Annual Meeting & Preservation Awards

HA donors, members, volunteers, and partners are invited to join us for our 2026 Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards! We are honored to welcome guest speaker Janet Marie Smith, Co-Founder and Chair of Canopy Team and Executive Vice President of Planning at Development at the Los Angeles Dodgers. We will also celebrate several dedicated stewards of historic preservation with our Preservation Awards!: Carroll Hynson Steve Kratzer Squire Frederick Taylor Bob Bennett Dr. Raymond A. Ehrle Reading Room, Greenfield Library, St. John’s College The meeting and awards will be followed by a light reception with jazz music. Advance registration required; space is limited. Cost: Free – HA Members, Donors, Volunteers, and Special Guests only. Not a member? Join us today! About Our Speaker: In 2023, Janet Marie Smith and Fran Weld formed the Baltimore-based Canopy Team, a woman-led company devoted to the design and management of sports projects and their surrounding developments. Dedicated to urban revitalization and community enrichment, Canopy Team specializes in large-scale projects which seamlessly blend sports, design, and urban planning as well as intimate scales within museums, retail, and public parks. Trained as architect and urban planner, she is well known for her work on Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, which set the standard for a new wave of ballparks after its opening in 1992. Smith worked for the Orioles from 1989-94 as Vice President of Planning and Development during the design and construction of the ballpark. She later re-joined the club from 2009-12 to direct renovations and the expansion of the Orioles’ spring training facility in Sarasota, FL and upgrades to Camden Yards. For the past 12 years, Smith has overseen the large-scale improvement/expansion projects at Dodger Stadium and Campo Las Palmas \(the club’s home in the Dominican Republic\). From modernizing the stadium to incorporating the club’s rich history into the ballpark experience, Smith’s fan-friendly touches have helped keep Dodger Stadium – the third-oldest ballpark in baseball – one of the premier venues in all of sports. Smith initially joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as a Senior Vice President in 2012 and was promoted to her current role as Executive Vice President of Planning and Development in 2020. Additionally, Smith recently completed the planning and design for Polar Park in Worcester, home of the Worcester Red Sox, the AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. She also conceived a series of short-term improvements to Stamford Bridge in London, the home of Chelsea Football Club, oversees the design of PNC Park improvements in Pittsburgh, and provided advisory services to Paris Basketball for their new home in Adidas Arena. From 2002-2009, Smith served as Senior Vice President of Planning and Development for the Boston Red Sox, overseeing the preservation and expansion of Fenway Park. Earlier in her career, Smith was President of Turner Sports and Entertainment Development and Vice President of Planning and Development for the Atlanta Braves from 1994-2000, when she helped transform the 1996 Olympic Stadium into Turner Field and she oversaw the development of the Philips Arena \(now State Farm Arena\), home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. Outside of baseball, Smith has worked on major development projects including Battery Park City in New York, Baltimore’s waterfront redevelopments, and renovation plans for the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, CA.