Spring Speaker--Robert W. Ogle

Robert W. Ogle is Administrative Director of the Center for Historic Architecture and Preservation, (CHAP) at the University of Kentucky. He also teaches in the graduate program in historic preservation and co-lectures in the interdisciplinary graduate research seminar on Cuba. Under license of the U.S. Treasury Department, Mr. Ogle has traveled to Cuba to conduct research in the areas of modern architecture and the business and economics of Cuba. His most recent trip was completed in January of 2006 where he focused his research on the subject of heritage tourism.

Mr. Ogle hails originally from Bucks County Pennsylvania which served as home base for his entrepreneurial interests for more than 20 years. His specialty is business strategies for emerging markets. Beginning in 2000, Mr. Ogle turned his business acumen toward helping the design disciplines including architecture, interior design, engineering and historic preservation. Most recently, he founded the not-for-profit company Design Lab, Inc. a design-build firm, that engages students and faculty of the design disciplines with real world projects. Mr. Ogle is a frequent speaker on the business and economics of historic preservation and consults on historic preservation pedagogy and curriculum development. He earned a Master of Historic Preservation degree from the University of Kentucky, and a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and economics from Philadelphia University.

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