Structure and staff directory

Our office structure

Historic Preservation Officers outside HPO

Shawn M. LaTourette

The Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer.

Elizabeth Dragon

The Assistant Commissioner for Community Investment & Economic Revitalization (CIER) serves as a Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (DSHPO).

Our office sections

Our office is divided into multiple sections according to area(s) of expertise. These include:

  • Project Review
  • Registration and Survey
  • Local Government and Outreach
  • GIS & Information Management

HPO staff directory

Administration

Katherine Marcopul
Administrator/Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (DSHPO) 609-940-4312
Meghan Baratta

Supervising Historic Preservation Specialist

Project Review

  • Staff Supervisor
609-940-5150

Staff

Lucy Bianchi

Project Review

  • Archaeologist
  • Encroachment review information: archaeological resources
609-940-5127
Stephanie Brisita

Registration and Survey

  • New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Reviewer
  • Survey and Inventory, Staff
609-940-5167
Emilio Caucci

Administration/Front Office

  • Project Database
  • Research and Visitation Appointments
609-940-5162
Anne Chidley

GIS and Information Management

  • Graphic Artist
609-940-5097
Kinney Clark

GIS and Information Management

  • Easements, Coordinator
  • Information Technology
609-940-5151
Emma Connolly

Project Review

  • DCA (NJ Department of Community Affairs): Southern New Jersey
  • FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
  • HUD (Housing and Urban Development): Southern New Jersey
609-940-5170
Justyna Csolak

GIS and Information Management

  • Information Technology
609-940-5159
Cassidy Deegan

Local Government and Outreach

  • CLG (Certified Local Government) Program
609-940-5812
Catherine Dzubaty

Registration and Survey

  • Architectural Historian
  • COE (Certification of Eligibility)
  • New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Reviewer
609-940-5168
Erin Frederickson

Project Review

  • Architectural Historian
  • DOT (NJ Department of Transportation)
609-940-5160
Scott Gerlica

Project Review

  • DOD (Department of Defense)
  • FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
609-940-5172
Jennifer Leynes

Project Review

  • Architectural Historian
  • Architectural Project Review
  • Tax Credit Projects
609-940-5161
Vincent Maresca III

Project Review

  • Archaeologist
  • Canals: Delaware and Raritan Canal
  • Dams
  • Encroachment review information: precontact and historic archaeological resources
609-940-5155
David Renitsky

Administration/Front Office

  • Annual Budget

Local Government and Outreach

  • CLG (Certified Local Government) Grants
609-940-5169
Christopher Romanoski

Project Review

  • DCA (NJ Department of Community Affairs): Northern New Jersey
  • HUD (Housing and Urban Development): Northern New Jersey
609-940-5163
Andrea Tingey

Registration and Survey

  • New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Coordinator
  • Outreach Activities
  • Survey and Inventory, Coordinator

Local Government and Outreach

  • CLG (Certified Local Government) Program
609-940-5149
Jesse West-Rosenthal

Project Review

  • Archaeologist
  • Canals: Morris Canal
  • Encroachment review information: precontact, historic, maritime archaeological resources
  • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
  • NPS (National Park Service)
  • Shipwreck Management
609-940-5156
Christine Yewaisis

Project Review

  • Architectural Historian
  • NJ Transit
609-940-5148