Drayton Hall Preservation Trust (DHPT), a privately funded nonprofit organization responsible for the operation and administration of Drayton Hall, a National Trust historic site, today announced that Vice President and Deputy Director Carter C. Hudgins, Ph.D., has been named President and CEO.

“Drayton Hall is one of our nation’s finest architectural treasures and a site of great international significance,” said Hudgins, “and I’m honored by the opportunity to shape its future—a future that stands firmly on its past. Continuing the work that has already begun to advance the site’s traditional operating model, this next year will be a period of extraordinary growth as we transform Drayton Hall into a center for research, preservation, and interpretation.”