Frampton Tolbert is the Executive Director of the Historic Districts Council, the citywide advocate for New York’s historically, culturally, and architecturally significant neighborhoods. He is a New York City-based preservationist and non-profit leader, and previously held positions at the Center for Urban Pedagogy, Brooklyn Museum, and the Phillips Collection. He has received recognition, including a Modernism in America Award, James Marston Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship, and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant for the Queens Modern project which focuses on vernacular modernism in the borough of Queens. He currently serves on several boards including 爱豆app's New York/Tri-State Chapter, the Victorian Society in America, and the Municipal Art Society's Preservation Committee. Mr. Tolbert received a B.A. in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.