“Person Place Thing” With LPC Chair and Commissioner Sarah Carroll

About the Speakers

Commissioner Sarah Carroll
Chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)

Sarah Carroll serves as both the Chair and a commissioner of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), the largest municipal preservation agency in the United States. Chair Carroll, appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in October 2018, manages a staff of approximately 80 architects, archaeologists, preservationists, historians, attorneys, and administrators, whose mission is to protect more than 36,000 architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs, and identify and designate new landmarks and districts. Chair Carroll is a life-long preservationist and native New Yorker with more than two decades of professional experience protecting historic resources in New York City. She started her career at LPC, where she has served in various capacities over the past 25 years. Prior to her appointment, she was Executive Director and oversaw the successful designation of more than 4,000 buildings and sites, the implementation of numerous transparency and efficiency measures, and the development of a new internal permit tracking database that increased efficiency and staff accountability in the application process. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from Bates College and a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art & Design.

Randy Cohen
Host of “Person Place Thing”

Randy Cohen’s first professional work was writing humor pieces, essays, and stories for newspapers and magazines (The New Yorker, Harpers, The Atlantic, Young Love Comics). His first television work was writing for Late Night With David Letterman, for which he won three Emmy awards. His fourth Emmy was for his work on Michael Moore’s TV Nation. He received a fifth Emmy as a result of a clerical error, and he kept it. For twelve years he wrote “The Ethicist,” a weekly column for The New York Times Magazine. His most recent book, Be Good: How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything, was published by Chronicle. Learn more about Person Place Thing, and listen to past episodes here.

Elizabeth Goldstein, INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
President, MAS

Elizabeth Goldstein joined MAS as its President in 2017, with an extensive background in parks and historic preservation advocacy and management. Throughout her career, she has worked to insure transparent public engagement in civic decisions of consequence to public space and the heritage of key places nationwide and has worked in both governmental agencies and the non-profit sector.

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