Jennifer M. McGregor is the Executive Director, Lake Forest Preservation Foundation

What began as a grassroots effort to safeguard Lake Forest’s treasured buildings and landscapes has grown into five decades of advocacy, education, restoration, and stewardship for the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation. 
2026 is a milestone year offering an opportunity to honor the preservation impact of the past 50 years while building momentum to sustain the next 50. 
Our presentation will provide an overview of the Foundation’s work in our community while defining future initiatives impacting Lake Forest in the years ahead. 
About LFPF

The Lake Forest Preservation Foundation is dedicated to protecting the architectural and landscape legacy that defines our community’s character. Through education, advocacy, and preservation efforts, we work to ensure Lake Forest’s historic visual identity endures for generations. We believe in fostering awareness, promoting sensitive development, and upholding the integrity and excellence of our built environment.

Jennifer M. McGregor, NCIDQ, LEED AP 

With a career spanning over 30 years, Jennifer McGregor has touched nearly every aspect of the design world. From her roots as a commercial interior designer, she rose through the ranks as a project manager for replacement hospitals for HCA, transitioning to business development, marketing & public relations for global interior design and architectural firms, managing staff in the Americas, Asia & the Middle East. Currently as Executive Director of the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, Jennifer has leveraged her knowledge in the global architecture and design industry in this next chapter back in her home town.

She has served locally as a member of the Lake Forest Caucus Committee, Trustee for LFHS Foundation, LFHS Wall of Fame, District 67 & 115 APT, Citadel Theatre, Friends of Gorton & the Economic Club of Chicago and on numerous national boards for City of Hope, Melanoma Research Foundation, The Benjamin Marshall Society & Board Chair for the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.  

As an Everett Elementary, Deerpath Middle and Lake Forest High School alumnus, Jennifer prides herself in her deep roots in the community having spent all but ten years of her life and ultimately raised her three children here in Lake Forest. 

Prior to her role with LFPF, Jennifer earned a Preservation Award for her sensitive renovation of a David Adler stable in the historic Lasker Estate neighborhood. 

Host: Doris Lim