Staff Directory
If you don't know who to call, or have a general inquiry, please call the main line at (360) 586-3065. Someone will direct you to the appropriate staff member.
Many staff are still working remotely. While email is best point of contact, staff will also be checking voicemails daily.
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Staff
Allyson Brooks, Ph.D.
State Historic Preservation Officer / Director
Overall Program Administration, Budget, Legislative Relations.
Office: (360) 480-6922
Work hours: 9 am-5, Mon-Fri
- Latest Hobbies?Crossfit, running with my dogs, weightlifting, photographing sunrises and some martial arts when I get the chance
- What's on your ipod?Everything from Beethoven to Broadway Musicals to the Sex Pistols.
- What did your parents do?Mum -Columnist for the NY Times; Dad-Labor Union attorney (including Actor's Equity on Broadway) I sat in a lot of cavernous empty Broadway theaters as a child while my father arbitrated labor disputes.
- First job?Making french fries at Burger King.
- First Album?Hunky Dory - David Bowie.
Morgan McLemore
- What is your favorite hobby?SCUBA diving around the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
- Most remote place you have ever hiked?Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego
- Other languages you speak?Spanish
Built Environment Unit
Michael Houser
State Architectural Historian
National Register of Historic Places, Washington Heritage Register, Heritage Barn Register, Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Assessing the importance of your historic property, DAHP Webmaster.
Office: (360) 890-2634
Work hours: 8-4:30, Mon-Fri
- First Car?Believe it or not... A "pink" 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible.
- Latest read?Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Favorite Architect?Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris - otherwise known as Le Corbusier
- Do you have any Pets?LuLu (German Short-Haired Pointer), and Sparky (Domestic Shorthair Cat)
- Hobbies?Creating the annual homemade Houser Family Christmas Card. Past designs include a playbill, an Oly-Girls Catalog, and scratch-off lottery style tickets. Researching architects and writing biographies.
Michelle Thompson
Certified Local Government Coordinator & Main Street Design Specialist
Certified Local Government Program, Certified Local Government Grants
Office: (360) 890-2617
Work hours: 8am - 4:00, Mon-Fri
- What was your first car?1996 Camry Station Wagon named “Carl”.
- Do you have any pets?One cat named Didi with a chipped ear found wandering the streets of Charleston, SC., and two snakes, Murphy and Flower.
- What are your hobbies?Anything paranormal related, driving backroads looking for old buildings.
- Pet Peeve?When people are rude to service workers.
- Favorite place to visit?The South
Maureen Elenga
Architectural Historian - Transportation Project Reviewer
All Section 106, GEO 21-02, and SEPA reviews related to transportation projects.
(For archaeological issues, please contact DAHP Archaeology Unit staff.)
Office: (360) 972-4539
Work hours: 7am-3:30pm, Mon-Fri
- Do you have any pets?An Australian miniature Labradoodle named Coco (aka DB Pooper).
- What are you currently reading?The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America’s Deadliest Avalanche, a non-fiction transportation disaster story.
- Do you have any hobbies?Birding, cooking and outings with my horror movie club.
- First job?Popcorn sales at a movie theater.
- Favorite place to visit?The northern Oregon coast for the beauty, Palm Springs for the MCM architecture.
Jeronimo Roldan
State Historical Architect
Federal Tax Credit Projects, and Adverse effect evaluations.
Office: (360) 584-5900
Work hours: 9 - 5, Mon-Fri
- What was your first car?2005 Honda Civic, purchased in 2018 and running great at 220k!
- Do you have any pets?Sweet tabby named Bongo Santamaria.
- What are your hobbies?Hiking, biking, drawing, and light carpentry.
- Favorite place to visit?Cali, Colombia.
Maddie Levesque
Architectural Historian - General Compliance Reviewer
All non-transportation related Section 106, GEO 21-02, SEPA reviews for all of Washington State.
(For archaeological issues, please contact DAHP Archaeology Unit staff.)
Office: (360) 819-7203
Work hours: 8:00-4:30, Mon-Fri
- What was your First Job?Ice-cream scooper at Baskin Robbins.
- Pet Peeve?People who talk or use their phones at the movies or live theatre events.
- What is your favorite place to visit?New Hampshire for the family and architecture.
