Understanding and Updating Local Preservation Ordinances

Sharon Bradley has thirty years of experience as a law librarian and legal instructor. She obtained her law degree from the University of Montana and her Master’s degree in library and information studies from Florida State University. Sharon previously served as a public defender in Florida and has retained her bar membership just in case she wants to return to Florida. She was a member of the Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) Historic Preservation Commission for eight years, serving twice as the chair. Sharon was a member of the Hearings Board (zoning appeals) and was appointed to the citizens selection and oversight boards for the county’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) program.

Andrea Burke is the Historic Preservation Supervisor in the Community Planning and Economic Development Department at the City of Minneapolis. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, she has a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Missouri and a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia. After getting her start in historic preservation at the City of Minneapolis, she has worked over 20 years in the public and private sectors as a city planner, consultant, and architectural historian for a State Historic Preservation Office. Previously she worked for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in Section 106 and Historic Tax Credits, and upon returning to Minnesota, she re-established the historic preservation team at the City of Minneapolis in 2019. She has since guided the Minneapolis preservation team through multiple grant awards at the state and national levels, design guidelines updates, resurvey projects, community engagement projects, streamlining review processes, and the first major ordinance update since 2001.

Will Cook is a nationally recognized attorney, scholar, and law professor with a successful record for protecting National Historic Landmarks, significant landscapes, historic viewsheds, and traditional cultural properties. His practice focuses on balancing historic preservation with economic development so that historic preservation and cultural heritage law is more efficient, effective, and predictable. Will has studied American fine and decorative arts at the graduate level and helped develop standards regarding the direct care of collections and institutional deaccessioning practices. He lectures regularly to national audiences.

Collette Kinane, AICP, a Preservation Planner with the City of Raleigh, serves as one of the primary staff for the Certificate of Appropriateness process of the Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC). She also works closely with the Research and COA committees of the RHDC to help identify and promote Raleigh’s historic places. Previously, she worked with the City of Greenville (NC) as the Preservation Planner. She holds a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Interior Design and Public History from Meredith College.

Tania Georgiou Tully, Historic Preservation Supervisor with the City of Raleigh Planning and Development Department leads the City’s three-person Historic Preservation Unit. In addition to management of the historic preservation program she serves as the primary liaison to the Raleigh Historic Development Commission. A Raleigh native, she recently celebrated her 18th year with the City. Prior preservation jobs include working in the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, the Maryland Historical Trust, and as a preservation planner in Montgomery County, Maryland. Tania holds a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Utah and a B.S. in Design from Clemson University.