Rob Mawson rejoined the Heritage Consulting Group in 2002 after a five year hiatus while he was employed by the Association for Portland Progress, Portland Oregon's downtown business association. Rob has three decades of experience as a historic preservationist, business executive, and public policy strategist. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, he worked at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. While working in the National Trust’s Office of Historic Properties, he focused on the redevelopment of the Trust's collection of National Historic Landmarks, improving professional standards, public programming quality and financial independence. Rob also headed the Trust's easement program, museum outreach program and served as interim director for Lyndhurst (Tarrytown, New York) and Brucemore (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
In the latter half of the 1980s, Rob worked as General Manager for Old Town Trolley Tours of Washington, building this start-up company into a $3 million enterprise. Subsequently, he was named by the parent company, Historic Tours of America, as Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager, overseeing expansion into Alexandria and Crystal City, Virginia and Philadelphia.
In the 1990s, Rob worked as an independent consultant and later joined Heritage. Significant projects include establishing a trolley sightseeing company in Baltimore, Maryland; creating scheduled passenger bus service from New York to Washington, D.C; and establishing a World War II aviation museum in Tillamook, Oregon. In addition, his work at Heritage included National Register nominations, Special Assessment applications, Historic Tax Act project applications and local land use review applications.
In the later half of the 1990s, Rob joined the Association for Portland Progress, first as Business Development Manager and later Senior Program Manager. While at APP, he concentrated on real property development issues, land use reviews, district-wide development strategies, community organizing and policy analysis. He spearheaded APP's West End Plan and staffed its Cultural District Council.

rmawson@heritage-consulting.com

Robert Mawson, Vice President
(503) 228-0272 x12

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