About Us

Woodlawn, a National Trust Historic Site and National Historic Landmark, is owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving historic places and revitalizing America’s communities.

We have a small, full-time professional staff and approximately 40 part-time volunteers, who work in all aspects of the site’s operations. Woodlawn shares its advisory board, as well as its site, with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House. The Advisory Board is appointed by the President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and supports the site’s growth and success through community relations; advocacy; fundraising and implementation of the site’s strategic plan.

Woodlawn's Dining Room

Woodlawn's Dining Room

The National Trust for Historic Preservation

Stephanie Meeks, President

Jim Vaughan, Vice President, Stewardship of Historic Sites

Laurie Ossman, Director, Woodlawn and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House

Susan Hellman, Deputy Director

Stacey Hawkins, Site Administrator

Duane Hill, Buildings and Grounds Superintendent

Karen Sherwood, Business Coordinator

Advisory Board for Woodlawn and the Pope-Leighey House

Beverley Stanley, President

Betsy Regnell, Vice-President

Laura Simmons, Treasurer

Saralee Cowles Boteler, Secretary

Peter Christensen, Member-at-Large

Dennis Bradshaw

Chantal Jennings

Osborne Phinizy Mackie

Martha Manson, Chair, Buildings and Grounds Committee

Susan M. Shaw

Mary Ann Way, Chair, Education Committee

Ex Officio

Jim Vaughan, Vice-President, Stewardship of Historic Sites, National Trust for Historic Preservation

F. Joseph Moravec, Trustee, National Trust for Historic Preservation