Historic Preservation Awards

Biennially, the Providence Preservation Society recognizes projects, people, and initiatives that contribute to the organization’s mission and vision for Providence. Awards are selected by an independent jury and the PPS Board of Trustees.

Submissions for the 2022 Preservation Awards are now closed. 

Our 2022 Awards Jury from New York City:

Chris Cirillo became the Executive Director/President of Ascendant Neighborhood Development Corporation in July 2012. Since arriving at Ascendant, Chris has expanded the organization’s work to include neighborhood planning, historic preservation, and asset management. Chris helped to establish the Northern Manhattan Collaborative, an alliance of local non-profit housing providers, and Landmark East Harlem, an alliance of local historic preservation advocates. He was also a member of the Steering Committee for the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan. Chris is a graduate of Brown University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies. He completed his Master of Science in Historic Preservation at Pratt Institute. He now serves as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Historic Preservation and Real Estate Practice programs at Pratt. Chris currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Friends of La Marqueta and the Historic Districts Council.

Sean Khorsandi became Executive Director of LandmarkWest! in August 2017. He joined LW! in 2015 as Advocacy Director after a decade of applying his Bachelor’s (Cooper Union) and Master’s (Yale University) of Architecture degrees in NYC design firms. He brings his knowledge of Building Code, Zoning and Materials to the field for each LW! scrimmage. If not at a City Agency hearing, he can be found searching the Upper West Side for the perfect bagel. Sean volunteers on the board of The Paul Rudolph Foundation, DOCOMOMO NY/Tri-State and is an advisory board member of the Historic Districts Council.

Jennifer Schock has been with Integrated Conservation Resources-Integrated Conservation Contracting for over a decade and has extensive experience with building materials testing, conservation treatment design and implementation, and design-build project management. A graduate of the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University, Jennifer has published articles on programs of research for repair materials and on past ICR projects. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and a chair emeritus of the Architectural Specialty Group of AIC, and she currently serves on the Preservation Committee for the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS).