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All written correspondence must be sent to our current address, below, for fastest service. Anything sent to our prior address may be delayed or returned.

State Historic Preservation Office
300 North Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48913

Staff are listed below according to their program area(s). For specific information about SHPO Programs and Services, click here.
Please note: the SHPO cannot offer monetary grants to individuals. Grant funds are ONLY available through the Certified Local Government Program and Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program.
All SHPO staff work in a hybrid work environment. Email is the preferred and most expedient method of communication for our staff.
When contacting SHPO staff via email, please include a content-specific message in the subject line.
The process to do site research with the SHPO has changed. See the latest process and procedure.
SHPO no longer manages the Michigan Historical Marker program. Learn more about the marker program and find new program contacts at this link.

NOTE: Media Inquiries

Media inquiries for SHPO programs and projects should be directed through the MEDC Media and Communications Staff.

Administration

Ryan Schumaker, State Historic Preservation Officer
[email protected]
517-328-8863

Martha MacFarlane-Faes, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
[email protected]
517-643-1928

Nathan Nietering, Project and Website Coordinator
[email protected]
517-331-6024

Preservation Incentives

Alan Higgins, Grants Manager
[email protected]
517-256-4358

Mara Lancaster, Tax Credit Programs
[email protected]
517-643-6618

Kevin Lee, Tax Credit Programs
[email protected]
517-898-2549

Bryan Lijewski, Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program Coordinator and Tax Credit Programs
[email protected]
517-331-4761

Haley Schriber, CLG and Community Preservation Coordinator
[email protected]
517-855-8586

Archaeology

Sarah Surface-Evans, Ph.D., Senior Archaeologist
[email protected]
517-282-7959

Kate Frederick, Staff Archaeologist
[email protected]
517-855-0082

Amy Krull, Federal Projects Archaeologist
[email protected]
517-285-4211

Cultural Resource Management & Planning (Review and Compliance)

Scott Slagor, Section 106/Cultural Resource Protection Manager
[email protected]
517-285-5120

Katlyn Burns Yancho, Historian
[email protected]
517-256-3416

Cassandra Nelson, Historian
[email protected]
517-648-4050

Historic Designation and Survey

Katie Kolokithas, Historic Resources Survey Coordinator
[email protected]
517-285-9248

Todd Walsh, National Register of Historic Places Coordinator
[email protected]
517-331-8917

Diane Tuinstra, CRIS Administrator
[email protected]
517-331-8352

Special Projects and Success Stories

Katie Kolokithas, Michigan Civil Rights Project Coordinator
[email protected]
517-285-9248

Nathan Nietering, Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation Coordinator
[email protected]
517-331-6024

Todd Walsh, Michigan Modern Project
[email protected]
517-331-8917