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Meet our Historic Preservation Alumni

Alumni Directory

CLASS OF 2023

Holly Adington: Architectural Historian, New South Associates INC. Nashville, TN
Lexie Allen: Bennett Preservation Engineering, Charleston, SC
Luke Bagwell
Matt Doohan: Project Designer for Barton Ross & Partners, LLC Architects, Chestertown Maryland
Peter Gaytan: Zoning Administrator/Planner, City of Georgetown Planning and Community Development Department, Georgetown, SC
Anna Gehring
Abby Milonas
Chase Pilcher: Historic Preservation Specialist/Restoration Carpenter, Shenandoah Restorations
Joyce Pope
Emma Grace Sprinkle: Architectural Historian, AECOM, Raleigh, NC

CLASS OF 2022

Lizzy Bellersen: Preservation Maintenance Research Associate, NCPE/Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation 
Jessica Chunat: Technical Preservation Services Manager, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH Town of Abingdon, VA
Travis Galli: Preservation Planner, BAR, Charleston, SC
Neale Grisham: Researcher, EHT Traceries, Washington, DC
Branden Gunn: Historian, US Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, WA
Isabella Gordineer: Architectural Historian, Dovetail Cultural Resource Group, Fredericksburg, VA
Nicole LaRochelle: Architectural Historian, Evans & DeShazo, Inc., Sebatopol, CA
Shea McEnerney: Preservation & Architectural Support Specialist, PROSOCO
Daniel McKnight
Riley Morris: Architectural Conservator at MTFA Architecture, Washington, D.C.
Maria Short: Architecture Consultant, Meadors (Architecture Department), Charleston, SC
Patricia (Ploehn) Stone: Historic Preservation Specialist, Warren Lash Conservation Center, North Charleston SC
Tom Sutton

CLASS OF 2021

Leah Applewhite: Historian/Architectural Historian, Brockington and Associates Inc.  
Gabriel Cristofari: Senior Planner/GIS Specialist, Town of Abingdon, VA
Sarah Clifton
Lisa Gardiner: Architectural Historian, S&ME
Bernie O’Brien: Project Engineer, Christman Company
Darcy Neufeld: Bennett Preservation Engineering, Charleston, SC
Vito Scocozzo: Historic Preservation Specialist, New Jersey Historic Trust
Ben Thomas: Charleston County Planner

CLASS OF 2020

John Bennett: Structural Engineer, Bennett Preservation Engineering
Kayleigh Defenbaugh: Historic Tax Credit Consultant, Ryan LL, Houston, TX
Monica Hendricks: S&ME, Charleston, SC
Tanesha High
Elliot Simon: Richard Marks Restorations, Charleston, SC
Rachel Wilson: Architectural Historian 2, RK&K Harrisburg, PA

CLASS OF 2019

Kim Hlavin: BAR-S Administrator, BAR, Charleston, SC
Kate Howard: Special Assistant for the Neighborhood Development Team, Baltimore Development Corporation
Rucha Kamath: Senior Conservation Architect, Abha Narain Lambah Associates, Mumbai, India
Dana Marks: Planner, Town of Wellesley, MA
Amy Mendelson: Planning Consultant, AECOM, Delaware
Kerri Ross: Architectural Historian, Cultural Resources Analysts, INC., Knoxville TN
Sada (Stewart) Troutman: Downtown Development Director, City of Salisbury/Downtown Salisbury, Inc
Chris Tenny: Historic Architecture Consultant, South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Kendra Waters: Historic Preservation Specialist, Braden Fellman Group, Atlanta, GA
Kyunhea West: Deputy Director, Historic Properties Fund, New York Landmarks Conservancy, New York City, New York

CLASS OF 2018

Matt Amis: Specialist Historic Building Surveyor, Hutton and Rostron, Guildford, Surrey
Alix Barrett
Nathan Betcher: Supervisory Historian, Reconstruction Era National Parks
Sam Biggers: Director of Preservation Services, Dominion Traditional Building Group, Marshall, VA
Claire Bushemi: Graduate Architect, Progress Studio, Indianapolis, IN
Andi Cooper: Bennett Preservation, Charleston, SC
Mary Fesak: PhD  History student, University of Delaware
Kate Gallotta: Cultural Resource Specialist, SES Companies
Diana Inthavong: Preservation Planner, Loudoun County Government
Lauren (Lindsey) Matherly: Project Manager/Architectural Associate, Landmark Preservation
Steven Lyles: Richard Marks Restorations, Charleston, SC
Katie Martin: Volunteer, The Pines Preservation, Guild, Moore County, NC 
Torie McCollum: CAD technician, Kevin Reiner Design, Columbus, OH
Kristina Poston: Architectural Historian, Impacy7G 

