Amanda HolmesÂ
Executive Director
Amanda holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife and a Certificate in Historic Preservation, both from the University of Pennsylvania. Amanda received her undergraduate degree in American Studies from Amherst College. She has written numerous architectural, landscape, and engineering studies for the National Park Service, as well as published an award-winning history of Omena, Michigan. Amanda trained at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. She also has taught writing at the university level, and has presented living history programs about nineteenth-century farm life.
Summer Meyer
Assistant to the Executive Director
Summer moved to Leelanau County with her husband and son in 2005. Prior to coming on board with FPS she worked in banking, served on the Leland Chamber, and obtained her real estate license.