Staff

RGA's staff have the diverse experience necessary to complete the varied projects required under federal, state, and local cultural resource regulations. The qualifications of the principal investigators meet or exceed federal guidelines and are listed below according to discipline. In addition to these senior personnel, RGA has a large full-time staff of crew chiefs and field supervisors and highly trained research assistants. The RGA staff has broad reaching geographic experience including the following regions: the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest: East North- and West North-Central States; the South: South Atlantic and East and West South Central States; the West Pacific States; the U.S. Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico; and Canada. Several RGA principal investigators and field directors hold current OSHA 40-Hour Health and Safety Training.

Chief Executive Officer

President

Alice Domm
J.D. Rutgers School of Law, Camden, 1981

B.A. English, Gettysburg College, 1976

Vice President

Director of Quality Assurance

Richard Grubb
B.A. History, Rutgers University, 1977

Principal Senior Archaeologists

Paul J. McEachen, RPA
Director of Archaeological Services
M.A. Anthropology, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Canada, 1996
B.A. Anthropology and Classical Civilizations, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1993

Mary Lynne Rainey, RPA
M.A. Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 2004
B.A. Anthropology, West Chester University, 1981

Michael J. Gall, RPA
Telecommunications Manager
M.A. History, Monmouth University, 2004
B.A. Anthropology and History, Monmouth University, 2001

Principal Senior Architectural Historian

Robert J. Wise, Jr.
Historic Preservation Planner
M.M. Business Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
B.A. History, Dickinson College, 1981

Principal Senior Historian

Ellen Turco
North Carolina Branch Manager
M.A. Public History, North Carolina State University, 1995
B.A. Philosophy, Eckerd College, 1992

Senior Archaeologists

Ilene Grossman-Bailey, Ph.D., RPA
Ph.D. Anthropology, Temple University, 2001
M.A. Anthropology, Temple University, 1998
B.A. English, College of New Jersey, 1979

Sean A. McHugh, RPA
GIS Specialist
M.A. History, Monmouth University, 2009
B.A. History, Monmouth University, 2001

Adam R. Heinrich, Ph.D., RPA
Zooarchaeologist
Ph.D. Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2010
M.A. Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2005
B.S. Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2000

Senior Architectural Historians

Allee Davis
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
B.S. Architectural History with a concentration in Historic Preservation, Philadelphia University, 2010

Kelly E. Wiles
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
B.A. Historic Preservation & Community Planning and Art History, College of Charleston, Cum Laude, 2010

Lynn Alpert
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
B.A. Art History, Temple University, Summa Cum Laude, 2006

Virginia Brounce Overberger
B.A. Art History, Temple University, Summa Cum Laude, 2005

Senior Historians

Michael Tomkins
Business Development Manager
B.A. Anthropology, State University of New York at Albany, 1990

Seth B. Hinshaw
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2001
M.A. History, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1991
B.A. American History, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1988

Teresa Dujnic Bulger, Ph.D., RPA
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, 2013
M.A. Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, 2006
M.A. Historical Archaeology, University of Massachusetts
Boston, 2005
B.A. Archaeology, Boston University, 2002

Principal Investigator, Archaeologist

Lauren Lembo, RPA
M.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2015
M.A. Education, Central Michigan University, 2012
B.A. Studio Art, Arcadia University, 2007

Laboratory Director

Tara Bini Erdreich
B.S. Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2003

Material Culture Analyst

Danielle R. Cathcart

B.A. Anthropology, The College of William and Mary, 2009

Archaeologists

Paul D. George
Field Logistics Manager
B.A. Sociology with Archaeology and Anthropology,
Muhlenberg College, 1992

Laura D. Cushman
B.A. Social Science, Muhlenberg College, 1991

Allison A. Gall
B.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2003
Research Coordinator

David C. Strohmeier
GIS Specialist
B.A. Anthropology, Ithaca College, 2001

Adrienne Jarczewski
B.A. Anthropology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2002

Alex J. Flick
M.A. Historical Archaeology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2017
B.A. Political Science, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2010

Architectural Historians

Chelsea Troppauer
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
B.S. Art History, Franklin and Marshall College, 2011

Lauren M. Szeber
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
B.A. American Studies, Boston University, 2009

Kristen Herrick
M.A. Historic Preservation, University of Delaware, 2016
B.A. Art History, Rutgers University, Cum Laude, 2014

Laura Hundersmarck
Graphics Specialist
M.S. International Heritage Visualization, Glasgow School of Art, 2015
B.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, Summa Cum Laude, 2012

Shannon T. Garrison
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
B.A. Art History and English, Emory University, 2005

Field Technician

Matthew Craig
B.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2014

Support Staff

Stephanie Grubb
Operations Manager
B.A. Political Science, Gettysburg College, 2011

Patricia R. McEachen
Graphics Coordinator
B.A. Anthropology/Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 1992

Catherine E. Smyrski
Technical Editor
Certificate of Cartography, Rutgers University, 1998
B.A. Art History/Archaeology, and Anthropology, University of Maryland, 1995

Nisha Shah

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