Richard Moe, president, National Trust for Historic Preservation; honoree Richard Driehaus; Cliff Hudson, chairman of the Board, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Joseph Gromacki, National Trust Council member.
Six
champions of historic preservation whose leadership has helped restore
and revitalize their respective communities were honored at the Sixth
Annual National Trust/HGTV Restore America Gala, an elegant
evening hosted by HGTV’s Carter Oosterhouse at
the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C on June 3. Preservationists,
Members of Congress and other public officials, as well as corporate
and philanthropic leaders gathered for an evening in support of the National
Trust for Historic Preservation and to honor those who revitalize
communities and help save America’s diverse historic places.
The honorees included: Brown-Forman Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus Valerie Cunningham, founder and president of Portsmouth
Black Heritage Trail, Inc. Richard Driehaus, CEO of Driehaus Capital Management
and founder of the Richard H.
Driehaus Foundation in Chicago Secretary of State’s Register of Culturally Significant Property Wade F.B. Thompson, chairman, president and CEO of Thor Industries,
Inc. and founder
of the Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy in New York City
The Restore America Hero award honors those whose energy,
vision and leadership have had a
significant impact on the preservation of our historic and cultural
legacy—the buildings, collections,
documents and works of art that tell America’s story.
In 2007, HGTV launched Change the World. Start at Home,
a community revitalization and
environmental cause effort organized in partnership with Rebuilding
Together, the National Trust
for Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The multi-million dollar
campaign focuses on revitalizing communities, including historic
sites across the country, as well as
helping consumers make smart choices for the environment within their
homes and daily lives.
The Restore America Gala chairperson was Marcia
V. Mayo, National Trust trustee. Co-chairs of the Restore America Gala
include: Jim Samples,
president of HGTV; Richard Moe, president of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Richard Moe, honoree Wade F.B. Thompson.
Richard Moe; honoree Valerie Cunningham; HGTV host Carter Oosterhouse; Jim Clayton, EVP and CFO, Scripps Network; John Lansing, president, Scripps Network.
Richard Moe, honoree Paul Varga,
Carter Oosterhouse.
Gala co-chairs Marcia Mayo and Mia Glickman.
Julia Daniels, co-chairman, National Trust Council; Julie Daniels, Tom West, and Flo and Charlie Winston.
Frank Daniels Jr., co-Chairman, National Trust Council; U.S. Representative Brad Miller (D-NC), co-chair Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus; Charlie Winston, National Trust Council member.
Richard Moe; Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management; Carter Oosterhouse.
Jonathan Kemper, chairman Emeritus, National Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Trustees, and Nancy Kemper.
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, chairman, American Red Cross; Ambassador Nancy Brinker.
Cliff Hudson; U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI); Irene Hirano, National
Trust for Historic Preservation trustee; Richard Moe; Leslie Hudson, National
Trust Council member.
Bobbie Greene, director, Save America's Treasures, and Julia Moe.
Elinor Farquhar, National Trust Council member; Dolores McDonagh; Daniel
Herrick.
Helen Henderson, executive director, HRH Foundation; Dottie Woodcock, National Trust Council member; Leslie Hudson.
Frank De Luca and Cricket Bauer Pohanka.
Janet Vaughan, Owsley Brown II, National Trust Council member, and Richard Moe.
Jonathan Kemper; Leslie and Fritz Hoffecker; Carolyn Brody, National Trust for Historic Preservation trustee and chair, Campaign for the National Trust.
Matthew Simmons, National Trust for Historic Preservation trustee, with Ellen Simmons, National Trust Council member.
Don and Mia Glickman.
National Trust Council members Beth and Wayne Gibbens.
