A Huge Step Forward for The Preservation Society

We are delighted to welcome Avianca Bouchedid to serve as our inaugural Acting Executive Director!   Avianca joined The Preservation Society last August as a part time consultant focusing on administration and communication.  Her responsibilities quickly expanded to include operations, strategy, and oversight of our Community Archive.  

In less than one year, she has become an essential member of our leadership team significantly improving our organizational infrastructure and expanding our reach.  Among her many accomplishments, she:  
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• Consolidated our platforms, streamlined our operations, addressed several organizational vulnerabilities, and centralized our communications and recordkeeping processes.
  
  
• Revitalized our Community Archive by redesigning the interface and identifying and locating over 400 descendants of our Founding Families. 
  
  
• Organized and completed our educational programming for distribution to local middle and high schools.
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• Nearly quadrupled the number of contacts in our database and tripled our email subscriber list with donors, grantors, and members of the interfaith community.
  
  
• Achieved a 50% increase in website engagement and a dramatic 94% increase in Facebook reach.
  
  
• Secured 2 grants, and identified additional funding opportunities.  

​The Board of Directors unanimously approved Avianca’s retention.  Paula Bell, president, said:  “Working with Avianca represents a new chapter for the Preservation Society.  We are confident that she will play an important role in the pursuit of our mission.”   Read her bio.