CLASS OF 2017

Jen Baehr: Assistant Planner, City of Flake Forest, IL
Cassie Cline: Planning Technician, Charleston County, SC
Caroline Darnell: County Planner, Person County, NC
Alena Franco: Outreach and Grants Coordinator, Utah Division of State History
Kirsten Freeman: Seasonal Architectural Historian at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Morgan Granger: Architectural Historian, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) Florida
Clayton Johnson: Historic Preservation Specialist/ Architectural Associate, Tony Johnson Architect, Clayton, NC
Jen Leeds: Historical Architect, Historic Preservation Training Center, National Park Service. Frederick, MD
Kymberly Mattern: 7th Grade History Teacher and Advisor, The Chapin School New York, NY
Meg Olson
Ben Walker: Architectural Historian, EHT Traceries, Inc

CLASS OF 2016

Jane Ashburn: Program Coordinator, Preservation Texas
Amanda Brown: Senior Project Manager, Bennett preservation Engineering, Charleston, SC
Naomi Doddington: Project Engineer, Consigli Construction, Washington, DC
John Evangelist: Project Manager, Duckworth Property Development
Brent Fortenberry: Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Department of Architecture
Jessica (Fortney) Glander: Historic Preservation Specialist, US Forest Service-Eastern Region, Duluth, MN
Haley Schriber: Architectural Historian, WSP
Anna (Simpkins) Gilligan: Project Manager II, BE-CI, Destin, FL
Jean Stoll: Senior Historic Preservation Planner, ICF
Michelle Thompson: Commonwealth Heritage Group
Rachel Walling: Preservation Planner, City of Columbia, SC
Meghan (White) Sullivan: Restoration Specialist, North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
Meredith Wilson: Architectural Conservator, John Milner Associates Preservation

CLASS OF 2015

Claire Achtyl: Historic Preservation Specialist, Warren Lasch Conservation Center
Amber Anderson: Tax Credit Coordinator, Utah State Historic Preservation Office
Shannon Wright: Historical Architecture Review Board (HARB) Consultant and Keystone Community Development Coordinator for the Borough of Bellefonte, PA
Jackie Don: Restoric
Alison Dunleavy: Historic Preservation Specialist, Rosin Preservation
Katie Dykens: Architectural Historian, New South Associates
Lauren Hoopes: Architectural Historian II, WSP
Taylor Johnston: Architectural Designer, Meadors, Inc.
Sarah Sanders: Architectural Historian, AECOM
Justin Schwebler: Historic Preservation Specialist, Warren Lasch Conservation Center
Melanie Weston: Window Shop Manager, Heritage Restoration, Inc., Providence RI
Laura Lee Worrell: Project Manager and Designs, Solid Renovations

CLASS OF 2014

Kendy Altizer: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega Campus
Megan Funk: Executive Director, Georgetown Main Street Program
Kelly Herrick: Education Aid, Historic Oak View County Park
Lindsay Lanois: Historic Preservation Planner, East Tennessee Deveoplment District
Lindsay Lee: Arcadia Publishing
Brittany McKee Hyder: Senior Architectural Historian, New South Associates, Greensboro, NC
Valerie McCluskey: Preservation Manager, Cogswell’s Grant & Coolidge Point: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Historic New England
Erin Morton: Senior Preservation Planner, City of Raleigh, NC
Melissa Roach: Project Coordinator, Vera Conractos, Tampa FL
Leigh Schoberth: Preservation Policy Associate, Preservation Society of Newport County
Will Smith

CLASS OF 2013

Laurel Bartlett: Principal Architectural Historian, Environmental Corporation of American, Inc. and Lecturer, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, Clemson University
Charlotte Causey
Emily Ford: principle/founder, Oak and Laurel Cemetery Preservation, LLC
Julianne Johnson: Development and Events Coordinator, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Pam Kendrick: Historic Architecture Consultant, SC SHPO
Wendy Madill
Neale Nickels: Director of Preservation, The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation; Part-time instructor for Master in Heritage Preservation,  Georgia State University
Rebecca Quandt-Ziegler: Downtown Revitalization Urban Development Manager, City of Salem and Owner, Adaptive Preservation, LLC
Mary Margaret Schley
Liz Shaw: Retail & Special Events, Texas State Preservation Board
Karl Sondermann: US Army Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Security Studies Program, US Army Cambridge, MA
Julia Tew: Engineer, Samet Corporation
Amy Elizabeth Uebel: EverGreene Architectural Arts
Dan Watts: GIS Administrator, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission and Senior GIS Project Manager, National Trust for Historic Preservation

CLASS OF 2012

Caglar Aydin: PhD student and Research/Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University
Katherine Ferguson Ashworth: General Arts & Information Program Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Kelly Finnigan Mechling
Lauren Golden: Trail and Stewardship Manager, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Elise Haremski: Program Manager, Sandy Disaster Relief Grants for Historic Properties.
Elyse Harvey: Director of Sales and Marketing, Prism Home and Building Inspections
Brittany Lavelle Tulla: Architectural Historian, BVL Historic Preservation Research
Rebecca Long: Michigan Barn and Farmstead Survey Administrator, Michigan Barn Preservation Network
Stefanie Marasco: Assistant Community Manager, Associated Asset Management
Joe Reynolds: Front of House Manager, Rising Tide Brewing Company, Portland Maine
Mariah Schwartz: Director of Commissioning Services, Whole Building Systems, LLC
Syra Valiente: Freelance Architect, Quezon City, Philippines
David Weirick: Architect, Klein and Hoffman
Jamie Wiedman: Design Consultant, Boyce Design & Contracting

