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
Budget and Finance
Dale Estrada
803-896-6163
Archives and Records Management
Deputy Director, Archives and Records Management
Patrick McCawley
803-896-6203
Supervisor, Archival Services
Kim McClure
803-896-4163
Supervisor, Information Technology Services
Grant Robertson
803-896-6171
Network Services
Patrick Blake
803-896-6216
Supervisor, Records Management Services
Erin Lowry
803-896-6128
State Government Electronic Records
Matthew Dantzler
803-896-6119
State Government Records
Terri Washington
803-896-6209
Local Government Records
Chris Condon
803-896-6125
Supervisor, Reference Services
Wade Dorsey
803-896-6205
Supervisor, State Records Center
Jay Johnson
1942-A Laurel Street Warehouse,
Columbia, SC 29201
803-898-9980
State Records Center Staff
Geoffrey Davis
803-898-2275
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 Registration, Grant, and Local Government Programs
803-896-6172
John D. Sylvest
Supervisor of Survey and Review & Compliance Programs
803-896-6129
African American History Consultant
Ayanna Goines
803-896-8256
Archaeology
Robert P. Larsen
803-896-6181
Federal Grants
Brad Sauls
803-896-6172
State Grants
Amanda Lee
803-896-6174
Historical Markers
Edwin Breeden, Ph.D.
803-896-6182
Local Government Assistance/
Certified Local Government Program
Brad Sauls
803-896-6172
National Register of Historic Places
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)
Alethea Harrison
803-896-4123
Elizabeth Johnson
803-896-6168
Robert P. Larsen
803-896-6181
Mary Sherrer
803-896-6184
John D. Sylvest
803-896-6129
Statewide Survey of Historic Properties
Brad Sauls
803-896-6172
John D. Sylvest
803-896-6129
Tax Incentives: Income-Producing Historic
Buildings and Technical Architectural Assistance
Christopher Tenny
803-896-5638
Tax Incentives: Owners of Historic Homes
and Technical Architecture Assistance
Amanda Lee
803-896-6174
South Carolina Archives & History Foundation
Donna Foster
803-896-0339