about
San Mateo Heritage Alliance was formed in 2022 as a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Corporation in response to community concerns about losing irreplaceable historic resources and the resulting erosion of neighborhood character and sense of place that makes San Mateo the special community we call home. We are local community leaders and volunteers. We are your friends and your neighbors who believe that San Mateo can be a vibrant, thriving and diverse city without sacrificing its character or its heritage.
San Mateo Heritage Alliance believes that economic growth and resource protection are not mutually exclusive, but partners in a more prosperous future. We believe that new development that respects the contributions of the past enriches the entire community. We believe the only way to ensure that San Mateo lives up to its General Plan 2040 vision of being a healthy, resilient, vibrant and diverse community, is to grow stronger by identifying, protecting and preserving its irreplaceable historic resources.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laurie Hietter, President, Baywood
Environmental & regulatory specialist, retired small business owner, historic
resource advocate.
Keith Weber, Vice President, Aragon
Affordable housing and historic resource advocate, former Trustee California Preservation Foundation,
former San Mateo Greater Downtown Commissioner.
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Laurie Watanuki, Treasurer, Central
Community leader, Central Neighborhood Association Board member and former Public Works Commissioner.
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Dianne Whitaker, Secretary, North Central
Architect, former Planning Commissioner, Vice President Home Association of North Central San Mateo.
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Mike Nash, Baywood
President Baywood Neighborhood Association and San Mateo United Homeowner's Association.
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"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy."
- John Sawhill, former Deputy Secretary of Energy and President of The Nature Conservency
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