Marcia V Mayo

Marcia V. Mayo is a senior advisor to The Fund to Conserve U.S. Diplomatic Treasures Abroad, which works in conjunction with Department of State to care for buildings on the Secretary of State’s Register of Culturally Significant Property, as well as the Department’s overseas collections of fine and decorative arts. An art historian by training, she curated thematic exhibitions of American art for residences of U.S. ambassadors worldwide through the Art in Embassies Program before joining the Department’s Cultural Heritage Program. Prior to her twenty years of government service, Ms. Mayo was the director of Sotheby’s Mid Atlantic Office, specializing in American fine and decorative arts. She serves on the Collections and Executive committees of Tudor Place Historic House and Garden in Washington, DC, and the board of Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK. Ms. Mayo co-chaired the 2008 National Preservation Conference, and chaired the 2007 and 2008 NTHP/HGTV fundraising galas. She is the co-founder of the Ruth and Allen Mayo NTHP Services Fund Grant.