Moderator:

• Dorothy P. Guzzo

  Dorothy P. Guzzo

  

  Dorothy P. Guzzo, is the former Executive Director for the New Jersey Historic Trust. The Trust provides matching grants for capital preservation projects and funds heritage tourism initiatives. Prior to the Trust, Ms. Guzzo served as the NJ Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. She was a member of the NJ Heritage Tourism Taskforce, founding member of the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, served ex officio to the NJ Historical Commission and Main Street NJ Advisory Committee and is the former Chair of the Alice Paul Institute. She has held elected office and served on a local planning board and preservation commission.   

Sessions Panelists:

• Kate Marcopul

  Kate Marcopul

  

  Kate Marcopul is currently the NJ Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and the Manager of the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (NJHPO) which is responsible for the identification, protection, and preservation of historic and archaeological resources throughout the State of New Jersey. Kate oversees a 23-member staff whose responsibilities include administering the Certified Local Government program, the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, review and compliance under federal and state law, the federal historic tax credit program, survey and inventory, and preservation planning. Kate holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Anthropology from Temple University, a B.A. in Anthropology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is a Certified Public Manager. She is also currently a member of the board of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, represents the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection as an ex-officio board member of the NJ Historic Trust, and serves as an ex-officio member of the NJ Historical Commission.

• Bobbi Hornbeck

  Bobbi Hornbeck

  

  Bobbi Hornbeck is a native of Cape May County, NJ, with a passion for exploring the intersections of historical preservation, identity, and landscape use. Currently, she is a Teaching Specialist of Anthropology at Stockton University offering archaeological coursework and programming. She also serves as the Vice President of the Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society (CMCHGS), managing stewardship of their New Jersey State and National Historic Register listed Cresse-Holmes House (c. 1704/1830). Bobbi has more than a decade of experience in grant writing and project management and has been awarded a variety of research (archaeological and archival), historic preservation, and operational grants from county, state, and federal funding institutions. 

  As a landscape archaeologist working in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, she specializes in the dynamic ways humans express their membership within stratified identity groups by building entangled relationships with each other and the landscape. As an officer of the board for the CMCHGS, Bobbi specializes in the inclusive preservation of local histories and public accessibility. 

  Bobbi has integrated this cross-disciplinary experience into the development of high-impact learning opportunities for undergraduate students at Stockton University in laboratory, field, and archival settings. Through her programming, students learn about the importance of applying ethical standards and decolonizing frameworks to cultural resource management, the promotion of inclusive histories, and what studying the life-history of landscapes can tell us about the relationships between diverse cultural identities. 

• Kelly C. Ruffel

  Kelly C. Ruffel

  

  Kelly C. Ruffel, is the Director of the Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs for the County of Passaic, and serves as the Assistant County Administrator. In her role, she oversees all of Passaic County’s historic assets from administering program and preservation grants, capital improvement and planning projects, to the development and implementation of cultural and interpretive programming. She previously served as the Principal Historic Preservation Specialist for the City of Paterson, assisting in public preservation projects such as the development and implementation of design guidelines for the Downtown Commercial Historic District, landmark designations, and regulatory permitting review. She continues to serve as a commissioner on the City of Paterson Historic Preservation Commission and Verona Historic Preservation Commissioner, Executive Director to Preservation New Jersey, treasurer to the Society of Industrial Archeology Roebling Chapter, and Trustee on both the Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc., Friends of Dey Mansion, Inc., and the Hobart Manor Revitalization Committee. A New Jersey native, Ms. Ruffel holds her BA in History, BA in Anthropology, and an MA in History from William Paterson University. 

• Debbie Kelly

  Debbie Kelly

  

  Debbie Kelly has been on the Machestic Dragons team since spring of 2013, and just completed her first year as a board member. She is a 9-year breast cancer survivor. Her activities on behalf of the Machestics have included being on the Membership Committee, helping with public relations for the 2014 Paddle for Pink Dragon boat festival, and participating in the 2014 International Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Debbie is an historic preservation consultant whose work includes the creation of the New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail. She also sits on the boards of the Chesterfield Township Historical Society and the New Jersey Historic Trust. She lives in historic Crosswicks village with her husband Brian, daughter Maeve and son Braden. 

