Patricia H. Gay
923 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 581-7032 pgay@prcno.org
Experience
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans 1980 - Present Executive Director The mission of the Preservation Resource Center is to promote the preservation of New Orleans' historic architecture and neighborhoods. As director, the major responsibilities and accomplishments include the development and implementation of the following programs: Operation Comeback, Rebuilding Together, Advocacy, Legislation, Publication of Preservation In Print, and other educational activities
Speaking Engagements
Dept of Defense Inter-Service Environmental Ed Review Board, New Orleans, LA 10th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Retreat, New Orleans, LA Restore Omaha Keynote Speaker, Omaha, NE American Institute of Architects National Convention, New Orleans, LA Tennessee State Preservation Conference Keynote Speaker Urban Waterfronts 2010: City Resurgent, Baltimore, MD Cincinnati Preservation Association Fall Luncheon, Keynote Speaker Brownfields Conference Panelist, New Orleans, LA National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, New Orleans, LA Women’s Professional Council, New Orleans, LA Iowa Disaster Recovery Conference, Coralville, LA Summit on Sustainability, Alexandria, LA Louisville Historical League/Preservation Kentucky, Louisville, KY Old Algiers Riverfest History of Jazz Symposium, New Orleans, LA, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, Lafayette, LA National Association of Professional Mortgage Women, New Orleans, LA Southern Economic Association Panelist, New Orleans, LA Traditional Building Conference Panelist, New Orleans, LA Center for Planning Excellence Smart Growth Summit, Baton Rouge, LA Rebuilding a City: A Celebration of Preservation, Detroit, MI 9th Annual ICOMOS International Symposium, Newport, RI Colorado Preservation Inc.’s Annual Historic Preservation Conference, Denver, CO, Center for American and International Law, New Orleans, LA, National Trust for Historic Preservation Main Street Conference, New Orleans, LA Green Build Conference, New Orleans, Recovery and Infill Design Panel, Atlanta, GA Preservation in Indonesia, six cities, hosted by US Embassy in Jakarta Southern Regional Conference, New Orleans, LA
National Publications
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“The Preservation Resource Center: Rebounding and Rebuilding” The Alliance Review, NAPC, 2008
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“Foreword” New Orleans Style, published by Rizzoli, 2008
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“A City That Really Cares”
2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004
Historic Preservation Forum, Journal of the NTHP, 2004 •
“The Urgency of Urban Preservation” When Past Meets Future, NTHP, 2002
Civic Involvement
Awards
Past Projects of the PRC
Education
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Preservation Action Nominating Committee Chair
20112012
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Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census: Historic Preservation vs. Katrina; What Roles Should Federal, State, and Local Governments Play in Preserving Historic Properties
2005
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Regional Planning Commission/City of New Orleans Main Street Program Committee, 2003
2003
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New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute Class of 2000
2000
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National Center for Preservation Training and Technology, Board of Directors, 1997 - 2000
19972000
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New Orleans Magazine Top Female Achievers
2013
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Legislative Award, Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation
2012
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Lifetime Contribution to the Humanities, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
2011
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Award for Historic Preservation, Garden Club of America (Zone 9)
2009
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Preservationist of the Year, Louisiana Preservation Alliance
2006, 2000
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Cottage Living Idea Home, a collaboration between PRC’s Operation Comeback and Cottage Living magazine to integrate modular design into New Orleans’ traditional neighborhoods.
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Traditional Building Conference Model Home, a ca. 1870 home that had been severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina was renovated by PRC’s Operation Comeback to become a building conference demonstration home.
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New Orleans: Life in an Epic City and New Orleans’ Favorite Shotguns, books written and published by PRC Living with History, brochures on New Orleans National register Historic District neighborhoods.
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Classic New Orleans, a book publication featuring New Orleans architecture and neighborhoods, co-sponsored by PRC and the Tulane University School of Architecture
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Riverfront/Historic Districts Study, National Trust Critical Issues grant
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Warehouse District Study for preservation development, National Trust Critical Issues grant
Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA B.A. History
1965