Brent Leggs is the eleventh President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and has served in the role since 2026. Brent has been with the National Trust for over twenty years, most recently as the founding executive director of its African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, which has raised over $200 million for the preservation of sites associated with Black history across the country. Brent is a former Resident of the American Academy in Rome, Harvard University Loeb Fellow, 2018 recipient of the Robert G. Stanton National Preservation Award, and author of Preserving African American Historic Places, which is considered the “seminal publication on preserving African American historic sites” by the Smithsonian Institution.

Sehila Mota Casper is the Executive Director of Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC), where she leads national efforts to preserve and elevate Latinx historic places, stories, and cultural heritage. A historic preservationist and nonprofit leader, she advances community-centered preservation initiatives that promote equity, cultural stewardship, and public engagement. Her work focuses on empowering communities to protect the places and stories that shape Latinx history and identity. Under her leadership, LHC has raised nearly $10 million and launched groundbreaking programs, including the nation’s first Latinx heritage grant fund and the Endangered Latinx Landmarks program. Prior to LHC, she served as a Senior Field Officer at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She holds an MFA in Historic Preservation from SCAD and a BA in Visual Arts from Texas Woman’s University.

Angela Thorpe Mason is a cultural heritage leader, public historian, and scholar. Mason shares stories of the Black Southern Experience and amplifies histories of marginalized communities in archives, museums, and historic sites. Since 2023 she has served as the Executive Director of the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham, N.C. where history is leveraged to advance contemporary social change work. Angela earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Florida, and a Master of Arts in History with a concentration in Museum Studies from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Justin Garrett Moore is the Program Director for Humanities in Place at the Mellon Foundation, where he leads national initiatives supporting cultural heritage, public space, and innovation and care for the built environment. Trained as an architect and urban designer, his work centers responsible design, development, and stewardship in collaboration with cultural organizations, public agencies, and local partners. He previously served in New York City government, including as Executive Director of the Public Design Commission with the Mayor’s Office and as designer with the Department of City Planning. He teaches architecture and urbanism at Columbia University and Yale University and has worked and lectured globally. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, and a former member of the United States Commission of Fine Arts.

Huy Pham is the Executive Director of Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), the only national nonprofit dedicated to protecting historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Under his leadership, APIAHiP has expanded its national reach through a historic grant program, a growing technical services and emerging technologies portfolio, and sustained advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels. Huy brings more than a decade of preservation practice, including directing programs at the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and serving as a historic preservation specialist for the City of San Antonio. He holds degrees in Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Communication Studies.

Dr. Annie Polland is a public historian, author, and President of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society. She is the co-author, with Daniel Soyer, of Emerging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, winner of the 2012 National Jewish Book Award. She received her Ph.D. in History from Columbia University and served as Vice President of Education at the Museum at Eldridge Street, where she wrote Landmark of the Spirit.

Yiselle Santos Rivera, American Institute of Architects (AIA), is the 2026 President-Elect of AIA, the first Latina to hold this role in the organization's 169-year history. A Puerto Rican architect, medical planner, and organizational strategist, she is Principal and Owner of Santos Rivera Advisory, and a Lecturer at Howard University's College of Engineering and Architecture. She is a doctoral candidate in Leadership Psychology with a concentration in neuroscience at William James College. The founder of WIELD and co-founder of LA.IDEA, Yiselle's work centers on designing professions, organizations, and spaces where people can belong, thrive, and lead.