Tour Leaders:

• Maggie O’Neill

  Maggie O’Neill

  

  Maggie O’Neill currently serves as the Principal Historic Preservation Specialist in the Division of City Planning for the City of Jersey City. Prior to Jersey City, she worked for the City of Paterson and for the National Park Service. Maggie holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. In their spare time, Maggie and her husband enjoy entertaining their dogs, Scojo and Lola, and rating and ranking hiking trails and mini golf courses on (the same) 5-component scale. 

• Tanya Marione

  Tanya Marione

  

  Tanya Marione currently serves as the Director of the Division of City Planning for the City of Jersey City and has held various positions within the Division for the last 16 years. Prior to joining the Division of City Planning, she was a Community Planner at Fairmount Housing Corporation in Jersey City where she oversaw the creation and implementation of their community-based plan. Tanya holds a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. When she isn’t planning, you can find her doing yard work in Jersey City with her wife, 3 kids, and 2 cats (the cats stay inside). 

Moderator:

• Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan

  Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan

  

  Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and coordinator of the Undergraduate Public History Program and Graduate Public Humanities Programs. She researches social and legal histories of poverty, labor, mobility, crime, and punishment in the early American northeast and is the author of Vagrants and Vagabonds: Poverty and Mobility in the Early American Republic (New York University Press, 2019). She is the editor for the Routledge series Global Perspectives on Public History, and in 2020, she received the NJ Historical Commission’s Award of Recognition for Outstanding Service to Public Knowledge and Preservation of the History of New Jersey. 

Presenters:

• Lynne Calamia

  Lynne Calamia

  

  Lynne Calamia is a leader in the field of Public History with more than a decade of broad, hands-on experience. She is committed to building strong, sustainable organizations and uses her expertise in non-profit strategy and management to bring creative solutions to small museums and historic sites. As Executive Director of Roebling Museum, Dr. Calamia has built a strong coalition of staff, board members, volunteers from the community, and donors. She introduced innovative, mission-driven strategies to prepare Roebling Museum to step up to the next level of organizational development. Lynne has a PhD and MA from Penn State University. She is a labor historian, and her research focuses on the history of historic preservation and museum building in the early 20th century.  

• Bonnie-Lynn Nadzeika

  Bonnie-Lynn Nadzeika

  

  Bonnie-Lynn Nadzeika has a Bachelor’s degree in history from the College of New Jersey and a Master’s degree in museum Professions from Seton Hall University. She spent 12 years as the Director of the Morris County Historical Society where she worked on the exhibitions and catalogs including “Women’s Work is Never Done: Women in New Jersey Politics, Many Lands,” “One County: The Impact of Immigration on Morris County,” and “Forging the Future: The Iron Industry in Morris County.” She is the author of Morristown, part of Arcadia Publishing’s Postcard Series. She has contributed articles to Jane Austen Knits, Enchanted Knits, Piecework, and Knitting Traditions magazines. She writes regularly for Lake Hopatcong News. She has given dozens of public programs on a variety of historic topics most recently speaking at the New Jersey Historical Commission’s Annual Conference. She is the Grants Manager for Save Ellis Island. 

• Angelica Santomauro

  Angelica Santomauro

  

  Angelica Santomauro has been the Executive Director of the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark since July 1992. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education, Santomauro taught in the Jersey City schools while attending graduate school to earn a Master’s degree in educational administration and supervision from Kean University and later a doctorate from Rutgers University. During her teaching career, Santomauro developed a program entitled “Labor Studies In The Schools”. For this, Santomauro received numerous awards from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, NJ Historical Commission, the Jersey City Board of Education, among others. She also taught graduate courses at New Jersey City and Rutgers Universities as well as coordinated a Mentoring Program with the Hudson County Schools of Technology. Now, as Labor Museum Director, Santomauro continues developing labor education classes for children and adults on site and speaks about justice in the workplace and other related topics around the country. As recognition for her work, she has received the New Jersey Industrial Union Council Labor’s Recognition Award among many others. Santomauro has had articles in the Amnesty International Journal, the NJEA Reporter and Review, the New York Times, the National Italian American Foundation Ambassador Magazine, as well as other education and union publications. Along with the museum’s Education Director, Evelyn Hershey, Santomauro co-wrote the books Around Haledon: Immigration and Labor and The 1913 Paterson Silk Strike: The Children’s Story. She was a featured guest on numerous television and radio networks. She also appeared in the documentary “Pane Amaro (Bitter Bread)”, airing in Italy and throughout the United States to Italian-Americans in New Jersey.

