Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
10:00 AM Welcome & Intro, David Satterwhite (GMCA President), Daniel Carey (President & CEO, Historic Savannah Foundation) & Joe Marinelli (President, Visit Savannah)
10:30 AM Tracing Savannah’s Cemeteries, Luciana Spracher, Director, City of Savannah Municipal Archives
11:15 AM Developing a Cemetery Preservation Program, Izabella Nuckels, Environmental Program Coordinator, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department Cemetery Operations
1:00 PM GMCA Business Meeting
1:30 PM Selecting and Building Relationships with Cemetery Preservation Contractors, Emily Ford, Owner, Oak and Laurel Cemetery Preservation, LLC
2:30 PM The Future of Small and Family Cemeteries, Dr. Michael Trinkley, Director, Chicora Foundation, Inc.
3:15 PM The Way to Ways: A Case Study in Mausoleum Conservation, Greg Jacobs, Managing Partner, Landmark Preservation, LLC
4:00 PM Who "Owns" Burial Spaces?, Tanya Marsh, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
9:00 AM The Little Building that Could, Ashley Shares, Preservation Manager, Historic Oakland Foundation
9:45 AM Stories from the Good Cemeterian, Andrew Lumish
10:45 AM Secretary of the Interior Standards, Sarah Love, Archaeology Outreach Coordinator, Georgia Historic Preservation Division
1:00 PM Raising $3,000 Every Day – How Congressional Cemetery Raises $1.1 Million Annually, Paul Williams, President, Congressional Cemetery
1:45 PM Organization and Operations of Bonaventure Historical Society, James Osborne, President, Bonaventure Historical Society
2:30 PM Bonaventure Cemetery Tour, Pat Alhouse, Bonaventure Historical Society
6:00 PM Reception
Friday, October 18th, 2019
9:00 AM Laurel Grove North Conservation Tour, Sam Beetler, Conservation Coordinator, City of Savannah Cemeteries Division
10:30 AM Monument Restoration Demonstrations, Various Conservators
12:30 PM Low-Country Boil Lunch
1:30 PM Laurel Grove South Cemetery Tour
2:00 PM Wrap-up & Dismissal