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

Allison McGovern, Ph.D., RPA
Ph.D. Anthropology, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York (CUNY), 2015
M.Phil. Anthropology, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York (CUNY), 2011
M.A. Anthropology, Syracuse University, 2008
B.A. Anthropology, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), 1999

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

Marsha K. Welch, RPA
M.A.S.S. Anthropology, Georgia Southern University, 2012
B.A. Anthropology, Georgia Southern University, 2000

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

Michael Robb
B.A. History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2011
B.A., Peace, War, and Defense, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2011

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 & Collections Manager

Material Cultural Analyst

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

Material Culture Specialist & Collections Manager

Tara Bini Erdreich

B.S. Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2003

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

Brian Marion
Marketing Associate
B.S. Business Administration-Marketing, Duquesne University, Magna Cum Laude, 2019