About Us

David Hoggard, Treasurer, is a native of Kentucky.  He studied political science at Western Kentucky University until 1981.  Lending more to his background in music performance than anything learned in college, he took a road salesman job for a national musical instrument supplier for the next 18 years from a home base of Greensboro, NC.  He’s been there ever since.

A preservationist at his core, David founded Double Hung, LLC in 1997 in retaliation to the burgeoning window replacement industry. Recognizing that owners of historic properties were offered few viable options when it came to the decision on whether to replace or restore their original windows, David recognized the opportunity to fill an important need.  Today his company employs 22 people and undertakes projects large and small throughout the Southeast.

Marc Bagala is the owner and President of Bagala Window Works. He started his preservation journey twenty-seven years ago, learning to make windows and doors energy efficient with Accurate Metal Interlocking Weatherstrip. Expanding on this nearly-lost trade, he picked the brains of every preservationist he could find, to learn everything he could about architectural preservation and historic windows and doors.

Now, Marc likes to say, “I’ve never met a window I couldn’t restore”, and he feels fortunate that so many people over the years have allowed him to restore their original windows. Marc realizes he cannot save all the windows in the world that need saving, so now he teaches others what he knows, vicariously preserving windows through them.

The Bagala Window Works shop is located in a renovated 1800s church in Westbrook, Maine. 

John Leegwater is one of three founding owners of Midtown Craftsmen LLC.  His parents, Dutch immigrants, raised him with an interest in history and old things. John went to Ferris State University to earn his degree in Applied Arts and Sciences (AAS) in Building Construction Technology. His love of old things led him to apply for a carpentry position at a remodeling company that specialized in older homes in the area's largest historic district. Six years later the opportunity presented itself to start MTC in the same niche.  With a ground swell of former clients, the company flourished until the stock market crashed in 2008.  John and his business partner explored window restoration instead of replacement. Today they are known as Grand Rapid’s leading "old house experts" specializing in and advocating for window restoration along with other contracting services.

Steve Quillian has been a carpenter and woodworker since his teenage years.  He’s been building Wood Window Makeover since 2006, where he started restoring and replicating historic windows and doors out of his detached two car garage in Tampa, Florida.  Now, approaching his 10 year anniversary, he’s expanded Wood Window Makeover’s reach as far north as Canada and as far east as Texas. Seeking to teach and empower, Steve founded the annual Historic Homes Workshop in Tampa, Florida, an annual event that has enabled preservationists to give back to the community and raise awareness.   Steve has a wife, three energetic boys and a baby girl. Any spare time he has, he spends with them training in Taekwondo and traveling to compete with them in tournaments.  

Neil Mozer has involved in building and construction for over 25 years most of which has involved remodeling and additions of residential properties.  He apprenticed in 1984-1988 working in:  Denver, Colorado;  Mellingen, Switzerland and, lastly, Brookeville, MD for a restoration contractor.  

In 2010 he transformed his construction company, Mozer Works, Inc., into a full-time old window/door restoration enterprise with training and guidance by Marc Bagala of Bagala Window Works.  He and his crew of four, have been restoring old windows/doors ever since and they currently revive/restore about 250-300 windows per year.

Elizabeth O’Byrne King graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2000 and began working as a paralegal with the intent to become a lawyer. After a few years working as a paralegal, Elizabeth realized being a lawyer wasn’t for her. In 2004, Elizabeth purchased her first house, a former convenience store, and began fixing it up. Immediately, Elizabeth realized the joy of working with her hands and seeing the fruits of her labor, knocking down walls and repurposing the space into one of the more unique properties in her home, Lexington, VA. Shortly after the project began, Elizabeth quit working as a paralegal and began working as a carpenter’s helper with the intention of starting her own construction company after learning more about construction and restoration.

In 2009, Elizabeth founded OCI and began specializing in window and door restoration. The first major window and door restoration project was Payne Hall, a building on Washington and Lee University’s Colonnade, a National Historic Landmark. Since then, OCI has completed numerous other window and door restoration projects on the remaining buildings of the Colonnade, the Patterson Wing of the former Martha Jefferson Hospital, Massanetta Springs Hotel and Resort, Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, the University of Virginia’s New Cabell Hall. Most notably, OCI completed the window restoration and millwork for Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda at the University of Virginia, a world heritage site. OCI has also completed residential projects, including the Brown house in Fairfield and the Sullivan House in Lexington.

Elizabeth is a founding member of the WPA. Elizabeth presented at the most recent IPTW, and attended other events nationwide focused on preservation and specifically window restoration. Elizabeth would like to serve on the board of the WPA because she feels she can provide insight on both commercial and residential projects. Elizabeth is passionate about window and door restoration and would like to see national education on the importance of preserving the character of older homes and public buildings through restoration and adaptive reuse. Elizabeth feels the WPA can provide this knowledge nationwide and looks forward to assisting the WPA.