Hisashi B. Sugaya, AICP

Hisashi B. Sugaya is a planner with an extensive background in historic preservation. He has over thirty-five years of planning experience, the last thirty related to the preservation of the built environment. During this period, he has been involved in design review, the preparation of historic resource surveys, cultural resource assessments for EIRs, HABS/HAER documentation, historic structures reports, design guidelines, and the planning for continued use of historic resources as part of community development and tourism programs. He also has experience overseas which includes heritage conservation and tourism planning projects in Asia, the Pacific, Africa and South America. Mr. Sugaya is past president of the San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, and former chair of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism. He is currently a board member of the Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah, and a City & County of San Francisco Commissioner with the Board of Appeals.