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My Path to Preservation: Kelly Wong, San Francisco Principal Planner

Join the California Preservation Foundation for our My Path to Preservation series, a webinar program with the goal of sharing insights with students, interns, graduates, emerging professionals, and anyone interested in a career in preservation, to learn about the variety of pathways and opportunities available.

The one-hour, free lunchtime program will include a 10-15 minute presentation by a guest speaker in one of a number of preservation-related professions, followed by Q&A with questions from CPF's Education Committee Co-Chairs and our audience.

Find more resources for students on our Student Support webpage.

This program is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Groundwork Preservation, LLC.

About Our Guest Speaker

This month, we welcome Principal Planner,  Kelly Wong with the City & County of San Francisco Planning Department where she currently manages the Code Enforcement Team and works collaboratively with other City agencies, property owners, and project consultants to bring properties back into compliance with Planning Code. She also serves as the building materials technical expert on the Preservation Team.

Kelly received her undergraduate degree in architecture from UC Berkeley and her master’s in historic preservation with a concentration in architectural conservation from the University of Pennsylvania. She began her career at a private architecture firm in San Francisco dedicated to the rehabilitation and conservation of public historic buildings and sites. She has worked on projects including archaeological sites in the US and abroad including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Peru, Tunisia, and Northern Sudan.

Before joining the Planning Department, she worked at the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) in Los Angeles to work on the Earthen Architecture Initiative, Seismic Retrofitting Project (SRP), which focuses on the seismic upgrade of earthen structures in Peru using advanced technologies coupled with traditional materials and methodologies. Kelly facilitated the production of “model” construction documents for use by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture. Prior to the GCI, Kelly was a Preservation Project Manager at The Presidio Trust, a federal agency in San Francisco where she led the preservation efforts and seismic rehabilitation of the Officers’ Club, one of the oldest buildings in San Francisco. 

Kelly Wong brings an incredible breadth of experience to this not-to-miss session!

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