Evan is the executive director of Preservation Texas. Prior to joining PT in 2014, he served for four years as executive director of the Preservation Society of Charleston (2010-2014) and served for six years as executive director of Historic Beaufort Foundation (2004-2010), both in South Carolina. He is a graduate of The University of Texas School of Law (2000) and the University of Richmond (1997). In 2011, he was the inaugural recipient of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s American Express Aspire Award, recognizing an emerging national leader in the preservation field. He was selected to participate in the 2013 Attingham Summer School for the study of English country houses.

Conor is Preservation Texas’s endangered Properties Manager and Northeast Texas Program Officer. He is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU) and worked as a high school social studies teacher for five years before earning a master’s degree in public history from SFASU. In 2017, he spent the summer in southeastern Alaska with HistoriCorps restoring an Adirondack-style cabin built by the CCC in the Tongass National Forest. Here he developed a passion for hands-on preservation and learning about vernacular buildings and construction methods. From 2018-2021, he worked for the city of Bloomington, Indiana as the Historic Preservation Program Manager where he facilitated local preservation ordinances and applied design review to hundreds of projects impacting historic buildings throughout twelve local historic districts. He worked in cultural resource management from 2021-2022 as an architectural historian, where he made numerous NRHP eligibility assessments and participated in drafting and implementing Programmatic and Memorandum Agreements for projects involving adverse effects to culturally-significant properties.

Sam is Preservation Texas's Programs Coordinator. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Environmental Design, and received her master's degree in Preservation Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. With a background in graphic design, Sam develops our print and online communications, manages our social media channels, and coordinates our membership programs. She also provides comprehensive administrative support, event planning, and research aimed at furthering Preservation Texas's mission.

Victor is Preservation Texas’s West Texas Program Officer. A native of El Paso, Victor is passionate about preserving local cultural heritage. He is an alumnus of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where he held full-time administrative staff positions from 2020-2024. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a BA in art history from UTEP. Victor also served for two years on El Paso’s Historic Landmark Commission and completed internships with The Trost Society and the Texas Historical Commission’s Division of Architecture and Community Heritage Development Division in Austin. While with The Trost Society, Victor was involved in mapping all known buildings by leading El Paso-based architect Henry C. Trost (1860-1933).

Jesús is Preservation Texas’s Architectural Programs Manager and also serves as the Central Texas Program Officer. Jesús has over fifteen years of local, national and international experience managing preservation programs in the private, government, and non-profit sectors. He has previously served as South Texas Field Officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Project Manager for the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Sites Division, and most recently, as Project Manager at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Based in San Marcos, Jesús serves as a first point of contact for members and stakeholders in the Central Texas region, and importantly, he oversees all aspects of the rehabilitation and restoration of Preservation Texas properties statewide.

Paulina is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso with a double major in Graphic Design and Art History. Her experience includes graphic design work for UTEP Student Affairs and a summer internship at the Smithsonian Institution, where she contributed to an educational Learning Lab on social justice. Paulina has presented her research and artwork at events such as Historia Expone, the UTEP Focus Talks, and the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium. She is fluent in Spanish and English and brings a strong background in visual communication and arts education.