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Old Post Office Building
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 803
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1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 803
Washington, DC 20004
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“The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is an independent federal agency that promotes the preservation, enhancement, and productive use of our nation’s historic resources, and advises the President and Congress on national historic preservation policy.
“The goal of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), which established the ACHP in 1966, is to have federal agencies act as responsible stewards of our nation’s resources when their actions affect historic properties. The ACHP is the only entity with the legal responsibility to encourage federal agencies to factor historic preservation into federal project requirements.
“As directed by NHPA, the ACHP serves as the primary federal policy advisor to the President and Congress; recommends administrative and legislative improvements for protecting our nation’s heritage; advocates full consideration of historic values in federal decisionmaking; and reviews federal programs and policies to promote effectiveness, coordination, and consistency with national preservation policies, etc.”
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ACHP Membership
“Four members of the general public and four historic preservation experts are appointed by the President, including the chairman and vice chairman.”
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Chairman Milford Wayne Donaldson
Sacramento, California (term of office: 2010-2013) (General Public)
Sacramento, California (term of office: 2010-2013) (General Public)
In June 2010, Milford Wayne Donaldson was appointed by President Barack Obama as Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, LEED AP currently serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for the state of California. The SHPO serves as Chief Administrative Officer of the Office of Historic Preservation in Sacramento and as Executive Secretary of the State Historical Resources Commission.
Before his appointment in 2004 by Gov. Schwarzenegger, he had a successful 26 year practice as a preservation architect and contractor in California, Arizona, and Nevada. He is a member of the California State Historic Capitol Commission, a former Chair of the State Historical Building Safety Board, a past member of the State Historical Resources Commission and past-president of the California Preservation Foundation. Donaldson is a board member of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and US/ICOMOS.
He is an architect of innovative design and has received several awards in preservation architecture including the California Council of the American Institute of Architects Award of Excellence and the Historic Preservation Award and the 1996 Preservationist of the Year Award by the California Preservation Foundation. He served as a member of the Preserve America Summit “Determining What’s Important” committee.
Donaldson is a 1967 graduate of the California Polytechnic University, where he earned a Bachelor of Architecture. He received his Master of Science from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Masters in Public History and Teaching from the University of San Diego.
He and his wife, Laurie, reside in Sacramento in a signature Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects 1963 mid-rise condominium. Their family includes one daughter, Erica Lynn Donaldson and two sons, Jaret Blankenship and Nevin Blankenship.
Vice Chairman Susan S. Barnes
Aurora, Illinois (term of office: 2002-2010) (Expert)
Susan Snell Barnes is the president and CEO of The Landmark Group of Companies, headquartered in an Aurora, Illinois, landmark firehouse. She is founder and owner of the company, which specializes in the acquisition, renovation, and management of its multi-million dollar portfolio of Midwestern historic properties. She represented Illinois on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Board of Advisors from 1993 – 2002, and is now an Advisor Emeritus. Barnes serves on the Chicago Advisory Board of The Trust for Public Land and the board of Landmarks Illinois (formerly Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois) in Chicago. She also serves on the board of Rush-Copley Medical Center and Purdue University’s $1.5 billion Capital Campaign Committee. Having worked on the finance committees of several local, state, and federal elected officials, she continues, as she has since 1986, on the congressional finance committee of former Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL). In 2006 she was designated the ACHP’s Vice Chairman.
Aurora, Illinois (term of office: 2002-2010) (Expert)
Susan Snell Barnes is the president and CEO of The Landmark Group of Companies, headquartered in an Aurora, Illinois, landmark firehouse. She is founder and owner of the company, which specializes in the acquisition, renovation, and management of its multi-million dollar portfolio of Midwestern historic properties. She represented Illinois on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Board of Advisors from 1993 – 2002, and is now an Advisor Emeritus. Barnes serves on the Chicago Advisory Board of The Trust for Public Land and the board of Landmarks Illinois (formerly Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois) in Chicago. She also serves on the board of Rush-Copley Medical Center and Purdue University’s $1.5 billion Capital Campaign Committee. Having worked on the finance committees of several local, state, and federal elected officials, she continues, as she has since 1986, on the congressional finance committee of former Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL). In 2006 she was designated the ACHP’s Vice Chairman.