  Angelica is the loving and devoted mother to her son Bill, daughter-in-law Vivian, adoring grandmother (Mima) to William and Sofia and loyal partner to Mike.

Presenters:

• Erin Frederickson

  Erin Frederickson

  

  Erin Frederickson is a Program Specialist with the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. In her role as an above-ground project reviewer, she assesses the effects of undertakings pursuant to state and federal regulations. Prior to her tenure at the HPO, Ms. Frederickson managed capital and planning grant projects at the New Jersey Historic Trust and worked in cultural resource management. She holds a BA in History from The College of New Jersey and an MA in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell University. 

• Meghan MacWillliams Baratta

  Meghan MacWillliams Baratta

  

  Meghan MacWillliams Baratta is a Program Specialist 4 with the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (HPO). Meghan has worked in a professional position at the HPO since 1999, when she received her Masters in Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2019, Meghan completed Rutgers University’s Certified Public Manager program. With the HPO, Meghan supervises the Project Review Section and project reviews under the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Division of Land Resource Protection, Executive Order 215, and the Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program. Meghan monitors some of the HPO’s easements and heads the internship program. 

• Jesse West-Rosenthal

  Jesse West-Rosenthal

  

  Jesse West-Rosenthal, Ph.D. is a Program Specialist with the State Historic Preservation Office in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Dr. West-Rosenthal is an archaeologist by training with nearly two decades of experience in archaeology of the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions. Currently, Dr. West-Rosenthal serves as a staff reviewer in the Review and Compliance Section of the SHPO. Since 2011, Dr. West-Rosenthal has reviewed projects for impacts to archaeological resources under federal and state law, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. He has helped to organize trainings, conferences, and workshops for both professional and public audiences, and coordinated with other federal and state programs to ensure consideration of historic and archaeological resources in various program areas. Dr. West-Rosenthal holds a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from Temple University’s College of Liberal Arts. 

• Jennifer B. Leynes

  Jennifer B. Leynes

  

  Jennifer B. Leynes is a Program Specialist with the NJ Historic Preservation Office. Her responsibilities include project review under state and federal preservation regulations, as well as the review of federal historic rehabilitation tax credit projects and National Register of Historic Places nominations. Ms. Leynes holds a B.A. in History from Furman University and a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia. 

Moderator:

• William Neumann

  William Neumann

  

  William Neumann, CHP has documented the 1832 Paterson Hudson River Rail Road and seeks to preserve its history by developing and preserving the abandoned railway stem that borders the boroughs of Rutherford and East Rutherford. He is the Vice President of Preservation New Jersey and former chair of Bergen County’s Historic Advisory Board.  

Presenters:

• Stephen Dunn

  Stephen Dunn

  

  Stephen Dunn is founding member and current President of Union County Connects (UCC). Founded in 2021, UCC is a non-profit organization that promotes active transportation, community engagement, and historical preservation through rail to trail conversions. Union County was awarded a $1.5 million grant in 2023 for abandoned Rahway Valley Railroad to be converted into a trail. UCC is currently working with county officials to ensure that the Rahway Valley Rail Trail will preserve the history of the railroad which helped build the region.  

• Maureen Crowley

  Maureen Crowley

  

  Maureen Crowley is a founder, first president, and current coordinator of the Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Stem Embankment Preservation Coalition and is its representative to the Jersey City Parks Coalition. The Embankment Coalition is an all-volunteer nonprofit that formed in 1999 to advocate for the preservation of the old Pennsylvania Railroad freight line into New York Harbor: the Harsimus Branch. Numerous historic resources have been identified along the Branch, which is planned as part of the off-road route though Hudson County for the Maine-to-Florida East Coast Greenway and other long-distance trails.   

• Tom Sexton

  Tom Sexton

  

  Tom Sexton is the Northeast Regional Director of the Rails to Trails Conservancy who oversees the program in ten states including New Jersey. Tom communicates with volunteers, local officials, planners, and state and federal agencies to preserve rail corridors and facilities. He is also the conservancy’s lead on maintenance, resiliency, and user counts. He will speak on the efforts and successes that New Jersey has directed toward preserving its intricate railroad history.  

