Molly Luby
Molly Luby is the Community History Coordinator at Chapel Hill Public Library. She works with local people to document and share untold, erased, and historically excluded stories of our past.
Karla Rosenburg
Karla Rosenberg is a Principal Planner with Durham City-County Planning & Development. She has worked in long-range and land use planning and has been administering the department's preservation program since 2013. She entered the field as a hobbyist genealogist who became just as interested in structures as people. She earned a Master of City and Regional Planning and a Master of Social Work from UNC-Chapel Hill as well as a graduate certificate in history from UNC-Greensboro. At UNC, she coauthored UNC-CH’s City and Regional Planning departmental history with Professor Emeritus Ed Kaiser, gathering many of the skills now employed in Durham's Heritage Communities program.
Heather Bratland
Heather Bratland, AICP, joined the City of Greensboro as a historic preservation planner in 2024 after serving Winston-Salem/Forsyth County for six years in a similar capacity. Prior to relocating to North Carolina, Heather served as vice-chair of the Linn County, Iowa Historic Preservation Commission and as director of stewardship for an easement-holding organization in Washington, DC. She holds a master's degree in architectural history and a certificate in historic preservation from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Chicago.
Stefan-leih Geary
Stefan-leih (Stef) Geary has worked as an Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Greensboro since 1998. She attended the College of Charleston, S.C. where she graduated with a B.A. in History and Historic Preservation. She administers Greensboro’s Historic Preservation Program and serves on a variety of preservation projects including providing preservation guidance for the City's award winning 2040 Comprehensive Plan and as an original committee member for the creation of the Greensboro Heritage Community program.
Brian Peterson
Brian Peterson is a licensed architect, whose career has included roles as principle of a design and planning firm, project manager and design architect. He received a Master of Architecture degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and has taught as an adjunct professor of architecture and landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He currently serves as the urban designer for the Town of Chapel Hill.
Kristi Brantley
Kristi Brantley has served as the Local Preservation Commission/Certified Local Government Coordinator for North Carolina's Historic Preservation Office (HPO) since February 2020. She graduated from Barton College with a Bachelor of Science in American Studies and from East Carolina University with a Master of Arts in History (with a concentration in Public History). She is a member of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Cultural Resources Emergency Response Team (CREST).
Brett Sturm
Brett Sturm has worked with the Restoration Services Branch of the NC HPO since 2017, serving as branch supervisor since 2025. Along with his administrative and staff development roles, Brett serves a sixteen-county assignment in the central Piedmont (including Orange) as Restoration Specialist, providing consultation on all matters of historic building conservation and adaptive reuse. He earned a degree in history from UNC-CH and a Master's of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2024 he was a recipient of Preservation North Carolina's Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit for achievement in the field of historic preservation in North Carolina.
Anya Grahn-Federmack
Anya Grahn-Federmack is a planner and preservationist with more than 12 years of experience in municipal planning and historic preservation. Her public-sector roles include serving as Historic Preservation Planner for Park City, Utah, and Principal Planner for the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She holds a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Ball State University and is currently a Senior Environmental Planner with GFT Infrastructure, Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ann Anderson
Ann Anderson is a North Carolina attorney with extensive experience in zoning and land use, local government law, general civil law, and civil litigation. She has served as both a professor and practitioner, allowing her to provide clients with a unique perspective on complex legal matters.
Jay Faulkerson
Jay Fulkerson has over thirty years of experience in architectural design and has practiced in Chapel Hill, North Carolina since 1988. His projects vary in size and complexity from residential designs to commercial, institutional, and historic preservation or adaptive reuse.
Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson is a partner at Will Johnson Building Company, where he leads the firm’s planning and design division. A Chapel Hill native with deep family ties to local preservation, Ben has extensive experience navigating both major and minor projects through the HDC process and is passionate about preserving the character of Chapel Hill’s historic neighborhoods while thoughtfully accommodating necessary restoration, adaptation, and improvement.
Gary Camillieri
Gary is the owner and builder of Profile Building Group. Since 2021, he has guided clients through every phase of the construction process with a hands-on, collaborative approach. His team specializes in bringing visions to life—designing concepts, building each element, and delivering finished spaces to be enjoyed for years to come. Whether restoring what’s been lost, renovating an entire home, or creating a new addition from the ground up, Gary provides expert leadership and craftsmanship at every step.