Who We Are

Bill is a project manager in the chemicals industry.  He is a midwestern transplant who grew up in much warmer climates. His father was trained in architecture and is an excellent drawer, and his grandfather was a builder.  His love of architecture was triggered when he took a class in art and architecture in college to take a break from engineering.

Philip Buchanan is a preservation advocate and museum professional with 20+ years in exhibit development, experiential environments, and interactive marketing experiences. He serves as Vice President of Naperville Preservation and on the DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation Board. He lives in Naperville with his wife, Sharon, and enjoys theatre and sports.

<Vacant>, Secretary

I'm an architect living and working in Naperville with a practice started in 1999 focused on all things residential, including nearly 30 renovations and additions to the same historic homes that captured my attention as my wife and I drove through town for the first time many years ago.

Growing up among picturesque fieldstone structures in Pennsylvania, then attending architecture school just west of Seaside Florida (birthplace of New Urbanism where we would visit and study), my design aesthetic was shaped by the regionally inspired houses that surrounded me then as they do now with many older homes in and around Naperville's Historic District.

In addition to serving on Naperville's Historic Preservation Commission for six years, I helped assemble the Historic Building Design & Resource Manual, used by homeowners, architects, builders, City staff and Historic Preservation Commission to help facilitate responsible development in Naperville's Historic District.

Joe is a city planner with a special interest in historic preservation. He previously served on the Naperville City Council and on the Plan Commission. He was deputy director of city planning for the City of Aurora. He has masters degrees from the University of Chicago and Michigan State University. He and his wife, Kay, have lived in Naperville since 1987.

Sondra is a retired Spanish-English bilingual teacher and Iowa native who has resided in Chicagoland since 1993. She holds undergraduate and masters degrees in education from the University of Iowa and Concordia University Chicago. As an older adult, she had the privilege of pursuing a passion from childhood when she earned a degree in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Sondra’s husband, Dave, is a Lisle native who attended Naperville schools. Fulfilling another of her lifelong dreams, the couple is rehabbing and building on to an 1870 Italianate in Naperville’s historic district. Providing architectural services for the project is NPI Chief Preservation Officer, Tom Ryan, and handling the construction is NPI Director, Darin Grubisic, of Siena Custom Builders.

Becky first developed her love of old homes and architecture as a child by visiting the Thorne Rooms at The Art Institute of Chicago. Now she lives in a one-of-a-kind Tosi with its original Pierson Sashless windows.

Ted Slupik, Treasurer