- What are your hobbies?Assisting with lights and sound design at local theatre companies, reading, puzzling.
Monette Hearn
Black Historic Sites Survey Coordinator
Office: (360) 628-0172
Work hours: 8:00-5:00PM, Mon-Fri
Archaeological Unit
Rob Whitlam, Ph.D.
State Archaeologist
Archaeology, Environmental Review of Federal Projects involving Archaeology, Section 106 and GEO 21-02 - Archaeology, Volunteer Opportunities in Archaeology, Archaeology and Oil Spill Response.
Office: (360) 890-2615
Work hours: 6am - 3, Mon-Fri
- What do you drive?My first car was a 1968 Austin 1300. Now it’s a 1962 Land Rover Series IIA.
- What are your hobbies when you’re not busy at work?Tinkering on the Land Rover.
- Are you technologically challenged?No... and I prefer Ubuntu.. open source.
- Do you have any Pets?Poncho Mia— a rescue Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix
James Macrae
Assistant State Archaeologist
Archaeological Permits.
Office: (564) 669-0899
Work hours: 8am - 4:30, Mon-Fri
- What was your first car?Honda CRX hatchback. A tough car, it survived driving through a herd of wild pigs.
- Do you have any pets?Three cats, two rabbits, three ducks, one goose, and approximately ten chickens. Actually, I have three children and all the pets are theirs.
- Do you have any hobbies?Rock climbing, canoeing, canyoneering.
- Pet Peeve?Commercials and most things from the 1980s (besides Lycra climbing pants and post-processual theory).
- Favorite place to visit?Utah and Canada.
Vacant
Dennis Wardlaw
Transportation Archaeologist
Archaeology and Native American issues relating to transportation projects.
Office: (360) 485-5014
Work hours: 7:30-5:00, Mon-Thurs; 7:45-4:30 Fri (off bi-weekly)
James MacNaughton
Local Government Archaeologist
Office: (360) 280-7563
Work hours: 7:30-3:30PM, Mon-Fri
- Do you have any pets?We have a rescue greyhound named Zeus, a rescue chihuahua named Maisie, and a ratbag moggie named Thomas.
- Do you have any hobbies?Bagpiping, history of the bagpipes and bagpipers; Scottish Regiments in WWI, old cars.
- What was your first car?1953 Mercury Monterey
- First Album?Parallel Lines, Blondie.
- What are your research interests?Overseas Chinese Communities, and laborer experience. Scottish Regiments in WWI.
Jessica Stone
Assistant State Archaeologist
Archaeology reviews for non-transportation projects under Section 106, GEO 21-02, and SEPA
Office: (360) 890-2633
Work hours: 7:30-4:00PM, Mon-Fri
- Do you have any pets?Two cats, Little Bit and Chichi, who have been forced to be siblings.
- What are your hobbies?o Reading, kayaking, and vegetable gardening - tomato season is my favorite!
Catherine Oberheim
Renewable Energy Project Archaeologist
Climate Commitment Act (CCA) Reviews
Office: (360) 972-4616
Work hours: 7:30am-4:00pm, Mon-Fri
- Favorite place you've traveled?Badlands National Park
- What are you hobbies?Researching local folklore, foraging, mead brewing, camping and competition shooting.
- Favorite Painter?Joan Miró, my favorite painting of his is Acrobatic Dancers.
- Where do you want to visit?I’m hoping to backpack North Cascades National Park soon.
- First Album?This is Hardcore - Pulp
Anthropology Unit
Guy Tasa , Ph.D.
State Physical Anthropologist
Human Remains Identification, Preservation, Excavation, and Repatriation; RCWs 27.44, 68.50, 68.60
Office: (360) 790-1633
Work hours: 5:00-3:30, Mon-Thurs
- What was your first car?1970 Buick Skylark with big wide tires and lots of chrome.
- Pet Peeve?I can't eat meat on the bone! Weird I know!!
- What are your hobbies when your not busy at work?Pez Collecting, 20th Century Military History and closet geneologist.
- Are you technologically challenged?No... but I don't let anyone know that.
- Pets?Baghera & Penelope - Tuxedo Cats and The Stray Cat Mr. Pickles
Jennifer Spence, Ph.D.
