Lindsey brings fifteen years of preservation experience to her work at Preservation Austin, both as a professional and advocate. Since becoming Executive Director in 2019 she has led the organization through its first strategic planning process in many years and helped shape a new, more inclusive mission and vision to guide our work. This is supported by a growing staff needed to address the opportunities and challenges of our incredible, rapidly changing city.
Lindsey Derrington
Executive Director
Her career choice was a natural outcome of her love for the red bricks and Victorian parks of St. Louis, where she is from. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in preservation studies from the Tulane School of Architecture. She holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from the Center for Nonprofit Studies at ACC.
She began her career with the nonprofit Landmarks Association of St. Louis in 2007 and has worked as a preservation consultant with projects from St. Louis to New Orleans. Her passion for mid-century design has led to leadership roles on the nonprofit boards of Modern STL and Mid Tex Mod. Her advocacy efforts, in partnership with so many amazing friends and colleagues, has been honored with advocacy awards from Missouri Preservation and Docomomo US.
Lindsey first joined Preservation Austin in the role of Programs Director in 2015. Today she serves as Executive Committee Member at Large for Preservation Action, the national grassroots lobby for historic preservation, and represents Central Texas to congressional leaders during National Preservation Advocacy Week each spring. Apart from her Great Loves of historic preservation and the St. Louis Cardinals, she is a big fan of her husband Jon, a regular Preservation Austin volunteer, and proud mother to Elizabeth, a first generation Austinite.