Staff

Alison Frazee joined the Boston Preservation Alliance in 2013 and has served several roles in the organization before becoming Executive Director in the spring of 2022. She is a leader in preservation initiatives across Boston. Alison was active in Yes for Better Boston, a campaign to fund historic preservation, affordable housing, and parks and green spaces through the Community Preservation Act and served as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee. Alison was appointed by the Mayor to serve on the Advisory Group for PLAN: Downtown as well as the Commemoration Commission.

In 2018, Alison was awarded the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award for the Next Generation by Preservation Massachusetts. In addition to her role as a vocal proponent for citywide planning, building reuse as climate action, and the continued use of existing building stock for affordable housing, Alison is known for being an even-handed negotiator for competing stakeholders and a frequent speaker on preservation issues. She holds a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.

Amber Delgado recently joined The Boston Preservation Alliance as community engagement coordinator seeking to strengthen and expand relationships with underrepresented communities of Boston. Amber recently completed her master’s degree in Heritage Studies and Public History at The University of Minnesota. Born and raised in North Carolina from an Afro-Latinx background, she is dedicated to supporting marginalized communities with the documentation and community-led archiving of their own histories. Amber also completed her B.F.A in film and media production from East Carolina University in 2018 and looks forward to using her interdisciplinary skill sets to contribute to social media content for the Alliance. 

Matthew leads all the marketing efforts for the Alliance. Prior to joining the Alliance in 2019, he was one of our Young Advisors and worked in the travel industry as a digital marketer. Matthew has a deep interest in preservation and creative storytelling and is a Co-Leader of the Rust Belt Coalition of Young Preservationists. In 2018, he was selected to travel with the National Trust for Historic Preservation along Route 66 as part of their Preserve Route 66 campaign. 

Matthew holds a Master’s in Arts Administration from Boston University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Shirley-Eustis House Museum. 

Kali has worked in non-profit development since 2014. She joins the Alliance after expanding membership programs at historic house museums. When not discovering new excel formulas, she can be found jumping, spinning, and bopping around on ice skates. Kali received her A.B. in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and her M.Sc. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from University College London.