Katherine Seale is the director of Preservation Dallas, the city’s non-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation in Dallas, Texas. She was hired in 2001 to conduct a city-wide survey of architecturally and historically significant buildings using the help of volunteers. Ms. Seale organized more than 500 volunteers to collect the survey data, and managed five professional committees to oversee the collection. She is a member of the local designation committee, which writes and review preservation criteria for landmark properties and facilitates the designation process with property owners.

Ms. Seale holds a BA in Art History from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and an MA in Architectural History from University of Virginia. She attended the Victorian Society American Summer School in 1999 and the Attingham Summer School in 2005.