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National Heritage Areas Program Office


Interested in learning more about the National Heritage Areas Program? Please contact the program office in Washington, DC. or a regional office.

Susan Teel
Acting National Program Manager
850-232-3624
susan_teel@nps.gov


Elizabeth Vehmeyer
Assistant National Coordinator
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Mail Stop 7508
Phone: 202-3540-2215

Region 1 - North Atlantic-Appalachian

(CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV)

Erik Kreusch
National Heritage Areas, Regional Coordinator
Northeast Regional Office

Region 2

(AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico)

Elisa Kunz
National Heritage Areas, Regional Coordinator
Southeast Regional Office
100 Alabama St. SW
1924 Building, 5th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-507-5821

Regions 3, 4, and 5

(AR, IA, ID, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Chris Stein
Chief, National Heritage Areas and Large Landscape Initiatives
Midwest Region
Phone: 715-557-0125

Regions 6, 7, 8, and 10

(AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT, WY)

National Heritage Areas, Regional Coordinator
Intermountain Region
P.O. Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
Phone: 303-969-2846

Region 9 and 11

(AK, OR, and WA)

Patrick Lewis
Cultural Resource Program Manager
Kenai Fjords National Park
P.O. Box 1727
Seward, AK 99664
Phone: 907-422-0546

Last updated: June 8, 2023