Who We Are

Mission 

Historic Albany Foundation preserves and protects buildings that have architectural, historic or civic value, by providing technical assistance, education, and advocacy.

Pamela Howard

Executive Director

Cara Macri

Director of Preservation Services

Marco Valle

Parts Warehouse Manager

Directors

Kelsea Adams
Padraic Bambrick
Paige Barnum Elizabeth Benjamin Michelle Bruck
Schuyler Bull
Jake Capecelatro
James Gaughan
Amy Geduldig
Stephen Hickey
David Hinchen
Sharif Kabir
Faraz Khan
Julie Lundgren
Niyati Shetty
David Toledo

Officers

Shawn Morris, President
Beth Mosall, 1st Vice President
Derek Baranski, 2nd Vice President April Fallon, Secretary
Robert Coughlin, Treasurer

Advisory Board

Jay W. (Bill) Bouchard
James J. Campbell
George Carpinello
James Davies
Marilyn Kaplan
Holly Katz
Lori Hansen
Christine Miles
Anthony Opalka
Jackaline H. Ring, Chair
Clare Yates

Our History

Historic Albany Foundation was first created in 1974 to advocate for the preservation of the Center Square and Hudson Park neighborhoods after the construction of Empire State Plaza and Interstate 787. More than 1,500 buildings were demolished for the new construction and a proposed cross town arterial threatened hundreds more. Since that time, the Foundation’s mission has been to preserve and protect buildings that have architectural, historic or civic value, by providing technical assistance, education, and advocacy.

Historic Albany Foundation has played a major role in shaping Albany’s built environment by working closely with historic property owners, neighborhood stakeholders, private developers, elected officials and government agencies.

We have spent the last 50 years working to protect Albany’s architectural heritage and we want to continue for the next 50 at least!