Preserving Place: The Santa Fe Continuum (2026)

Celebrate the start of Preservation Month in Santa Fe. More information, schedule, and speaker bios at https://www.historicsantafe.org/2026-preservation-month

Panel 1 - Where We’re Growing: Collaborating in Government and Communities to Meet our Housing Needs

MODERATOR
Miles Conway, CEO/EVP, New Mexico Home Builders Association 

PANELISTS
Denise Benavidez, Deputy Director, Community Development Department, County of Santa Fe
Faviola Chavez, City of Santa Fe Affordable Housing Director
Tómas Rivera, Executive Director, Chainbreaker Collective

Panel 2 - Beyond the Historic Districts: Continuing Santa Fe’s Sense of Place Grounded in Community Building in the Midtown, Southside, and Beyond

MODERATOR - To be confirmed

PANELISTS
Miguel Acosta, Co-Director at Earth Care/Poder Familiar
Daniel Hernandez, Project LLC
Mayrah Udvardi (AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB), Design Director, Model of Architecture Serving Society

Panel 3 - Developing and Designing for Community, Culture, and Climate

MODERATOR
Shawn Evans (AIA, APT-RP)

PANELISTS
Lisa Gavioli, Senior Director of Real Estate Development, Homewise
James Horn, Principal at Spears Horn Architects, AIA New Mexico President
Danielle Wilson, Senior Planner / Project Manager, Sites Southwest

Closing Speaker & Forum - Shared Visions, Shared Futures

SPEAKER AND MODERATOR - Heather Lamboy, Land Use Director, City of Santa Fe