Presenters:

• Mark Gardner

  Mark Gardner

  

  Mark Gardner is originally from Williamsburg, VA. He is a principal at Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects.  Located in New York City, Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects is an award-winning design practice and studio that works across scales from product design to interiors to buildings. Mark has led many of Jaklitsch/Gardner’s design initiatives and works to best understand the role of design as a social practice. Mark is also the Assistant Professor of Architectural Practice and Society at the School of the Constructed Environments, Parsons the New School. Mark is on the Board of Advisors for the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, where he advocates for issues of diversity and inclusion. Mark is currently helping support the Julian Abele Fellowship at Weitzman, which honors the first Black Architecture graduate from UPenn. He also currently serves on the Board of Youth Design Center (YDC), a nonprofit on a mission to reduce the number of disconnected youths in Brownsville, Brooklyn by lowering their barriers to entry to the STEAM professions and increasing their relevant experience in the innovation economy. Mark is a 2023 Secretary of the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter (AIANY) and member Exhibition Committee and Past Co-Chair and current member of the AIANY Diversity & Inclusion Committee, which he helped to restart with Venesa Alicea in 2012. Mark received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 and his Master of Architecture Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.  

• Peggy King Jorde

  Peggy King Jorde

  

  Peggy King Jorde is an activist and cultural projects consultant with an international practice in cultural heritage protection, memorialization, and advocacy for marginalized communities. King Jorde led early efforts to save the New York African Burial Ground and later served as Executive Director to the Federal Steering Committee charged with submitting a plan for memorialization to Congress. Subsequently, Peggy was appointed Director of Memorialization leading the design competitions that realized our nation’s first Memorial and Interpretive Center and the reinterment ceremony honoring enslaved and free Africans. Inspired by her work, King Jorde became the subject and a producer for the British documentary “A Story of Bones.” The film chronicles two Black women, one African American and the other Namibian, who join forces across the Atlantic to protect a burial ground for thousands of enslaved Africans direct from the Middle Passage. King Jorde has more than 25 years of experience in civic project design, planning, historic preservation, and community engagement. She served under three NYC mayors providing oversight of capital construction projects including New York’s iconic museums and cultural landmarks and infrastructure. 

• Elizabeth J. Kennedy

  Elizabeth J. Kennedy

  

  Elizabeth J. Kennedy, FASLA, RLA, is a Design Trust for Public Space Research Fellow and the 2022 recipient of the Landscape Architecture Foundation Medal, which honors a career of distinguished work in landscape sustainability. The medal award follows her 2021 elevation to the ASLA Council of Fellows and recognizes her efforts to intersect cultural heritage and ecology in socially just ways. Deemed “an exceptional leader, visionary, entrepreneur, advocate for social change, designer, teacher, and mentor to young professional women and BIPOC designers,” Elizabeth’s leadership contributions have received notable awards for landscape architecture and professional development, and she is nationally recognized for her insight into working landscapes and cultural site development. She is a highly sought jurist, panelist, and speaker on topics pertaining to sustainability, the natural environment, social history, and regenerative urban design. She heads EKLA, which she founded in 1994. Black-owned and woman-run, EKLA is the longest-surviving such firm in the country. Its longevity is intrinsically tied to Elizabeth’s tenacity and her belief in the importance of service—to clients, the community, the emerging professionals she trains, the profession, and the process of design.  

• Joe Baker

  Joe Baker

  

  Joe Baker is an artist, educator, curator, and culture bearer who has been working in the field of Native Arts for the past thirty years. He is an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma as well as co-founder and Executive Director of Lenape Center in Manhattan. He is a member of the Simon Whiteturkey family and direct line descendent of White Eyes, Lenape War Chief, who negotiated the first treaty with the new United States in 1778, to establish an all-Lenape 14th state with representation in Congress. Baker is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Mailman’s School of Public Health in New York and was recently a Visiting Professor of Museum Studies at Colorado College. He serves as a board member for the Endangered Language Fund, CUNY. He is also on the Advisory Committee for the National Public Art Consortium, New York and is the cultural advisor for the new CBS Series, “Ghosts.” Baker graduated from the University of Tulsa with a BFA degree in Design, an MFA in painting and drawing, and he completed postgraduate study at Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, in the MDP Program. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and numerous other museums and collections in the US and Canada. 

