Dr. Jonathan S. Bell is Senior Vice President for Global Preservation Strategy and Founding Director of the Suzanne Deal Booth Institute for Heritage Preservation at World Monuments Fund, where he oversees the organization’s project portfolio and guides professional engagement through training and thought leadership. Over the course of his career, Dr. Bell has worked with the Getty Conservation Institute on World Heritage sites in China and Egypt, evaluated cultural site management from Kazakhstan to Colombia, and overseen strategic planning for large-scale flood infrastructure with the County of Los Angeles. He serves on multiple international professional scientific committees and sits on editorial boards for two academic journals. He holds a B.A. from Harvard University, a D.E.A from the Sorbonne in France, an M.Sc. in historic preservation from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in urban planning from UCLA. 

Javier Ors Ausín is Senior Manager, Special Programs at World Monuments Fund, where he oversees the organization's three special programs on Modern Architecture, Jewish Heritage, and Crisis Response, as well as a diverse portfolio of conservation field projects in different countries across the world. An architect by training, he has presented his field work and research at various forums, including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Royal Geographical Society, the Society of Architectural Historians, and various ICOMOS symposia, and has been a guest critic in many universities. He holds a bachelor's degree in building engineering, a master's in architecture from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain, and a master's in design studies in critical conservation from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.   

Susan Macdonald, RIBA, PIA, is the Head of Buildings and Sites at the Getty Conservation Institute. She joined the Getty Conservation Institute in 2008 as Head of Field Projects. Macdonald has worked in the private and public sectors in London and was previously Director of the New South Wales Heritage Office in Australia. She has been involved in a wide range of conservation issues, including urban planning, development, economics, world heritage, and policy and technical matters, and has lectured, authored, and edited various books and articles on these topics. She has served on several international and national advisory committees and editorial boards and is a member of DOCOMOMO International Specialist Committee on technology, the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage, and APTi’s Modern Committee. Macdonald has a bachelor of science and a bachelor of architecture from the University of Sydney, as well as a master’s degree in conservation studies from the University of York and ICCROM. She is a certified practicing planner. 

Mabel O. Wilson (’91 M.Arch) is the Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and a professor of African American and African diasporic studies at Columbia University, where she also directs the Institute for Research in African American Studies. Trained in architecture and American studies, Wilson examines how race, politics, and cultural memory shape the built environment. Through her transdisciplinary practice Studio&, she explores anti-Black racism alongside Black spatial imagination and resistance. Her work spans architecture, visual culture, curatorial practice, and design and has been exhibited internationally.

Mewded Wolde is a Senior Architect at Architectus specializing in heritage conservation, restoration, and adaptive reuse. Wolde has collaborated with global organizations, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), where she worked on the design and implementation of large-scale projects such as the renovation of Africa Hall and the UNECA Campus Architect projects.