Rebekah Coffman is a historian, preservationist, and curator currently serving as curator of religion and community history for the Chicago History Museum. Her interdisciplinary work is at the intersection of religious identity and the built environment and explores themes of tangible and intangible heritages in material and visual culture through place-based, community-centered approaches. She holds an MA in Historical and Sustainable Architecture from NYU London, where her research centered on the adaptive reuse of religious buildings.  ​ 

Scott served as Division Manager for Preservation Incentives Division, PA SHPO, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. He has 19 years experience as an SHPO tax credit project reviewer, and 26 years experience as a historic preservation specialist and manager.

Scott Doyle joined Heritage Consulting Group in 2023 as a senior project manager. He is responsible for the preparation of historic tax credit applications, performs due diligence services, and provides consultation services for historic building redevelopment projects.
Prior to joining Heritage, Scott worked as a historic preservation specialist at the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (1999-2008) reviewing projects under the federal historic tax credit program and the Keystone Historic Preservation grant. From 2008-2023, Scott served as Division Manager for the PA SHPO’s Preservation Incentives division that administered the federal and state historic tax credit programs, grant programs, covenant monitoring, and historical marker program. Prior to joining the PHMC, Scott was the project manager for the certified federal historic tax credit project at 39 N. Main Street in Lambertville, NJ and a construction laborer for Happ Contractors in Doylestown, PA primarily working on Henry Mercer buildings (Mercer Museum, Fonthill, and Moravian Tileworks). Scott has been recognized with several awards throughout his career including multiple Peterson HABS Prizes with Bucks County Community College and the Narducci Award for Historic Preservation for the 39 N. Main Street project in Lambertville.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Hobart College, a certificate in Historic Preservation from Bucks County Community College, and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark Elsdon, MBA, M.DIV, lives and works at the intersection of property, money, and meaning as a serial social entrepreneur, strategic executive, and author. He is a national thought leader and speaker on subjects of faith-based property development, impact investing and social enterprise. Mark is the author of We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry. and editor of the book, Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition. Mark holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley; Princeton Theological Seminary; and the University of Wisconsin School of Business. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA and serves as co-founder of RootedGood and principal at Threshold Sacred Development. Mark lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his family.

Emily Sajdak is the Director of Rural Initiatives at Partners for Sacred Places, where she leads programs focused on supporting congregations in rural communities across the United States. In this role, she manages sub-granting programs spanning diverse geographic regions, while developing innovative strategies for new programs and services tailored to rural congregations. Emily regularly represents Partners at external events and engages with diverse stakeholders to advance the mission of supporting sacred places as community assets in rural America. She holds a Master of Theological Studies and a Master of Theology from Calvin Theological Seminary, as well as an MA in Public History: Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University.