Claudia Barnett, a sales associate with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s downtown Sarasota office, has been elected chair of the Sarasota Historic Preservation Advisory Board for 2020. Appointed by the City Council, she specializes in historic preservation and is serving her third year on the board. The Sarasota Historic Preservation Advisory Board was established to recommend the designation of historically significant structures and archaeologically significant sites to the city commission. The board also can recommend the designation of historically significant districts, approve applications for moving permits and review recommendations for local properties being referred to the National Register of Historic Places.