Maine Preservation names NYC nonprofit leader as new executive director
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Tara Kelly has been named executive director of Maine Preservation, replacing Greg Paxton, who retires in June.
Tara Kelly, an executive with the Municipal Art Society of New York, has been named executive director of Maine Preservation. She takes over from Greg Paxton, who retires next month.
Kelly, who now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., but plans to move to Maine, has a decade of experience in historic preservation, nonprofit management, policy and advocacy initiatives, public and education programming and fundraising, according to a news release from the Yarmouth-based nonprofit.
For the past five years, Kelly has been vice president of policy and programs for the Municipal Art Society of New York, a 128-year-old advocacy organization that promotes historic preservation, urban planning and public art in New York City. Previously, she was executive director of Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts in Manhattan.
Kelly "brings a wealth of relevant experience and energy to the organization," the release said, particularly in light of the recent launch of Maine Preservation's expanded programming and new upcoming advocacy initiatives.
Aside from her career experience, Kelly has served on the board of directors of the Isles of Shoals Association, the board of advisors of the Historic Districts Council and as an alternate director for the East Midtown Public Realm Improvement Fund Governing Group. She also has been a member of the Island Heritage & Artifacts and Property Standards Committees of the Star Island Corporation.
She holds a master's degree in historic preservation from the Pratt Institute and a bachelor of science in linguistics from Georgetown University.
Paxton announced his retirement in December, after 13 years as executive director. Kelly will begin in June, after she is introduced at Maine Preservation's annual meeting May 26, the release said.
"We are grateful to our retiring executive director, Greg Paxton, for his long and very successful tenure, his passionate advocacy and incredible dedication to the mission of historic preservation in Maine and around the country," the release said.
Maine Preservation, chartered in 1972, is the state's only statewide, nonprofit historic preservation organization.
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