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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


Jason Shellenhamer, RPA
Maryland Branch Manager
M.A.A. Historical Archaeology, University of Maryland, 2004
B.A. Anthropology with Minor in History, Franklin and Marshall College, 2001




Principal Senior Architectural Historians

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


Philip A. Hayden
M.A. Early American Culture, Winterthur/University of Delaware, Lois F. McNeil Fellow, 1992
B.A. Historic Preservation and American History, Connecticut College, Cum Laude with distinction in both majors, 1984




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

Rebecca Kellawan, RPA
M.A. Historical Archaeology of the Modern World, University of Bristol, UK, 2007
B.A. Anthropology, California State University, 2005




Senior Architectural Historians

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

Lynn Alpert
Co-Director of Historic Architecture
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

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


Debbie Bevin
M.A. Heritage Preservation, Georgia State University, 1993
B.A., Architectural History, University of Virginia, 1988





Senior Historians

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






Director of Cemetery Conservation

Jason Harpe
M.A. Public History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2006
B.A. History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1996

Geophysical Specialist/Archaeologist

Cayla M. Cannon

M.S. Geosciences (in progress), East Tennessee State University
B.A. Anthropology, East Tennessee State University,Cum Laude, 2014






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


Allison A. Gall

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


David C. Strohmeier

GIS Specialist
P.S.M. Geographic Information Systems, Temple University, 2018
Proficiency Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, Community College of Philadelphia, 2015
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

Michelle Davenport, RPA
Bioarchaeologist
M.A. Applied Anthropology, Mississippi State University, 2017

B.A. Anthropology with Honors, Whitman College, 2011


Theodore Gold, RPA
M.A. Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida, 2016

B.A. Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2013


Matthew Craig
M.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2020
B.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2014


Richard Adamczyk, RPA
M.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2019

B.A. Anthropology and History, Monmouth University, 2018


Nicole Herzog
Ph.D. Candidate, Near Eastern Archaeology/Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
M.A. Social Sciences/Archaeology, University of Chicago, 2014
B.A. Anthropology and Classic Archaeology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012





Architectural Historians

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


Sarah E. Rosso
B.A. Historic Preservation, Ursuline College, 2017


Lauren A. Dunkle
M.A. Preservation Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2019
B.S. Architectural Studies, Philadelphia University, 2018

Olivia H. Heckendorf
M.A. Historic Preservation Planning, Cornell University, 2019
B.A. History, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Magna Cum Laude, 2015


Natalie Karas
M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
B.A. History, Flagler College, 2008





Support Staff

Stephanie Grubb
Operations Manager
M.B.A., Rutgers University, Summa Cum Laude, 2020
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



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