Yiannis Avramides is the Senior Director of Programs at World Monuments Fund in New York, where he focuses on the practical aspects of heritage conservation, including project development and management and the internal administration of the Programs department. In his role, he supports the development and implementation of strategies that enhance the conservation of built heritage, working closely with a variety of stakeholders to ensure effective outcomes.
Yiannis has led the World Monuments Watch program, the organization’s nomination-based program that connects local heritage preservation to global awareness and action, and he has participated in conservation field projects at sites that span the globe, including Cambodia, France, Greece, Haiti, the Old City of Jerusalem, and others. He earned a BSE in Civil Engineering and Architecture from Princeton University in 2008 and an MS in Historic Preservation from Columbia University in 2010.