Join us as we shine a light on the important role preservation has played in shaping the Adirondacks.
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Panelists:
Amy Catania | Executive Director of Historic Saranac Lake
Steven Engelhart | Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Howard Kirschenbaum | Author of the recently released Coming of Age in the Baby Boom: A Memoir of Personal Development, Education Reform, Social Action, and Adirondack Preservation, and founder of Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Moderated by Anne Van Ingen, Chairman of the Board of the Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, President of the St. Regis Foundation, a land trust in the Adirondacks, and former League Board Chair
This event is part of the League’s Future of Preservation webinar series. Thank you to our program sponsors, the Peggy N. & Roger G. Gerry Charitable Trust.
Amy Catania has led Historic Saranac Lake as Executive Director since 2009. In that time, she has overseen the development of numerous permanent and temporary exhibits and a short film. She has led Historic Saranac Lake’s capital campaign for museum expansion, raising over $2.2 million. Catania has a Master’s degree in Liberal Studies from Plattsburgh State University and a Bachelor’s in Latin American Studies from Oberlin College. Since the spring of 2020, she has authored essays drawing parallels between the current pandemic and Saranac Lake's history as a destination for people suffering from tuberculosis. Her research on Latin American TB patients in Saranac Lake laid the groundwork for working at HIstoric Saranac Lake.
Steven Engelhart is the Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH), the regional historic preservation organization of the Adirondack Park. AARCH's mission is to promote better public understanding, appreciation and stewardship of the region's built environment. Among AARCH's many activities are sponsoring tours of historic places, conducting workshops and lectures, books and publications; staffing Camp Santanoni, and providing technical assistance to individuals, organizations and local governments. Steven is a native of the region and has a B.A. from SUNY Plattsburgh and a M.S. in historic preservation from the University of Vermont. He is the author of Crossing the River: Historic Bridges of the AuSable River, a small book about bridges and local history of the AuSable Valley. He resides in Essex.
Howie Kirschenbaum has been a leader in historic preservation in the Adirondack Park for over 40 years. He was instrumental in preserving Great Camps Sagamore, Uncas, White Pine, Santanoni, and other historic places and has written books on Sagamore, Santanoni and White Pine. He founded Adirondack Architectural Heritage, the nonprofit historic preservation organization for the region, was its first president, and is a current board member. He is currently co-leading a coalition to save the endangered Debar Pond Lodge in the northern Adirondacks.
Anne Van Ingen is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake and President of the St. Regis Foundation, a land trust in the Adirondacks. She is also on the boards of Pratt Institute and the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation. Anne was the Board Chair for the Preservation League from 2012-2018 before moving over to the Trustees Council. She served as an Advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1999 to 2008. In 2019, she was awarded the Landmark Lion Award from Historic Districts Council.