Executive Director, National Preservation Partners Network
Bio
Kim Trent is the executive director of the National Preservation Partners Network. She has spent three decades creating solutions for utilizing historic resources to meet community needs. Through her work with Knox Heritage; her mentoring of preservationists and preservation organizations across the country; assisting developers with accessing financial incentives for historic properties; and serving on the Board of Trustees of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Kim has gained the reputation for being a problem solver, relationship builder and savvy advocate for historic preservation.
She served for 15 years as the executive director of Knox Heritage, the non-profit historic preservation organization for the 16-county region encompassing Knoxville, Tennessee. She brings a diverse background to her current role, including experience in journalism, community organizing, community development banking, public relations and non-profit management. She has worked in historic preservation professionally and as a community volunteer and advocate at the local, state and national level and is a proponent of preservation-based community and economic development. She is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and a graduate of the University of Alabama.