Agency Staff Directory
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Director's Office
Agency Director, State Historic Preservation Officer, and State Archivist
W. Eric Emerson, Ph.D.
803-896-6185
Administration and other Functions
Deputy Director of Administration
Brenda House
803-896-6160
Facility Rental
Lesia Banks
803-896-6187
Media Relations and Agency Advancement
Donna Foster
803-896-0339
I.T.
Mario Backmon
803-896-6216
Budget and Finance
Bernice Cooper-James
803-896-6163
Kathy Loy
803-896-6213
Archives and Records Management
Director, Archives and Records Management
Steven D. Tuttle
803-896-6204
Archives Accessions
Patrick McCawley
803-896-6203
Electronic Records and Digital Collections
Bryan Collars
803-896-4808
Supervisor, Records Management
Richard Harris
803-896-6123
State Government Records
Erin Lowry
803-896-6128
Jessica Hills
803-896-6119
Local Government Records
Carolyn Smith
803-896-6125
Micrographic Services
Richard Harris
803-896-6123
State Records Center
Richie Wiggers
1942-A Laurel Street Warehouse,
Columbia, SC 29201
803-898-9980
Richard Harris
803-898-2278
State Historical Records Advisory Board
State Coordinator
W. Eric Emerson, Ph.D.
803-896-6185
State Historic Preservation Office
State Historic Preservation Officer
W. Eric Emerson, Ph.D.
803-896-6185
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
Elizabeth Johnson
803-896-6168
Brad Sauls
Supervisor of Survey, Registration, Grant, and Local Government Programs
803-896-6172
Archaeology
Keely Lewis
803-896-6181
GIS/Mapping
Keely Lewis
803-896-6181
Grants
Brad Sauls
803-896-6172
Historical Markers
Ehren Foley, Ph.D.
803-896-6182
Local Government Assistance/
Certified Local Government Program
Brad Sauls
803-896-6172
National Register of Historic Places
Ehren Foley, Ph.D.
803-896-6182
Virginia Harness
803-896-6179
National Register Plaques and Certificates
Brad Sauls
803-896-6172
Outreach Programs / Newsletter
Elizabeth Johnson
803-896-6168
Review and Compliance/Section 106
SHPO Project Review Staff and Assigned Agency Responsibilities (PDF)
Keely Lewis
803-896-6181
Elizabeth Johnson
803-896-6168
John D. Sylvest
803-896-6129
Joseph Wilkinson
803-896-6184
Statewide Survey of Historic Properties
Brad Sauls, Survey Coordinator
803-896-6172
John D. Sylvest
803-896-6129
Tax Incentives: Income-Producing Historic
Buildings and Technical Architectural Assistance
Dan Elswick
803-896-6174
Tax Incentives: Owners of Historic Homes
and Technical Architecture Assistance
Pam Kendrick
803-896-5638
South Carolina Archives & History Foundation
Donna Foster
803-896-0339