Anne B. Raines serves as Deputy Director/Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer at the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), part of the Maryland Department of Planning. Prior to assuming her current role in 2017, she worked as the Capital Grants and Loans Administrator at MHT. 

Anne earned her MSc in Architectural Conservation with distinction from Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) in 2009. Prior to that, she earned her Bachelor of Architecture at North Carolina State University, and then worked several years as an architect in the United States and United Kingdom.

1stTerm March 2025-2027

Dr. Allyson Brooks serves as the Director of the WA Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and the State Historic Preservation Officer. She has served in this role under three Governors. Previously, Dr. Brooks was an archaeologist for the Minnesota Department of Transportation where she balanced protecting historic properties with the delivery of transportation projects. Prior to going to Minnesota she was the staff archaeologist for the South Dakota Historic Preservation Office. 

Dr. Brooks has been part of archaeological investigations across the United States from Alaska to South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada, Maine and Connecticut. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from University of Nevada, a MPA from the University of Washington, a Certificate in environmental regulation from the University of Washington, an M Sc. in industrial and historical archaeology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, a BA from McGill University in Montreal Canada, and is a 2nd degree Black Belt in Taekwondo.

1st Term March 2025-2027

Dr. Heather Gibb serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer with the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Heather manages various SHPO programs from Section 106 to State and Federal Historic Tax Credit projects and is the development lead of the State Historic Preservation Plan and the E-SHPO system for digital project submissions. She also serves on the Office of the State Archaeologist Advisory Committee and is a member of the Association of Iowa Archaeologists. 

Heather completed her dissertation at the University of Missouri, Department of Anthropology with a focus on conservation biology, GIS, and archaeological databases. Previously, Heather worked at the Missouri SHPO and managed their Records, Compliance, & Review Unit. In the past, she worked as a National Science Foundation Fellow and focused on combining natural history, archaeology, and science in the classroom as an in-class science expert.

1st Term March 2025-2027

Dr. Kate Marcopul is currently the NJ Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and the Manager of the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (NJHPO) which is responsible for the identification, protection, and preservation of historic and archaeological resources throughout the State of New Jersey. Kate oversees a 23-member staff whose responsibilities include administering the Certified Local Government program, the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, review and compliance under federal and state law, the federal historic tax credit program, survey and inventory, and preservation planning.

Kate holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Anthropology from Temple University, a B.A. in Anthropology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is a Certified Public Manager.  She is also currently a member of the board of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, represents the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection as an ex-officio board member of the NJ Historic Trust, and serves as an ex-officio member of the NJ Historical Commission.

1stTerm March 2025-2027

Brian Beadles assumed his current position of Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer in 2020, having previously overseen the National Register and Historic Preservation Tax Credit programs for the Wyoming SHPO since 2011. Having grown up in various cities in Illinois and Indiana, Brian earned his Master’s degree in Historic Preservation Planning at Cornell University, and holds undergraduate degrees in Anthropology and English from the University of Illinois. 

Previously, he worked for the Tennessee Historical Commission where he edited and wrote National Register of Historic Places nominations and served as a Senior Surveyor for the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana performing countywide cultural resource surveys. Brian lives in Cheyenne and enjoys music, hiking, and long-distance running.

2nd term March 2025-2027