CLASS OF 2011

Lauren Cannady: The Versailles Fellowship Exchange
Shelton Converse: Broker, Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty
Lora Cunningham: Facilities Project Implementation and Planning Manager, Boeing
Laura Beth Ingle: Architectural Historian, Georgia SHPO
Alissa Keller: Director, Pennyroyal Area Museum
Kristina Lanphear Ravenel: Project Manager, Huss Inc., Charleston, SC
Rebecca Moffatt: Instructor of Historic Preservation and Community Planning, Department of Art and Architectural History, College of Charleston
Christine Mathieson: Historic Preservation Specialist, National Register Coordinator, Tennessee Historical Commission (SHPO)
Ryan Pierce: 3D Imaging Specialist, Architect of the Capitol, Washington, DC
Grace Washam Abernethy: Director of Preservation, Historic Franklin Masonic Hall Foundation, Franklin, TN

CLASS OF 2010

Kelly Ciociola: Arch. & Sculptural Conservator, Krelick Conservation, LLC
Rebecca Cybularz: Historical Architect, National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center, Frederick, MD
Eileen Grogan: Historic Preservation Specialist, Conrad Schmitt Studios Inc.
Patricia Lowe Smith: Director of Preservation, Drayton Hall Preservation Trust
Kim Martin
Erin McNicholl
Amelia Millar
Rachel Rice: Assistant History Manager, Edwards Pitman (Braun Intertec Company), Atlanta, GA
Katherine Stamps: Website Manager, Historic Huntsville Foundation; Architectural Historian, Redstone Arsenal (contracted via Alexander Archaeological Consultants, Inc.)
Josslyn Stiner: Restoration Manager, Fox Theatre
Chris Surber

CLASS OF 2009

Meagan Baco: Director of Communications, Preservation Maryland
Jeremy Bradham: Preservation Specialist, Capital Area Preservation
Laura Burghardt Tenen: Archaeologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque, NM
Jessica Golebiowski Richardson: Tax Credit Reviewer, LA SHPO
Sarah Kollar
Emily Martin
Bridget O’Brien
Matt Pelz: Preservation Services Project Coordinator, Galveston Historical Foundation
Sarah Welniak Lithgow: Renewals Specialist for Arts & Cultural Organizations, Blackbaud
Chase Williston

CLASS OF 2008

Jaime Destefano: Principal Architectural Historian, History, Inc.
Natalie Ford: Program Coordinator, LSU-OLOL Psychiatry Residency Program
Jason Grismore: Architectural Historian & Archaeology Field Director/Supervisor, URS Corporation; Environmental HP Specialist, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Baton Rouge, LA & Mississippi
Will Hamilton: Director of Historic Preservation, Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, Charleston SC
Kimberly Jones: Membership Manager, Preservation Society of Charleston
Hillary King: Arch. Conservator, Bennett Preservation Engineering, PC
Helen Moore: MS - Library & Information Science, Dec. 2011
Xana Peltola
Julius Richardson: Architect, Ruard Veltman Architecture and Interiors
Meg Richardson Pagan: Environmental Review Historian, Georgia SHPO
Jamie Zwolak: Historic Preservation Specialist, Federal Emergency Management Agency

CLASS OF 2007

Sandi (Feaster) Dunlap: City Administrator,  Historic Chester, SC
Kate Joseph: Arch. Historian, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Marketing & Development
Katie (Lawrance) West: Architectural Historian, Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Kim (Norton) Gant: Regional Historic Preservation Officer, US General Services Administration Region 10 Northwest/Artic
Chris Ohm
Genevieve Prosser
Caroline Ross
Kate Stojsavljevic: Environmental Protection Specialist, FEMA's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office in  Philadelphia
Paul Woodward: Construction Coordinator, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

CLASS OF 2006

Adrienne Jacobsen: Associate, Glenn Keyes Architects
Angela (Kleinschmidt) Flenner: Digital Services Librarian, Addlestone Library, College of Charleston; Associate Director, Lowcountry Digital Library
Jennifer Mortensen
Cameron S. Schwabenton: Cameron Stewart, Ltd. Co.
Josh Skinner
Celeste Wiley: Visual Materials Archivist, South Carolina Historical Society

CERTIFICATES

Elizabeth Jackson McGee: Designer and Architect, Cheatham Fletcher Scott Architects
Sean Hoelscher: Planner, City of North Myrtle Beach, SC
Kavan Argue
Kenneth Marolda: Property Manager In-Charge, Marolda Enterprises Charleston
Mike Sperduto