin High School and the State of Washington’s highest honor, the Valerie Sivinski Award for Historic Preservation, for Stadium High School.

Mariko Park is an Associate Senior Interior Designer with Mahlum Architects. Her advocacy for community-based projects serves multiple project types, including educational and historic preservation. Park is an active member of Mahlum's Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee centering a lens of social justice and an inclusive process to successfully serve its intended communities.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from California State University, Sacramento, and Master of Design Studies in Historic Preservation from Boston Architectural College. She is an IIDA member, NCIDQ certified, a Certified Interior Designer in California, and a LEED Accredited Professional.

Spanning across the west coast with agriculture roots in California and over 15 years in the Pacific Northwest, Mariko brings a unique perspective that seeks the stories and experiences to connect people to place.

Katy Al-Khalidi is a principal within the Audit and Assurance Services Group at Clark Nuber, P.S. Katy has more than 15 years of accounting experience, having worked for several Top 100 accounting firms, including a Big Four Firm, in addition to industry experience. In her current role, Katy focuses on serving privately held businesses in the real estate industry and employee benefit plan audits. Katy’s technical skills, exceptional attention to detail, and wide breadth of experience provide a valuable resource for clients with whom she works. Katy also helps lead the firm’s training program and intern program, and is a great technical resource, having recently been appointed to the AIPCA PCPS Technical Issues Committee. Outside of work, Katy enjoys spending time with her husband and son, in addition to exploring the Pacific Northwest.

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Kenny Pittman is an Associate Director with Catholic Community Services Western Washington with four years of experience in the nonprofit/social services sector.  Kenny, prior to working for Catholic Community Services, worked 44 years for state and local governments in the states of Arizona and Washington. Kenny specialized in program management and policy development in the areas of housing and economic development. Kenny’s motto is to “always strive to make it better for the people you serve.” He is inspired daily by his wife and daughter.  In his free time, Kenny likes to work in his garden and follow his lifelong passion of building a race car.

Alistair is an Audit Manager with over 20 years of experience serving the nonprofit community, maintaining strong client relationships and creating opportunities.

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Taha Ebrahimi is a director of marketing at Tableau Software. Born and raised in Seattle, she began her career as a journalist at The Seattle Times, taught writing at the University of Pittsburgh, and has been a recipient of fellowships and residencies granted by the Bloedel Reserve, The Thomas J. Watson Foundation (IBM) and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. She is the author and illustrator of "Street Trees of Seattle" (Sasquatch Books) and serves as a member of the Council for Historic Seattle as well as the Board for the Cal Anderson Park Alliance.

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Angela leads the operational and financial success of stabilized commercial real estate investments in Seattle for FAUL. Angela began her real estate career with one of the top local commercial real estate firms in Seattle, Martin Smith Real Estate Services. Later, recruited by a telecommunications company, she traveled throughout the United States to acquire real estate in the downtown cores and subsequently managed the accumulated real estate portfolio of over 50 locations. She co-founded a boutique tenant advisory real estate firm, Advisors NW, and in 2011, she began collaboration on the "Greenest Building in the World", The Bullitt Center, providing leasing and operations services to create a truly sustainable workplace. In 2022, Angela and team, were honored with Best Preservation Project by Historic Seattle for the adaptive reuse of the Queen Anne Exchange, aka Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Garfield Exchange, and again was honored in 2023 for the Labour Temple aka Labor Temple.

Bert Gregory FAIA, LEED Fellow, and Partner Emeritus at Mithun has a project focus in the urban realm, including transit-oriented development, mixed use, workplace, higher education, adaptive reuse, and urban design. Bert's project design leadership has resulted in the National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award, four American Institute of Architects (AIA) COTE Top 10 Green Project awards, two American Society of Landscape Architects National Honor Awards, the AIA National Regional & Urban Design honor award, and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Award of Excellence. In 2017 he received the AIA Seattle Gold Medal, the chapter's highest honor, recognizing distinguished lifetime achievement in architecture. Bert was awarded the International Living Future Institute's Living Future Hero award in 2019. He is a Fellow of the AIA and United States Green Building Council.

Kim Kemp arrived in Seattle in 1980 to complete her teaching credential program and later co-founded Lake Union Preschool, serving Seattle families for 36 years. A dedicated community volunteer, Kim served as PTA President at Lowell Elementary School and remained active as her children progressed through school. Now managing rental properties with her husband and enjoying bicycle touring worldwide, she is passionate about Seattle's historic neighborhoods and hopes to contribute her time and energy to support Historic Seattle's mission of saving meaningful places to foster lively communities.

Caroline Lemay is an architect with nearly 30 years of experience. Throughout her career, Caroline has enjoyed the challenge of working with existing structures and believes that their rich layers of material and methods provide both insights into the past and incredible learning opportunities. Her experience in preservation includes a wide variety of public and private projects ranging from thoughtful rehabilitations and additions to technically challenging structural, mechanical, and architectural retrofitting of historic structures. She has also worked on various project scales, from the rehabilitation of a small one-story industrial brick building in Port Townsend to the extensive restoration of the West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada – one of the country's national icons. She has recently served on the King County Landmark Commission.

Nate Lessler is a filmmaker and editor working across documentary and commercial media, with a focus on stories that examine systems, institutions, and public life. For six years, he served as Lead Editor at an Emmy Award–winning creative agency, overseeing documentary and commercial projects and managing large‑scale post‑production workflows.

He edited the award‑winning feature documentary Ultimate Citizens, which screened at more than 70 film festivals and earned over 20 awards. His work includes national campaigns for companies such as Microsoft and Dell Technologies, as well as political and advocacy initiatives and immersive 360°/VR projects.

Nate is currently directing and editing The Seattle Earthquake Project, a feature documentary exploring earthquake risk and public response to known danger, supported in part by 4Culture. Alongside this work, he continues to collaborate across commercial and public‑interest projects.

Jonathan Moore is a Vice President–Wealth Management and Financial Advisor who specializes in portfolio management with an emphasis on company‑specific ESG screening. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he brings more than eight years of experience in the financial services industry and holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Redlands.

Bryce Seidl is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in ecology, and holds an MBA in marketing from the University of Michigan. Over a 25‑year career with the Simpson Companies in Seattle, he held leadership roles across financial, sales, and operational divisions, later serving as executive vice president, COO, president, and CEO of Fisher Mills Inc. In 2003, he became the sixth president and CEO of Pacific Science Center, leading one of the nation’s largest science museums until his retirement in 2014. He subsequently founded Bryce Seidl, LLC, joined Valtas as a Senior Associate, and served as Interim Executive Director for Keiro Northwest. In addition to a decade of elected public service as a Vancouver, Washington, city councilman and mayor, he has contributed to more than thirty boards and commissions, including ongoing roles with Pilchuck Glass School, Pacific University, Pacific Denkmann Company, and the Rainier Club.