Presenters:

• Aidita Milsted

  Aidita Milsted

  

  Aidita Milsted currently serves as Director of Historic Preservation at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) where she is responsible for the implementation and management of the Historic Property Reinvestment Program and the Historic Preservation Department. Prior to joining NJEDA, she worked at the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (NJSDA) where she served in numerous roles including Director of Vendor Development–managing vendor regulatory processes and providing training and assistance to vendors seeking NJSDA work–as well as Program Director–overseeing a multidisciplinary team responsible for management of construction projects. She originally joined NJSDA as Senior Historic Preservation Specialist, through an employment sharing agreement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and was stationed at DEP’s Historic Preservation Office. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont.   

• Michael Wierzbicki

  Michael Wierzbicki

  

  Michael Wierzbicki is a Senior Project Officer within the Historic Preservation Department at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). Since joining the NJEDA in the fall of 2021, he has been involved in the development and implementation of the new Historic Property Reinvestment Program (HPRP). In his current position, he is tasked with review of HPRP applications and providing technical assistance with regards to requirements associated with construction management, construction cost estimates, and project schedules. Michael has over 18 years of experience in the field of construction management. Prior to joining NJEDA, he worked in the private sector for a general contracting and engineering company where he served in numerous roles including Assistant Manager of Procurement, Project Manager, and Junior Estimator.

Presenters:

• Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz

  Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz

  

  Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz is the Vice President of Collections and Public Engagement at Stratford Hall and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of African American Studies at U.C. Berkeley. She holds a BA in Africana Studies and History from The College of William & Mary and an MA and Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Deetz is a public historian dedicated to researching the history of enslaved Africans and African Americans, elevating their stories, and amplifying the need for acknowledgement and reconciliation. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book Bound to the Fire: How Virginia’s Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine, which was named one of the top ten books on food of 2017 by the Smithsonian Magazine and later inspired a poem by Alice Walker. You can find her most recent work in Audible’s “The Great Courses on the history of sugar”, and her contribution to the cookbook California Soul, with celebrity and OWN tv star Chef Tanya Holland and author Alice Walker. Her work can be found in the Smithsonian Magazine, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, several podcasts, “The Conversation”, USA Today, and in lectures on YouTube.   

• Chris Matthews

  Chris Matthews

  

  Chris Matthews is a historical archaeologist and professor of anthropology at Montclair State University. His work is focused on the archaeology and history of marginalized and racialized communities in North America with a focus on the mid-Atlantic region. He is the author and editor of several books including The Archaeology of American Capitalism and The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast. His most recent book, A Struggle for Heritage: Archaeology and Civil Rights in a Long Island Community, examines how conflicting histories reinforce inequalities in both local communities and professional heritage work. 

Presenters:

• Ben Hornstra

  Ben Hornstra

  

  Ben Hornstra is an archaeologist with the NV5 Cultural Resources Group in Parsippany, NJ and a Graduate Student at Montclair State University. Ben has worked on multiple large urban archaeology projects throughout New York and New Jersey as well as parts of New England and Pennsylvania. His more recent experience includes the excavation and ongoing analysis of the Corlears Hook Park Site in Lower Manhattan, the Route 8 Bypass excavation of the Jackson Street community in Waterbury, CT, and the excavation of the NYS&W Engine Repair Site in Jersey City, NJ. 

• Kristin Swanton

  Kristin Swanton

  

  Kristin Swanton is a Principal Environmental Specialist with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Syracuse University in Anthropology and Religion with a minor in Native American Studies and her Masters of Arts Degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) in Applied Archaeology. Prior to joining the NJDOT in 2017, she worked for state and federal agencies, Native American tribes, universities, and private engineering firms conducting archaeological surveys in the Midwest and Eastern United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and India. Currently, she provides environmental compliance for capital program projects in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties. 

• Lynn Alpert

  Lynn Alpert

  

  Lynn Alpert is a Principal Senior Architectural Historian and the Co-Director of Historic Architectural Services at Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. She received a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012 and a B.A. in Art History from Temple University in 2006. Since joining RGA more than ten years ago, Ms. Alpert has completed and managed projects requiring historical research and writing, architectural surveys and analysis, the preparation of National Register of Historic Places nominations, and Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record documentation. These efforts have often been completed to maintain compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and other state or municipal cultural resource regulations. She has completed or managed hundreds of architectural history projects that have supported transportation related improvements in New Jersey, including for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit, and multiple counties. Ms. Alpert’s educational and professional experience exceed the qualifications set forth in the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for an Architectural Historian [36 CFR 61]. 

