07/17/2026
Thank you Ashley!
Today is Ashley Molloy’s last day at the Idaho SHPO. She has served this office as both our Compliance Manager and Compliance Architectural Historian for over seven years. Throughout this time, Ashley applied her years of experience in historic preservation to the Section 106 process, becoming a trusted guide for federal agencies and consultants and an ally to Idahoans throughout the state who care deeply about their historic places.
Ashley has been a driver of innovation and increased efficiency in this office. Her knowledge of historic architecture as well as her tech savvy helped professionalize our policy guidance and she was instrumental in the creation of the Idaho Cultural Resources Information System (ICRIS), a cutting-edge system that significantly reduced average SHPO review times for compliance projects from 21 to 7 days and made our data more publicly accessible.
In her work with Section 106, she has achieved meaningful resolution to adverse effects to Idaho's historic resources on behalf of countless impacted communities across the state, including the creation of a mitigation bank for large historic bridge projects and the restoration of WPA-constructed 1930s tourist camp in Mackay, just to name a few. Closer to home, Ashley co-authored the $500,000 Save America’s Treasure’s Grant that funded the rehabilitation of the U.S. Assay Office in Boise, a National Historic Landmark. She is also the mastermind behind our very popular March Madness competition on our social media. Ashley's neverending wellspring of creative ideas led to amazing successes for Idahoans and their beloved historic resources.
Outside the office, she has also contributed to historic preservation efforts in Boise, where she has served as vice-chair of the City of Boise’s Historic Preservation Commission, developed and taught historic preservation workshops for Boise State University, volunteered for Preservation Idaho as chair of Idaho Modern and a tour docent, and acted as president of the Hillcrest Neighborhood Association.
Ashley will take her talents to the City of Portland, Maine in a new role as a Preservation Planner. She is a talented preservation professional, a trusted colleague and leader in the office, and a dearly valued friend. Her departure is a major loss to the Idaho SHPO and our shared work on behalf of Idahoans. We will miss her can-do attitude, humor, and friendship. Please join us in wishing her well in her next adventure.
