Kayla Anthony

Fulbright/Queen Mary, University of London Award

Kayla Anthony, originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has called Philadelphia home since 2011. In February 2017, she joined the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks (PhilaLandmarks) as the Development and Programs Manager. She was appointed Executive Director in 2019. PhilaLandmarks is a 94-year-old private nonprofit that stewards four 18th century historic house museums: the Powel House, Grumblethorpe, Hill-Physick House and Historic Waynesborough.

Under her guidance, the institution has reinvigorated its commitment to increasing public understanding of history, including supporting historical scholarship, enhancing its education programs for young people, attending to critical and significant preservation work on the organization's historic houses and fostering new and existing community partnerships. She graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2011 with a dual degree in Theatre Arts and French (DALF- Niveau 1, Universite de Nancy 2, France) and in July 2023 received the NY Community Trust Edward Maverick Fund Scholarship to complete the prestigious Attingham Trust Summer School program - an intensive study of the English country house in the United Kingdom. In March 2025, she was honored as a leading Woman of the 175th District by Pennsylvania Representative Mary Isaacson for her leadership and contributions to her community.

She has also appeared on C-SPAN to talk about Elizabeth Powel's friendship with George Washington in partnership with George Washington's Mount Vernon and can be seen in a lottery commercial or two. In addition, Kayla serves on the Union League Founding Forward Historic Preservation Committee, the Program Committee of the Acorn Club of Philadelphia, and is a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and SAG/AFTRA. She enjoys acting, theatre, music, hiking, and traveling and enjoys spending time with her German Shepherd, Huxley, and her cat, Hugo.