Sarah Bronin. Photo by G.J. McCarthy | UConn Foundation

One of Connecticut’s top land-use experts is in line to head up the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Sara Bronin, formerly head of the Hartford Planning Board and a key leader in efforts to pass the new statewide rezoning efforts designed to spur more affordable housing development, has been nominated to chair the council by President Joe Biden.

Bronin’s appointment will require Senate confirmation.

Bronin is currently a professor at the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and an associated faculty member of the Cornell Law School. She is also a former visiting scholar at the Yale School of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, and the Sorbonne. She is also a board member of Latinos in Heritage Conservation and an advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Sustainable Development Code, as well as one half of the Connecticut’s most prominent power couple with her husband, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin.

Bronin’s academic research has focused on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed and connected places.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation advises the president and Congress on national historic preservation policy and “promotes the preservation, enhancement, and sustainable use of our nation’s diverse historic resources,” according to its mission statement.