Rhonda Bentz
Washington, DC (term of office: 2006-2010) (General Public)
Rhonda Bentz works for Washington lobbying firm Navigators. Most recently she was vice president for public affairs with Visa USA, Inc., in Washington DC. Since 2000 she directed public affairs programs and served as press spokesperson on public policy and product issues. Prior to assuming that position, she was vice president of public affairs for APCO Worldwide, where she designed and implemented communications, grassroots, political and legislative strategies for issue campaigns. Bentz also has extensive prior experience in the public affairs, corporate, and political consulting fields based primarily in Washington, DC, and Sacramento, California. She has served as a member of campaign steering committees for U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), and U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (R-FL), as a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, and in numerous other state and national campaigns.
Washington, DC (term of office: 2006-2010) (General Public)
Rhonda Bentz works for Washington lobbying firm Navigators. Most recently she was vice president for public affairs with Visa USA, Inc., in Washington DC. Since 2000 she directed public affairs programs and served as press spokesperson on public policy and product issues. Prior to assuming that position, she was vice president of public affairs for APCO Worldwide, where she designed and implemented communications, grassroots, political and legislative strategies for issue campaigns. Bentz also has extensive prior experience in the public affairs, corporate, and political consulting fields based primarily in Washington, DC, and Sacramento, California. She has served as a member of campaign steering committees for U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), and U.S. Representative Tom Feeney (R-FL), as a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, and in numerous other state and national campaigns.
Julia A. King
St. Mary’s City, Maryland (term of office: 2007-2011) (Expert)
St. Mary’s City, Maryland (term of office: 2007-2011) (Expert)
Julia A. King is associate professor of archaeology and anthropology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. With more than two decades’ experience as an archaeologist, researcher, author, and educator, King holds a doctorate in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in anthropology from Florida State University, and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and history from the College of William and Mary.
Ann A. Pritzlaff
Denver, Colorado (term of office: 2007-2011) (Expert)
Denver, Colorado (term of office: 2007-2011) (Expert)
Ann A. Pritzlaff has worked more than 30 years in the field of preservation. She currently serves as a preservation and policy consultant working on historic preservation, public lands, and heritage tourism outreach and policy. For 12 years, she produced and coordinated the Saving Places Conference, an event widely recognized as the leading statewide historic preservation conference in the country. Other notable efforts include creating and coordinating educational events for youth, helping to instigate Colorado’s statewide heritage tourism program, and coordinating state and national preservation policy actions including passage in 2008 of the Colorado state tax credit for historic preservation.
Her career highlights include serving as State Historic Preservation Officer in Arizona, and appointments by Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and Gov. Bill Ritter to the State Historic Preservation Review Board and President George W. Bush to serve as a “Historic Preservation Expert” for two four-year-terms on the ACHP, where she also serves as chair of the Preservation Initiatives Committee and on the Executive Committee.
Mark A. Sadd
Charleston, West Virginia (term of office: 2008-2012) (General Public)
Charleston, West Virginia (term of office: 2008-2012) (General Public)
Mark A. Sadd is a partner with the law firm of Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins PLLC in Charleston, West Virginia, and has practiced law since 1992. Sadd has had a professional emphasis on real property, zoning, planning, land-use law, taxation, and other matters pertaining to property issues.
John G. Williams, III
Seattle, Washington (term of office: 2008-2012) (Expert)
Seattle, Washington (term of office: 2008-2012) (Expert)
John G. Williams, III, is a founding partner with Hoshide Williams Architects in Seattle, Washington, and is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter. For decades, he has been involved professionally and personally with historic preservation issues. Williams is currently chairman of the Washington State Governor’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, is the national vice president of Preservation Action, and serves on the Board of Advisors of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions, for which he is a former chairman.
