Since 2011, Ramona M. Bartos has served as Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer for the State of North Carolina, and within her parent agency the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR), acts as the Division Director for the Division of Historical Resources, comprised of the State Historic Preservation Office (HPO), Office of State Archaeology (OSA), and DNCR’s Western Region Office in Asheville.

Her duties include direct day-to-day administration of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, which carries out state preservation programs and federal responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act, including the statewide comprehensive historic architectural survey, the National Register of Historic Places, federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits, local government preservation planning assistance, a competitive local government preservation grant program, project reviews, and the Restoration Services branch, a technical preservation extension service for constituents.

She earned her joint Juris Doctor (cum laude) and Master of Historic Preservation degrees from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, and her Bachelor of Arts in History and International Studies from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was a Robert W. Woodruff Scholar and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Prior to entering state public service, she was a private practice attorney and civil mediator for a decade in Georgia, working with a wide variety of private and local government clients.

She is the immediate past president of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, having served two terms, and is currently a member of its Executive Committee.