Conference Presenters

Bethany Brander

is the site manager at Pendarvis Historic Site in Mineral Point. In 2019 she wrote an article for the Wisconsin Magazine of History on the 20th-century restoration of Pendarvis by Bob Neal and Edgar Hellum, and assisted with the National Register additional documentation and historic structures report on site. She has been with the Wisconsin Historical Society since 2012 and has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and archaeology from UW-Madison and a master’s in museum studies from Newcastle University.

WM Jason Flatt, P.E

is a licensed professional engineer, educator, and a historic preservation generalist whose credentials meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History. He holds a B.S. in naval architecture & marine engineering and an M.S. in ocean technology from The Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and an M.A. in historic preservation from Goucher College. He served for more than twelve years in various positions at Marinette Marine Corp., culminating as chief naval architect. Jason has been a member of the City of Marinette Historic Preservation Commission since 2003, and is a consultant to the City of Green Bay Landmarks Commission, serving as Green Bay’s Historic Preservation Specialist. He is a founding member of Fairchild & Flatt, an engineering and historic preservation consulting firm in Marinette, Wisconsin. Jason Flatt serves as WAHPC Board President.

Andrea Herries

joined the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) as a Historic Preservation Specialist in February 2024 and is the new tax credit reviewer for the Western District of Wisconsin. She is an architectural historian with an education background in sociology, anthropology, and architectural studies, and over a decade of experience in preservation. She has worked on preservation projects in seven states for National Register Nominations, National Parks, National Historic Sites, and tax credit projects.  Most recently, she served as the Section Chief of the Architectural Preservation Services Unit for the Missouri Historic Preservation Office where she led a team of architects and architectural historians in the tax credit review process, easement care, and preservation practices for historic buildings.  Andrea is excited to begin visiting the many communities of the Western District to support the rehabilitation of Wisconsin’s cultural resources.

Joe Lawniczak

has been the Downtown Design Specialist for Wisconsin Main Street since 2001. He has completed designs for the renovation of over 1,700 façades. He has presented throughout the United States and written dozens of books and feature articles for state and national organizations pertaining to design, preservation, and downtown revitalization. He recently served for three years as co-chair of the Main Street Codes Task Force for the Association for Preservation Technology (APT), and has been on the planning committee for the National Main Street Center’s annual designers meeting since 2006. He has also served on the Scenic Byways Advisory Committee for the Wisconsin DOT, the Public Policy Advisory Council for the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, and has served on the Green Bay Historic Preservation Commission, the On-Broadway (Green Bay) Design Committee, and the Village of Cooksville Historic Review Board.

Daina Penkiunas, Ph.D.

is the State Historic Preservation Officer at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Prior to assuming her position as Wisconsin’s National Register coordinator in 2000, Daina worked as a private preservation consultant, a college lecturer, and in the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Office. Daina holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural history and preservation from the University of Maryland and a Master’s and Ph.D. in architectural history from the University of Virginia.

Charlie Quagliana

has been a practicing Preservation Archi-tect for over 40 years. Current-ly he maintains his own private practice focusing on rehabilita-tion and restoration projects around the state. He prepared the Historic Structure Report for Pendarvis in 2020-2021.
Charles was a Principal with Isthmus Architecture for 11 years and prior to that he was the Preservation Architect/Project Manager for the 14-year Wisconsin State Capitol Restoration and Rehabilitation project.  He is an Emeritus Professor of Practice (retired) at the UW-Madison College of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.  Some of his current projects include Preservation Plan for The Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh, Master Plan for the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at UW-Madison, and Historic Building Restoration Design for 14 WPA era buildings at Franklin Lake, WI. for the USDA Forest Service.

Jason Tish

s the Certified Local Government (CLG) & Preservation Education Coordinator for the State Historic Preservation Office and the SHPO Advisor to WAHPC. He began his career in cultural resources as a field archaeologist for the National Forest Service in South Dakota, and then evaluating historic Army Reserve properties in the Great Lakes region for the Department of Defense. He earned a Master’s degree in 2008 in Planning and Landscape Architecture from UW-Madison and studied architecture history, landscape design history, and federal historic preservation policies. He has worked in the public and private sectors as a specialist in historic preservation policies and practices. Jason has also been an advocate for historic places as the Executive Director of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, and as a self-employed consultant.

Amy Wyatt

has 24 years of experience in archaeology and historic preservation. She joined the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office in 2006 as a database and project manager and in 2022 became the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. She is committed to using preservation to tell the stories of communities that have been marginalized in the historical record due to biases in history and preservation. In her career, she has sought and had the privilege to work on many projects to preserve places significant to the history of African American, Native American, and Hispanic American communities that had previously been ignored or unrecognized.