Richard R. Anderson serves as the Executive Director of the Northwest Railway Museum. Previously, he worked as the museum’s curator of operations and was a trainman and conductor with BC Rail and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Anderson has been active in the community, serving on a variety of heritage and civic boards in Redmond and the Snoqualmie Valley. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science focusing on the railway and its role in the development of the west.

Marilyn Brockman, Chair, has focused her architectural career working with public and non-profit clients to produce enduring and functional places. Brockman worked in Boston on the restoration and rehabilitation of landmark structures for 12 years before moving to Seattle in 1991. She is a principal of Bassetti Architects, a regionally based firm with a 63-year portfolio of academic, civic and cultural facilities in public settings. Her projects include the restoration of Trinity Parish Church, the rehabilitation of the Camp Waskowitz Dining Hall, renovation of Mary Gates Hall and Guggenheim Hall at the University of Washington, the renovation and addition to West Seattle High School, and Seattle City Hall. Her work has been published in Architectural Record; Journal of Interfaith Forum, Art and Architecture; Design Times and many Seattle-based publications.

Brockman is an active member of Seattle’s cultural community and has served as chair of the King County Public Art Commission and as a trustee of the INITMAN Theatre. She received her BA in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, and her Masters of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joe Follansbee is vice president of the board of the Association of King County Historical Organizations, a membership group with more than 140 organization and individual members in the fields of historic preservation and heritage. He is author of the book Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen: The Story of the Schooner Wawona, and he writes frequently on heritage and preservation issues.

Follansbee works as communications director for the tall ship Lady Washington, and he manages a number of heritage-oriented websites. He lives in West Seattle with his wife and two daughters.

Vicki Stiles serves as the Executive Director for the Shoreline Historical Museum. She has over 20 years experience in historical programs, including serving as collections management assistant for the Thomas Burke Memorial Museum and the Washington State Historical Society.

Stiles is an active member of preservation and heritage community, and is a former member of the King County Landmarks Commission and a past president of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology and Master of Arts in Museum Studies.

Marie Strong serves on the City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board and was the immediate past President of the Historic Seattle Foundation. She works as an Associate Broker for Coldwell Banker Bain Associates. She has served on a variety of civic boards, including as the Chair of the Small Business Council for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and on the Boys & Girls Club Auction Board.

Previously, Strong worked as the Director of Market Development for McCaw Cellular and as the Assistant Vice President of Marketing Programs for the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games.

Heather Trescases serves on the 4Culture Heritage Advisory Committee. She is also a board member for the Association of King County Historical Organizations. Trescases works as the Executive Director of the Eastside Heritage Center, located in Bellevue. Before assuming leadership of the organization, she served as a researcher and archives assistant.

Previously, Trescases worked as a researcher and French translator for the Providence Archives (Seattle), as a researcher and writer for History Link, and as a policy analyst for the Regulatory Affairs Division of the Government of Canada. She holds a Masters Degree in Public History from the University of Waterloo.

Robert Weaver serves as the Vice Chair of the King County Landmarks Commission. He has a combined background in architecture and archaeology, and has worked in the field of cultural resource management for nearly 25 years. Weaver serves as the Principal Cultural Resources Specialist for the Environmental History Company, which he founded. Previously, he spent nearly two decades with Hart Crowser, Inc.

Weaver’s projects have ranged from EIS work on Safeco and Qwest Fields, to studying the historical movements of chemical warfare materials to evaluate the potential for residual materials on active bases, to searching for archeological remains on the 17th century Rhode Island settlement founded by Roger Williams.

Susan White serves as a Des Moines City Council Member. White is a Board Member for the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and has been active in historic preservation. She played a key role in placing the Covenant Beach Park on the National Register of Historic Places, and helped secure funding to rehabilitate buildings in the park.

Previously, White worked as a realtor for Windermere, provided quality assurance for Boeing’s Software and Computer Services division, and served as an English instructor to French IBM employees.