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Principal Senior Historian:
Glenn R. Modica
M.A. American History, The City College of New York,
1998

B.A. American History, Northwestern University, 1990

Glenn Modica supervises all work conducted as part of the
Section 106 Consultation Process except for
telecommunications projects.
Geographic Experience: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Senior Architectural Historians:

Jennifer B. Leynes
M.H.P. Historic Preservation, University of Georgia, 1998

B.A. History, Furman University, Magna Cum Laude, 1993
Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, the U.S. Virgin Islands

 

Alana Knorr

M.A. Architectural History, University of Virginia, 2005

B.A. Art History and Italian Language and Literature, University of Delaware, 2002

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,  Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Italy

 

Virginia Brounce

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

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania

Virginia Brounce is the firm's GIS specialist.

 

Architectural Historian:

Lindsay Thivierge

M.A. Public History, Rutgers University Camden, in progress

B.A. Art History and Museum Studies, Rutgers University Camden, 2006

Geographic Experience: New Jersey

 

Senior Historians:

Philip Aldrich 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

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont

 

Michael Tomkins

B.A. Anthropology, State University of New York at Albany, 1990

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Vermont

 

Research Assistants:

David Strohmeier

B.A. Anthropology, Ithaca College, 2001

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Michael Insetta

B.A. Anthropology, University of Rhode Island, 2003

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

OSHA-Certified 8-Hour Hazardous Material Supervisor Training 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Adrienne Jarczewski

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

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia

 

Erich Rible

B.A. History, Rowan University, 2007

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Alexis Platvoet

B.A. Anthropology, William Paterson University, Summa Cum Laude, 2007

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Tara DosSantos

Belize Archaeology Project Field School, University of Texas at Austin, 2004

B.A. Anthropology, Temple University, 2004

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

 

Jen Falchetta

B.A. Anthropology, West Chester University, 2007

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia

 

Support Staff:

Nisha Shah

Ms. Shah is the firm's Accounts Receivable Manager and Bookkeeper.

 

Christina Dunn

B.A. History, Monmouth University, 2005

Christina Dunn is the firm's Productions Editor.

 

Casey Koehler

Ms. Koehler is the firm's Administrative Assistant.

 

Patricia R. McEachen

B.A. Anthropology/Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 1992

Patricia McEachen is the firm's Drafter.

 

Catherine S. Reagan

Certificate of Cartography, Rutgers University, 1998

B.A. Art History/Archaeology, and Anthropology, University of Maryland, 1995

Catherine Reagan is the firm's Cartography and IT Specialist.

 

Chief Executive Officer

Alice Domm

B.A. English, Gettysburg College, 1976

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

 

President and Quality Control Manager
Richard Grubb
B.A. History, Rutgers University, 1977


Principal Senior Archaeologists:
Paul J. McEachen, RPA
M.A. Anthropology, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Canada, 1996

B.A. Anthropology and Classical Civilizations, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1993
Paul McEachen provides oversight and quality control for all archaeology projects except for projects in Pennsylvania. Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Canada

 

Michael L. Young, RPA
M.A. Anthropology, New York University, 1997

B.A. Anthropology, Hamilton College, 1992
Michael Young provides oversight and quality control for all archaeology projects in Pennsylvania.

Geographic Experience: Pennsylvania, California, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and the Caribbean

 

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

Registry of Professional Archaeologists, 2003

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2005-present.

OSHA-Certified 8-Hour Hazardous Material Supervisor Training 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Michael J. Gall, RPA

M.A. History, Monmouth University, 2004

B.A. Anthropology and History, Monmouth University, 2001

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2004-present.

OSHA-Certified 8-Hour Hazardous Material Supervisor Training 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Jesse O. Walker, RPA

M.A. Anthropology, Temple University, 2003

B.A. Anthropology, State University of New York at New Paltz, 1997

Registry of Professional Archaeologists, 2004

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York Ohio, Pennsylvania,  Puerto Rico, Virginia

 

Megan E. Springate, RPA

Diploma, Collections Conservation and Management, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Ontario, Canada, 1998

M.A. Anthropology, Trent University, Ontario, Canada, 1996

B.A. and S. Anthropology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 1994

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

OSHA-Certified 8-Hour Hazardous Material Supervisor Training 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Ontario, Canada

 

Sharon White, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, 2001

M.A. Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, 1994 B.A. Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, 1992

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia

 

Sean McHugh, RPA

M.A. History, Monmouth University, 2009

B.A. History, Monmouth University, 2001

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia

 

Material Culture Analyst:

Brenda Springsted, RPA

M.A. Anthropology, New York University, 1977

B.A. Anthropology, Brown University, 1972

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island

 

Laboratory Director:

Tara Bini

B.S. Evolutionary Anthropology, Rutgers University, 2003

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2005-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Alaska, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Archaeologists:

Laura D. Cushman

B.A. Social Science, Muhlenberg College, 1991

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Paul D. George

B.A. Sociology with Archaeology and Anthropology Muhlenberg College, 1992

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 1994-present.

OSHA-Certified 8-Hour Hazardous Material Supervisor Training 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 

Sean Bratton

B.A. Anthropology, New York University, 1998

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2010-present.

OSHA-Certified 8-Hour Hazardous Material Supervisor Training 2010-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia

 

Allison Gall

B.A. Anthropology, Monmouth University, 2003

OSHA-Certified 40-Hour Hazardous Material Field Training, 2005-present.

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

Allison Gall is the firm's Research Coordinator.

 

Amy Raes

M.Sc. Osteoarchaeology, Bournemouth University,

England, 2004

B.A. Anthropology, University of Victoria, Canada, 2002

Geographic Experience: New Jersey, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Peru, Southern England

 

Richard Grubb & Associates’ (RGA) staff has 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, field supervisors, and highly trained research assistants.
 

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