Assistant State Physical Anthropologist
Office: (360) 890-0174
Work hours: 8:00-5:30PM - Mon-Thurs; 8:00-Noon, Fri
- If you could do any other job, what job would you do?Bush pilot
- If you could be any animal, what would it be?Honestly, my tabby cat. He has a really cushy life. If not that, I’d be a giant Brazilian river otter. They grow up to 6 feet and eat fish and swim all day!
- What one person, living or dead, who you have dinner with if you could?Charles Darwin. I’d like to tell him how influential he’s been and ask his thoughts on the world today.
Records Management Unit
Kassi Bateman
Public Records Officer
Records Manager / Public Records Requests
Office: (360) 515-8416
Work hours: 6:30-5:30PM, Mon-Thurs
- What are you currently reading?Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
- If you could do any other job, what would you be?Death Doula
- What pets do you have?Rorschach the Frenchie and Moose and McMurray the Tortoiseshell cats.
- What person, living or dead would you have dinner with if you could?Emily Dickinson, my favorite poet. I spend too much time trying to decipher her poems, I would love to ask her myself.
Sarah Straub
Forms and Records Analyst 2
Office: (360) 628-2170
Work hours: 7:00-4:30, Mon-Thurs & Friday 7:00-11:00am
- What was your first job?Student library worker for a community college.
- What is your favorite holiday?Valentine’s Day!
- What is your favorite place to visit?The beach!
- What are your hobbies?Video gaming, reading, drawing, traveling, and attending concerts/live shows!
GIS Unit
Taylor Rulien
Lead GIS Analyst 3
Office: Cell (360) 810-0201
Work hours: 7:30-6:00PM, Mon-Thur
- How would your friends describe you?A friendly energetic active person; in other words, a golden retriever.
- What was your first job?I worked at an aviation fueling service in Anchorage as a mechanics assistant - washing trucks, changing oil/filters, and anything that came up in the shop. I still know nothing about car maintenance.
- What are your hobbies when you're not busy at work?I like being active. Currently, gravel biking, trail running, swimming, and climbing are my go-to hobbies.
Zachary Robinson
- What was your first job?My first job was as a lifeguard for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- What are your hobbies?I like to hike, play video games, watch horror movies (especially bad ones), and anything plants.
- Do you have any pets?I have an orange cat older than time itself (20 years old) who doesn’t act a day under 5 years old.
- What’s your favorite holiday?My favorite holiday is Halloween. I love all things spooky.
Maegan Smith
GIS / IT Program Coordinator
Office: (360) 742-1831
Work hours: 7:30-4:00PM, Mon-Fri
- What was your first job?Barista at CC’s Coffee House.
- What are your hobbies?Irish dancing, yoga, tai chi, reading, video gaming, and learning tatting from my mom. One of my Irish dancing highlights was dancing on stage with The Chieftains.
- What are some of your favorite reads?Being Your Bestest Anthropologist, Persuasion, Stardust, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Mysteries of Udolpho, and The Word for World is Forest to name but a few.
- Other languages you speak?French
Keenan Barrow
GIS Program Assistant
Office: (360) 890-2616
Work hours: 8:00-5:00PM, Mon-Fri
Administrative Unit
Annie Strader
Operations Manager
Coordinate and facilitate office process.
Office: (360) 706-4215
Work hours: 7:00-3:00, Mon - Fri
Jamie Corson
Executive Assistant
Office:
(360) 522-3825
Work hours: 8:00-4:30PM, Mon-Fri
- What are you currently reading?‘Wild, Willing and Wise’ by Heather Ash Amara
- What are your hobbies?Oneironautics, Botany, and Wayfaring
- What is your favorite quote?“Life is mostly froth and bubble, but two things stand like stone : Kindness in another’s trouble and Courage in your own.” Diana Princess of Wales
Marivic Quintanilla
Fiscal Analyst / Grants Manager
Fiscal Analyst and overall Grants Manager
Office: (360) 870-6383
Work hours: 6:30AM-5:00PM, Mon-Thurs
Sarah Matson
- Do you have any pets?Two cats: extremely friendly Loki and shy but sweet former-feral Orion.
- Favorite Movie?The Lion King (first movie I ever saw!)
- What was your first job?Crew member at Wendy’s!
- What was your first car?2002 Pontiac Grand Am
- Favorite Holiday?Thanksgiving!
