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 & Interim Treasurer – Jacksonville
Mercedes Harrold, MA, RPA, Secretary – Jacksonville
Jenny Wolfe, AICP, Immediate Past President – Pensacola
At-Large Trustees
Linda Stevenson, Ph.D. – Bradenton
Mark Zubaly – Tallahassee
Board of Trustees
Aimee Angel – Sarasota
Laura Bessinger-Morse – West Palm Beach
Julie Byrd, RPA – St. Petersburg
Corion DeLaine – Miami
Melissa Dunklin – St. Cloud
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
Joseph Yates, III – Rockledge
Ex-Officio Trustees
State Historic Preservation Officer – Alissa Slade Lotane, Tallahassee
Director of Historic Preservation Program, University of Florida – Cleary Larkin, Ph.D. Gainesville
Senior Director of Heritage and Environment Resources Office, Seminole Tribe of Florida – Paul Backhouse, Ph.D., RPA, Clewiston
Florida Trust CEO & President – Melissa Wyllie, CNP, Tallahassee
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