• Allee Davis

  Allee Davis

  

  Allee Davis is a Principal Senior Architectural Historian and the Co-Director of Historic Architectural Services at Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc. She received a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013 and a B.S. in Architectural Studies, with a Concentration in Historic Preservation, from Thomas Jefferson University in 2010. Since joining RGA more than ten years ago, Ms. Davis has completed and managed projects requiring historical research and writing, architectural surveys and analysis, the preparation of National Register of Historic Places nominations, and Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record documentation. These efforts have often been completed to maintain compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and other state or municipal cultural resource regulations. She has completed or managed hundreds of architectural history projects that have supported transportation related improvements in New Jersey, including for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and multiple counties. Ms. Davis’s educational and professional experience exceed the qualifications set forth in the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for an Architectural Historian [36 CFR 61]. 

Moderator:

• Kinney Clark

  Kinney Clark

  

  Kinney Clark is a GIS Specialist with the NJ State Historic Preservation Office coordinating cultural resources GIS development and other information management initiatives. He also participates in HPO’s annual federal funding process and in project development and data coordination for the Certified Local Government sub-grant program. He previously worked with the HPO’s Transportation Unit, providing historic preservation review and technical assistance under a variety of federal and state programs. He holds a Masters of Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia’s College of Environment and Design, a Bachelor of Business Administration from UGA’s Terry College of Business and completed a Professional Certificate in Geomatics from the Continuing and Professional Education Program at Rutgers University. Mr. Clark also currently serves on the Historic Preservation Advisory Board in Cranford, NJ. 

Presenters:

• Susan Ryan

  Susan Ryan

  

  Susan Ryan is a licensed architect in the State of New Jersey. She received her Bachelor’s in Architecture from Kent State University and an M.S. Historic Preservation from Columbia University. While attending this program, she worked as a draftsman for the National Park Service on a HAER (Historic American Engineering Record) documentation project located in Southwest Pennsylvania. Susan first worked in private architectural practice for historic preservation/restoration/adaptive reuse firms located in New York NY, Cleveland OH and Philadelphia PA. She then shifted to project management at institutions, first at Burlington County College (now RCBC). She is currently Historic Architect for the almost 1000 buildings within the Rutgers University portfolio. In this role she interfaces with the City of Camden HPC, the City of Newark LHPC, and the New Jersey HPO. Concurrent with her professional career, Susan has put her historic preservation training and experience to use as a volunteer. She was first a commissioner on the Historic Preservation Commission for the Township of Mount Holly, where she served as Vice-Chair. She also volunteered with Main Street Mount Holly on the Design Committee. Susan has served on the Historic Preservation Commission for the Township of Cranbury since 2016, with three terms as Chair.   

• Frank F. Caruso

  Frank F. Caruso

  

  Frank F. Caruso has served as an appointed member of the Burlington City Historic Preservation Commission since 2016 and was recently voted Chair in 2023. Mr. Caruso is also a member of the Annual Preservation Conference Planning Committee and an event volunteer. Professionally, Mr. Caruso is the Executive Director for the Government Records Council (“GRC”), an affiliate of the N.J. Department of Community Affairs. Mr. Caruso graduated from Rutgers, Camden Campus in 2004 with a major in history and minor in museum studies.   

• Kathleen M. Bennett

  Kathleen M. Bennett

  

  Kathleen M. Bennett is the Chairperson of the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission.  She holds a BA in Fine Arts Education and an MA in Decorative Art History from the Cooper/Hewitt, NYU School in NYC. Since completing the Preservation Certificate course at Drew University, she has devoted her energy to the preservation and identification of the multitude of historic structures and districts within the Township of Montclair. She has written and lectured on 18th-century topics in Italy and the United States, focusing on the Rococo and the transmission of that style to Sicily. Additionally, she has researched and lectured on Montclair subjects such as the Nolen Plan, the Lackawanna Railroad Terminal, and Montclair’s 19th- century manufacturing district. Currently, she is working on an historic structure survey for Caldwell, NJ.   