John A. Garcia
Albuquerque, New Mexico (term of office: 2007-2009) (General Public)
Albuquerque, New Mexico (term of office: 2007-2009) (General Public)
John A Garcia is chief economic development officer for the University of New Mexico. He also consults for Grubb & Ellis New Mexico and oversees his management company, Hospitotally. He is the former Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Tourism and the New Mexico Economic Development Department, and served as the Senior Officer of Cultural Affairs for the state of New Mexico. He has experience on a statewide level in developing cultural tourism. He received his BBA from the Anderson School of Business at the University of New Mexico.
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A member of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, a governor, and a mayor are appointed by the President.
A member of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, a governor, and a mayor are appointed by the President.
Member of an Indian Tribe: John L. Berrey
Quapaw, Oklahoma (term of office: 2008-2012)
John L. Berrey is a member of both the Quapaw Tribe and Osage Nation. He serves as chairman of the Quapaw Tribal Business Committee and the Downstream Development Authority. He is also a fourth-generation rancher on the family’s original allotment on the Osage Reservation located north of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since graduating from the University of Arkansas with a degree in journalism in 1991, Berrey has held a number of business positions, including several with the Quapaw Tribe.
Governor Mark Sanford
Columbia, South Carolina (term of office: 2009)
Before being elected governor in 2002, Mark Sanford served six years in the U.S. Congress and had no prior political experience before being elected to Congress in 1994. He grew up on a family farm near Beaufort, S.C. His farming background helped make him acutely aware of the need to protect the nation’s natural heritage. He has a B.A. in business from Furman University in Greenville and later received an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and went on to work in real estate finance and investment in New York and Charleston, S.C. More land has been preserved under Sanford’s tenure than during any other governorship in South Carolina.
Columbia, South Carolina (term of office: 2009)
Before being elected governor in 2002, Mark Sanford served six years in the U.S. Congress and had no prior political experience before being elected to Congress in 1994. He grew up on a family farm near Beaufort, S.C. His farming background helped make him acutely aware of the need to protect the nation’s natural heritage. He has a B.A. in business from Furman University in Greenville and later received an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and went on to work in real estate finance and investment in New York and Charleston, S.C. More land has been preserved under Sanford’s tenure than during any other governorship in South Carolina.
Mayor Bill Haslam
Knoxville, Tennessee (term of office: 2008-2009)
Bill Haslam began his first term as mayor of Knoxville in December 2003. Previously, he was president and director of Pilot Corp., a Knoxville-based company operating convenience stores and travel centers nationwide. He also is the former chief executive officer of SAKS Direct, the e-commerce and catalogue division of Saks Fifth Avenue. His historic preservation accomplishments include leading an effort to renovate the historic Bijou Theater and reopen the Tennessee Theatre, working to save the S&W Cafeteria, and initiating a public planning process to create a vision for Knoxville’s South Waterfront.
Knoxville, Tennessee (term of office: 2008-2009)
Bill Haslam began his first term as mayor of Knoxville in December 2003. Previously, he was president and director of Pilot Corp., a Knoxville-based company operating convenience stores and travel centers nationwide. He also is the former chief executive officer of SAKS Direct, the e-commerce and catalogue division of Saks Fifth Avenue. His historic preservation accomplishments include leading an effort to renovate the historic Bijou Theater and reopen the Tennessee Theatre, working to save the S&W Cafeteria, and initiating a public planning process to create a vision for Knoxville’s South Waterfront.
Two federal agency heads and the Architect of the Capitol are permanent members of ACHP.
Secretary of Agriculture (Hon. Tom Vilsack)
Secretary of the Interior (Hon. Ken Salazar)
Architect of the Capitol (Stephen T. Ayers, AIA)
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Seven federal agency heads are designated by the President to terms on ACHP.
Administrator, General Services Administration (Hon. Martha Johnson)
Secretary of Defense (Hon. Robert Gates)
Secretary of Transportation (Hon. Ray H. LaHood)
Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hon. Shaun Donovan)
Secretary, Department of Commerce (Hon. Gary Locke)
Secretary, Department of Education (Hon. Arne Duncan)
Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs (Hon. Gen. Eric Shinseki)
Ex-officio representatives of national preservation organizations round out ACHP’s membership.
Chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Cliff Hudson)
Designee: Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Designee: Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
President of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (Ruth Pierpont)
Designee: Nancy Schamu, Executive Director, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
Designee: Nancy Schamu, Executive Director, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
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ACHP Observers
ACHP Observers
Designated observers may actively participate in certain activities of the membership, but may not make or second any motion and may not vote.
General Chairman, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (Reno Franklin)
Designee: Janine Bowechop, Vice Chairman
Designee: Janine Bowechop, Vice Chairman
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (Hon. Janet Napolitano)
Secretary, Department of Energy (Hon. Steven Chu)
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency (Hon. Lisa Jackson)
Chair, National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (Ann McGlone)
President, ACHP Alumni Foundation (Katherine Slick)
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ACHP Staff Directory
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Office of General Counsel
General Counsel (vacant)
Javier Marqués, associate general counsel
jmarques@achp.gov 202-606-8596
General Counsel (vacant)
Javier Marqués, associate general counsel
jmarques@achp.gov 202-606-8596
Native American Program
Valerie Hauser, coordinator
vhauser@achp.gov 202-606-8530
William Dancing Feather, program specialist
wdancingfeather@achp.gov 202-606-8646
Anthony Guy Lopez, program assistant
alopez@achp.gov 202-606-8525
Valerie Hauser, coordinator
vhauser@achp.gov 202-606-8530
William Dancing Feather, program specialist
wdancingfeather@achp.gov 202-606-8646
Anthony Guy Lopez, program assistant
alopez@achp.gov 202-606-8525
Office of Administration
Ralston Cox, director
rcox@achp.gov 202-606-8528
Cindy Bienvenue, meeting and event manager
cbienvenue@achp.gov 202-606-8521
Brenda K. Bolden, office systems assistant
bbolden@achp.gov 202-606-8581
Kiani Morris, administrative assistant
kmorris@achp.gov 202-606-8512
Danielle Pannell, budget analyst
dpannell@achp.gov 202-606-8511
Rezaur Rahman, enterprise architect, web services manager
rrahman@achp.gov 202-606-8526
Denise Stanley, administrative assistant
dstanley@achp.gov 202-606-8535
Artisha Thompson, administrative assistant
athompson@achp.gov 202-606-8515
Ralston Cox, director
rcox@achp.gov 202-606-8528
Cindy Bienvenue, meeting and event manager
cbienvenue@achp.gov 202-606-8521
Brenda K. Bolden, office systems assistant
bbolden@achp.gov 202-606-8581
Kiani Morris, administrative assistant
kmorris@achp.gov 202-606-8512
Danielle Pannell, budget analyst
dpannell@achp.gov 202-606-8511
Rezaur Rahman, enterprise architect, web services manager
rrahman@achp.gov 202-606-8526
Denise Stanley, administrative assistant
dstanley@achp.gov 202-606-8535
Artisha Thompson, administrative assistant
athompson@achp.gov 202-606-8515
Office of Communications, Education, and Outreach
Susan Glimcher, director
sglimcher@achp.gov 202-606-8648
Patricia C. Knoll, program assistant
pknoll@achp.gov 202-606-1385
Bruce J. Milhans, communications coordinator
bmilhans@achp.gov 202-606-8513
Shayla Shrieves, writer-editor
sshrieves@achp.gov 202-606-8586
Susan Glimcher, director
sglimcher@achp.gov 202-606-8648
Patricia C. Knoll, program assistant
pknoll@achp.gov 202-606-1385
Bruce J. Milhans, communications coordinator
