Ken Kocher is a native Illinoisan who now calls Madison, Georgia his home. Mr. Kocher received a Bachelors Degree in History from the University of Illinois and completed the Masters program in Historic Preservation at the University of Georgia. Ken has served as the Design Coordinator for Main Street Louisiana and the Certified Local Government Coordinator for the State of Mississippi. He is currently the principal of Piedmont Preservation, a historic preservation consulting firm. Ken’s work with Piedmont focuses on local historic preservation commissions including surveys, district designations, design guidelines, and design review assistance. Mr. Kocher serves as staff for several local commissions. This month-to-month interaction between commissions, citizens, and staff continually informs the firm’s approach and philosophy for the creation of effective and usable design guidelines. He currently serves as a board member of the Georgia Alliance of Preservation Commissions and is a frequent speaker at conferences and training sessions.

Robin Zeigler serves on the staff of the Nashville-Davidson County Metropolitan Historic Zoning Commission. Previously, she served as senior historic preservation planner for the Planning Division of the Salt Lake City Corporation, and the preservation planner for the City of Bowling Green in Kentucky. While in Kentucky, she served as the vice-chairperson of the state-wide non-profit, Preservation Kentucky and was an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University’s Public History Program where she worked for the Center for Historic Preservation and the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.

James K. Reap is Georgia attorney who specializes in historic preservation issues. He has served as chair of the preservation commissions in the City of Decatur and DeKalb County and as vice chair in Athens. His is a founding member of both the Georgia Alliance and National Alliance of Preservation Commissions and serves on the NAPC board of directors. With an undergraduate degree in American Studies and a law degree, he teaches in the graduate historic preservation program of the University of Georgia. James’ background in planning includes service to 46 cities and 10 counties as Georgia’s first regional preservation planner and later as Deputy Executive Director of the Northeast Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission. He has provided training and technical assistance to preservation commissions throughout the country. James is also a Fellow of the Dean Rusk Center, International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies. His is the former President of the Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and has worked on preservation issues in a number of foreign countries.