2024-05-04T08:20:43-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150271512/architect-and-academic-sara-bronin-announced-as-biden-s-nominee-for-advisory-council-on-historic-preservation-chair Josh Niland 2021-06-29T13:40:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c3/c310a9e400dba91f5cc78f4774f7cc33.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new nominee for chairman of the White House&rsquo;s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has been named this week, placing a community activist and architect into a position of influence that had been only a part-time role until 2016.</p> <p><a href="https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-sara-bonin-nominated-chairman-advisory-council-on-historic-preservation-20210625-ap4ya7vihvfdpe6an6irkzsyqm-story.html" target="_blank"><em>The Hartford Courant</em></a> is reporting that Sara Bronin has been nominated by President Biden as the next chair of the 55-year-old council. Bronin is already an advisor to the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/612773/national-trust-for-historic-preservation" target="_blank">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a> and has been featured recently in Archinect for her ongoing efforts surrounding <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150261356/connecticut-is-in-the-spotlight-as-a-housing-reform-hotspot" target="_blank">housing segregation in Connecticut</a>. If confirmed, she will join Wayne Donaldson and Trump appointee Aimee Jorjani on a list of others to helm the council in the past decade.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>A White House press release cited Bronin&rsquo;s academic background and public service record as the reasons behind her nomination, stating that her work &ldquo;focuses on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f15a4fd68f6c17ad88f901d22a1b1f70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f15a4fd68f6c17ad88f901d22a1b1f70.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150265225/biden-administration-ousts-members-of-the-u-s-commission-of-fine-arts-justin-shubow-removed-after-refusing-to-resign" target="_blank">Biden admini...</a></figcaption></figure>