bmilhans@achp.gov 202-606-8513
Shayla Shrieves, writer-editor
sshrieves@achp.gov 202-606-8586
Office of Preservation Initiatives
Ronald D. Anzalone, director
ranzalone@achp.gov 202-606-8523
Druscilla J. Null, senior program analyst
dnull@achp.gov 202-606-8532
Judith E. Rodenstein, preservation program specialist
jrodenstein@achp.gov 202-606-8584
Ronald D. Anzalone, director
ranzalone@achp.gov 202-606-8523
Druscilla J. Null, senior program analyst
dnull@achp.gov 202-606-8532
Judith E. Rodenstein, preservation program specialist
jrodenstein@achp.gov 202-606-8584
Office of Federal Agency Programs
Phone: (202) 606-8505
Fax: (202) 606-5072
Phone: (202) 606-8505
Fax: (202) 606-5072
Reid Nelson, director
rnelson@achp.gov 202-606-8556
Raymond Wallace, historic preservation technician
rwallace@achp.gov 202-606-8555
LaShavio Johnson, historic preservation technician
ljohnson@achp.gov 202-606-8509
Odette Williams, administrative assistant
owilliams@achp.gov 202-606-8510
rnelson@achp.gov 202-606-8556
Raymond Wallace, historic preservation technician
rwallace@achp.gov 202-606-8555
LaShavio Johnson, historic preservation technician
ljohnson@achp.gov 202-606-8509
Odette Williams, administrative assistant
owilliams@achp.gov 202-606-8510
Federal Property Management Section
Caroline Hall, assistant director
chall@achp.gov 202-606-8524
Louise Brodnitz, historic preservation specialist
lbrodnitz@achp.gov 202-606-8527
Nancy J. Brown, BLM liaison
nbrown@achp.gov 202-606-8582
Katry Harris, VA liaison
kharris@achp.gov 202-606-8520
Katharine R. Kerr, program analyst
kkerr@achp.gov 202-606-8534
Sarah Killinger, Army liaison
skillinger@achp.gov 410-436-2527
Kirsten Brinker Kulis, GSA liaison
kkulis@achp.gov 202-606-8517
Tom McCulloch, program analyst
tmcculloch@achp.gov 202-606-8554
Chris A. Wilson, Army liaison
cwilson@achp.gov 202-606-8531
Caroline Hall, assistant director
chall@achp.gov 202-606-8524
Louise Brodnitz, historic preservation specialist
lbrodnitz@achp.gov 202-606-8527
Nancy J. Brown, BLM liaison
nbrown@achp.gov 202-606-8582
Katry Harris, VA liaison
kharris@achp.gov 202-606-8520
Katharine R. Kerr, program analyst
kkerr@achp.gov 202-606-8534
Sarah Killinger, Army liaison
skillinger@achp.gov 410-436-2527
Kirsten Brinker Kulis, GSA liaison
kkulis@achp.gov 202-606-8517
Tom McCulloch, program analyst
tmcculloch@achp.gov 202-606-8554
Chris A. Wilson, Army liaison
cwilson@achp.gov 202-606-8531
Federal Permitting, Licensing, and Assistance Section
Charlene Dwin Vaughn, assistant director
cvaughn@achp.gov 202-606-8533
Najah Duvall-Gabriel, historic preservation specialist
ngabriel@achp.gov 202-606-8585
John Eddins, program analyst
jeddins@achp.gov 202-606-8553
Lydia Kachadoorian, FEMA liaison
lkachadoorian@achp.gov 202-606-8518
Carol Legard, FHWA liaison
clegard@achp.gov 202-606-8522
Jaime Loichinger, historic preservation specialist
jloichinger@achp.gov 202-606-8529
Blythe Semmer, program analyst
bsemmer@achp.gov 202-606-8552
Lee A. Webb, Department of Energy liaison
lwebb@achp.gov 202-606-8583
Charlene Dwin Vaughn, assistant director
cvaughn@achp.gov 202-606-8533
Najah Duvall-Gabriel, historic preservation specialist
ngabriel@achp.gov 202-606-8585
John Eddins, program analyst
jeddins@achp.gov 202-606-8553
Lydia Kachadoorian, FEMA liaison
lkachadoorian@achp.gov 202-606-8518
Carol Legard, FHWA liaison
clegard@achp.gov 202-606-8522
Jaime Loichinger, historic preservation specialist
jloichinger@achp.gov 202-606-8529
Blythe Semmer, program analyst
bsemmer@achp.gov 202-606-8552
Lee A. Webb, Department of Energy liaison
lwebb@achp.gov 202-606-8583
(Updated May 26, 2010)
