People - Preserving Legacies

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Meet Our Global Team

Preserving Legacies is powered by a growing team of diverse climate heritage champions. Get to know the thought leaders, scientists, storytellers, site custodians, and community advocates on a mission to safeguard every site against current and future climate impacts.

Team

Leadership Team

Managed by National Geographic Explorer Dr. Victoria Herrmann, this ambitious project requires a global organization and dedicated team to plan, develop, execute, and evaluate all project activities. Meet them below.

Site Custodians

The site custodians of Preserving Legacies are the heart of this project. Each site in Preserving Legacies is represented by two site custodians, who come from community organizations, management authorities, and nonprofits to learn about climate heritage and act at their sites.

Chandara Hin

Angkor

Ly Phally

Angkor

Dara Phoeung

Angkor

Chou Radina

Angkor

Celso Almeida

Candomblé Terreiros of Bahia

Bruno Andrade

Candomblé Terreiros of Bahia

Carlos del Cairo

Cartagena

Gabriela Caroleon

Cartagena

Amandine Crépin

Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars

Séverine Couvreur

Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars

Addelina Lucero

Flower Path Pollinator Initiative

Melanie Kirby

Flower Path Pollinator Initiative

Luana Campos

Guato Barra

Denir Marques da Silva (Negré)

Guato Barra

Khandoker Mahfuz ud Darain

Historic Bagerhat

Jacqui Colyer

Historic Hampton House

Patrick Ceres

Historic Hampton House

Lovely Yasmin

Historic Mosque Bagerhat

Erdenesuvd Bayaraa

Historical and Cultural Heritage Sites of Kherlen River Valley

Saruul Arslan

Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Kherlen River Valley

Betty Karanja

Ileret Footprint Project Site

Albert Otieno

Ileret Footprint Project Site

Sanjeev Neupane

Kangchenjunga Conservation Area

Santosh Gautam

Kangchenjunga Conservation Area

Anita Lekgowa

Kavango / Okavango River Basin

Ina-Maria Shikongo

Kavango / Okavango River Basin

Sana Taktak

Kerkennah Islands

N'Batchaka Tikpambiti

Koutammakou

Casimir Batchatchile

Koutammakou

Ibrahim Tchan

Koutammakou

Gabriela Steinitz

La Floresta

Diana Bermúdez

La Floresta

Mohamed Alhassane

La Vieille Ville Historique d’Agadez

Aunty Dianne Nicholls Pitt

Mapoon Mission and the Burial and Earth Mounds of Cullen Point, Cape York, Queensland, Australia

Aunty Maria Pitt

Mapoon Mission and the Burial and Earth Mounds of Cullen Point, Cape York, Queensland, Australia

Desley Gardner

Nelson’s Dockyard National Park

Christopher Waters

Nelson’s Dockyard National Park

Haifa Abdelhaleem

Petra

Taher Falahat

Petra

Janni Bulayungan Albano

Rice Terraces

Marlon Matabye Martin

Rice Terraces

Cass Stabler

Rideau Canal

Fergus McCormick

Sceilg Mhichil

Connie Kelleher

Sceilg Mhichil

Alex Yaning Yen

Shenkeng District

ChunHan Chien

Shenkeng District

HaoYun Chi

Shenkeng District

Arunas Palionis

Sjøgata Preservation Area

Darren Rewi

Tahuna Glenorchy

Leslie Van Gelder

Tahuna Glenorchy

Bernard Kondi

Tawaki Coconut Plantation, Wakapi, Gauwe and Popar Megalith Stones

Julie Kondi

Tawaki Coconut Plantation, Wakapi, Gauwe and Popar Megalith Stones

Anne Pirard

The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Chiara Ronchini

The Great Spa Towns of Europe

Tony Crouch

The Great Spa Towns of Europe, City of Bath

Anke Matthys

The Great Spa Towns of Europe, City of Vichy

Terri Sweeney Meade

The Rock of Cashel | Caiseal na Rí

Gretta Doyle

The Rock of Cashel | Caiseal na Rí

Pauline Gleeson

The Rock of Cashel | Caiseal na Rí

Anne Carey

The Rock of Cashel | Caiseal na Rí

Empress Holliday

Tijuana Border Field

Dr. Kristen Goodrich

Tijuana Border Field

Day Whaanga

Tūranganui a Kiwa

Chrissy Moetara

Tūranganui a Kiwa

Apoorva Iyengar

Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai

Ashwini Deshpande

Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai

Scientific Steering Committee

The Scientific Steering Committee serves as an advisory board and community of champions in service of this mission. Members bring valuable specialized information, experience, skills, and geographic reach of ICOMOS National Committees so that the impact of Preserving Legacies can reach further.