Moderator:

• Andrea Tingey

  Andrea Tingey

  

  Andrea Tingey is a Program Specialist 3 with the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office. Her current responsibilities include coordinating the New Jersey and National Registers Program. She previously coordinated the Survey, Outreach, and Certified Local Government Programs. Additionally, she spent 11 years working in the Transportation and Planning Section where she developed an expertise in the regulatory review of bridge projects. This included the identification and evaluation of a broad range of historic property types. Ms. Tingey also coordinated the establishment and publishing of New Jersey’s first statewide guidelines for architectural survey activities and taught the Introduction to Historic Preservation course at Drew University for the six years. Ms. Tingey has also taught American Architectural History as part of the Preservation Certificate program at Rutgers University-Camden for 4 years. Over the years, she has developed a particular interest in recent past properties. In 2018, Ms. Tingey was honored to receive an award of recognition from the New Jersey Historical Commission. Ms. Tingey received a BA in history from Dickinson College and did her graduate work in historic preservation planning at Cornell University. 

Presenters:

• Stephanie Brisita

  Stephanie Brisita

  

  Stephanie Brisita is a Program Specialist with the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office, where she helps review national register nominations for listing in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places. She has been with the NJHPO since March 2020 and has a background in historic preservation with a Master of Preservation Studies from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from Philadelphia University (presently Thomas Jefferson University). She has previous experience working with the National Park Service through the NCPE program, the SCA, and park-related friends group. Stephanie has also worked abroad through the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program. 

• Catherine Dzubaty

  Catherine Dzubaty

  

  Catherine Dzubaty is a Program Specialist with the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office. She joined HPO staff in 2021 as a member of the Registration Section and reviews Preliminary Applications for New Jersey and National Register Listings. Catherine has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from Wilkes University and a Master of Arts in History from Monmouth University. Previously, she worked for the Monmouth County Park System.

• Carly Adler

  Carly Adler

  

  Carly Adler joined Hunter Research, Inc. in June 2022 as an Architectural Historian/Historian. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s program in Historic Preservation (M.S., 2022) and the University of Vermont (B.A., Studio Art, 2011). Carly has exceptional attention to detail and her creative background fosters her ability to solve complex problems regarding historical research and architectural analysis. Prior to joining Hunter Research, Carly worked as an Art Teacher for kindergarten through eighth grade. She has held positions at the Indian King Tavern Museum (Haddonfield, N.J.), Batsto Village (Hammonton, N.J.), and assisted the Center for Architectural Conservation at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (Florissant, C.O.). Carly’s thesis centered on material analysis and preservation issues of artist Isaiah Zagar’s public mosaic murals in Philadelphia, P.A. Carly meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards (36 CFR 61) in History and Architectural History.  

Presenters:

• Barry Doll

  Barry Doll

  

  Barry Doll is a veteran of the US Army and a former CPA. Upon graduating from St John’s University, Barry worked for a small CPA firm in Manhattan. After one year, he landed a job as an auditor with Price Waterhouse. He spent 38 years with PW taking his work to Africa, Australia, and Russia, as well as many locations across the United States. In addition, he was elected President of the Manhattan CPA Chapter. Barry retired as Director of Retired Partner Affairs activities. 

  Upon retirement Barry became involved in politics and was elected to his town’s Council. He also became involved with several town committees like the Environmental Committee and Barrier-Free ( handicap ) Committee.  

  Currently, he is the Treasurer and a Trustee of the Bergenfield Museum. Barry loves maintaining  the old buildings .His current project is restoring the “water wheel ‘ that generated the power to turn the grist mill, saw mill and later the equipment in the chair factory. He is looking toward helping the environment  by connecting the wheel to a generator to produce electricity for lighting. Also, it will be a great educational tool to show school children who visit the museum the use of natural resources. In his words: it’s like completing the circle –from water to electricity to power.  

