Longtime Board President Ann Carson is a hands-on scholar, preservation proponent, and self-described urban archaeologist. Her work is well known to many in New Mexico.

After moving to Albuquerque with her family in 1985, she became actively involved in the history and archaeology societies, both of which she has served as president. Her historic preservation of four houses (as well as the TACA Preservation Station) in the Huning Highland Historic District, is visible evidence of her commitment to the city and neighborhood. She is involved, and at the heart of, wildly popular home tours and neighborhood events that have enlightened and inspired many.

She developed a keen design aesthetic soon after high school when she moved from Ely, Nevada, to California to study and work in interior design – an interest and skill she still pursues today. She took classes at UCLA and began participating in archaeological digs where, during one such project in Guatemala, she met her husband Jim. After years in Fresno, a city Ann recalls as having many similarities to Albuquerque, “Mid size, good, not glamorous,” they chose Albuquerque as their new home.

She got her art history degree from UNM in 1990 and worked for both the City of Albuquerque and City of Santa Fe on their first architectural surveys. Her involvement with TACA began during survey work on a block of demolished structures on Central Avenue SE. Her generous support of the organization has enabled TACA to sustain the Preservation Station and its community garden as a neighborhood resource and gathering place.

Ann’s support for, and extensive knowledge of, Albuquerque and its built environment, arts, architectural history and archaeology were recognized by The Historical Society of New Mexico with her receipt of the Bradford Prince Award for Historic Preservation in 2015.

TACA is honored and extremely fortunate to have Ann Carson as Board President.

Happy Birthday Ann!