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PRESERVATION LEADERSHIP

Florida Trust Board of Trustees

Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Officers, 2023-2024

Mike Cosden, President – Fort Myers
Ennis Davis, AICP, Vice President – Jacksonville
John Stafford, CMA, CGMA, Treasurer – Tallahassee
Mercedes Harrold, MA, RPA, Secretary – Jacksonville

Jenny Wolfe, AICP, Immediate Past President – Pensacola

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At-Large Trustees

Linda Stevenson, Ph.D. – Bradenton

Mark Zubaly – Tallahassee

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Board of Trustees

Aimee Angel – Sarasota

Laura Bessinger-Morse – West Palm Beach 

Julie Byrd, RPA – St. Petersburg

Corion DeLaine – Opa-Locka

Kelly Perkins, AICP St. Petersburg
Ross Pristera – Pensacola

David Salay, LEED AP, NCARB – Key West
J.J. Scott, AIA – Tallahassee

Mark Tarmey, AIA, NCARB – Tallahassee

Travis Williams – Jacksonville 

Joseph Yates, III – Rockledge

Mark Zubaly – Tallahassee

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Ex-Officio Trustees

State Historic Preservation Officer – Alissa Slade Lotane, Tallahassee

Director of Historic Preservation Program, University of Florida – Cleary Larkin, Ph.D. Gainesville

Tribal Historic Preservation Officer – Paul Backhouse, Ph.D., RPA, Clewiston

Florida Trust CEO & President – Melissa Wyllie, CNP, Tallahassee

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 Melissa works to advance the vision, mission and programs of the Florida Trust by collaborating with its Board of Trustees and leading staff, volunteers, members and partners. Under her leadership the Florida Trust seeks to connect with a broader community to protect places of architectural, historical and archeological importance throughout the state.

Florida Trust Executive Leadership

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MELISSA WYLLIE

CEO & President

Florida Trust Board of Trustees

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