Lisa Craig, California

Principal, The Craig Group, Lodi, CA

Lisa Craig serves as President and Principal Planner for The Craig Group Partners, LLC. In this role she leads a team of design and planning professionals to support community leaders, local government and nonprofit organizations in growing the economic value and protecting the architectural and cultural integrity of historic communities. Her experience in historic preservation, community engagement and resilience planning has made her a popular speaker and trainer. Previous to starting her Ms. Craig served for seven years as Chief of Historic Preservation for the City of Annapolis. She led historic research, design, commission training, legislation and procedures drafting, grant writing, community engagement, and production of educational materials and programs for the City. She spearheaded the Weather It Together initiative, a Cultural Resource Hazard Mitigation Plan identified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a national model for resiliency planning. Previous to her work in Annapolis, Ms. Craig worked as project executive with Forest City Military Communities, Washington, DC leading property development activities for the $82 million housing privatization project at the United States Air Force Academy. Ms. Craig’s background also includes serving as State Historic Preservation Officer for the District of Columbia; and working for the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the head of the Southern Field Office and Director of Preservation Partnerships. Ms. Craig currently serves as a lead trainer for the NAPC's CAMP Resilience. She meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards and has served as an expert witness for numerous legal cases. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art & Design and went on for Master’s work at the University of Oregon in Historic Preservation. Ms. Craig lives in Lodi, California where she also serves as Vice-Mayor.
Email: LCraigGroup@gmail.com