• Sean Smith

  Sean Smith

  

  Sean Smith is an Associate Professor at the City University of New York – Lehman College. He earned his B.S., M.S., and M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University–where he now serves on the Board of Governors–and a DBA from Capella University. In 2022, Sean earned a Certified Cryptocurrency Auditor certificate, and in 2023, he completed an Executive Education program from MIT in artificial intelligence. Sean has developed and presented courses on Artificial Intelligence, Cryptoassets, and Blockchain. His award-winning research has been recognized and honored both in the United States and internationally. He is a frequent guest on media outlets discussing these topics in addition to accounting technologies. Sean has also published multiple books and dozens of academic and practitioner articles. He was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting and is a past winner of the NJCPA Ovation Award for Innovation. In addition, he was named a 40 under 40 in the accounting profession from 2017-2022 by CPA Practice Advisor and the NYSSCPA in 2021. In 2021 & 2022, he was included in the NJBIZ Power 50 in Accounting. He was also awarded the Outstanding Young CPA of the Year Award by the AICPA in 2022. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Board of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, where he chairs the Accounting Working Group. Sean sits on the Advisory Board of Gilded and is a strategic advisor to the Central Bank Digital Currency Think Tank. Sean also serves as an Advisor to Crescent City Capital, a cryptoasset investment fund. 

Presenters:

• Julia (Julie) Diddell

  Julia (Julie) Diddell

  

  Julia (Julie) Diddell is appearing as a member of the Westfield Historical Society. She has been a Westfield, NJ resident since 1984.  

  Among the many organizations for which she is involved in, she is a volunteer Director on the Board for the National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association and the State Chair for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route New Jersey (W3R-NJ). She produces events, recruits new members, provides governance, and works to grow the organizations through social media marketing, grant writing, and networking. 

  Her recent history focused work with the Westfield Historical Society is directed at assembling and managing a team to research and then to create an interpretive plan for lesser-known stories and themes about the inclusive composition of the Continental Army. The Continental Army marched through Westfield in August 1781 in route to Yorktown, VA in order to wage the victorious siege that was the last major engagement of the Revolutionary War. Using research to uncover and rediscover historical records and to further develop programs and interpretive resources, this project is a model for connecting the community to the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. 

  Julie is also a co-chair for the America 250th commemoration activities in Westfield and has been a driving force behind educating the public about Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail in New Jersey. 

  Professionally, Julie is a Licensed Prosthetist/Orthotist for Ortho Care, Inc. in Westfield, a company she founded and has owned since 1996. She is also a Licensed Registered Nurse in New Jersey. 

Presenters:

• Cailyn Bruno

  Cailyn Bruno

  

  Cailyn Bruno developed expertise in environmental investigations and remediation of brownfields during her 16 years in the consulting industry. At NJIT, she uses her brownfield expertise in a nonprofit capacity by providing technical assistance and educational forums for communities. She has assisted hundreds of communities and speaks on brownfield-related topics across the country. Cailyn holds a BS and MS in Geology and is a New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professional and a New York Licensed Professional Geologist. 

Presenters:

• Gilda Rogers

  Gilda Rogers

  

  Gilda Rogers​​ is a journalist, author & playwright, producer, director, historian and educator. In 2006, she graduated from Monmouth University with an M.A. in History. Since graduating, Gilda has been teaching at Brookdale Community College as an adjunct history professor. She has also become an award-winning journalist and the author of three books, with the most recent called, Out of the Ashes Came Hope, the Memoir of Monsignor William J. Linder. Linder was the founder of New Community Corporation, in Newark and was instrumental in rebuilding of Newark’s Central Ward after the ’67 Riots. In addition to her books, Gilda has curated several exhibits including “A Love Letter to Count Base: From the Great Migration to The Harlem Renaissance” at the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center,” “Ancestral Ascension,” for the opening of the Parker Family Legacy Room at the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, and “The Black Press: Stewards of Democracy.” In 2017, Gilda was named the “Humanitarian of the Year,” by the Monmouth County Human Relations Commission. In addition, the American Association of University Women named Gilda as one of the honorees of its first-ever, “Women of Achievement” award of 2018. Wearing the hat of historian, Gilda became the Executive Director of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center in 2019, and has led the grassroots effort to save and preserve the former home of T. Thomas Fortune– a National Historic Landmark honoring one of the greatest African American journalists and newspaper editors of the 19th and early 20th centuries that is located in Red Bank, New Jersey.  

Presenters:

• Richard Veit

  Richard Veit

  

  Richard Veit is Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University. He received his B.A. from Drew University in 1990, his M.A. in Historical Archaeology from the College of William and Mary in 1991, and his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. At Monmouth, he teaches courses on archaeology, historical archaeology, New Jersey history, Native Americans, and historic preservation. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles and reviews and five books including Digging New Jersey’s Past: Historical Archaeology in the Garden State (Rutgers Press 2002), New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones History in the Landscape (co-authored by Mark Nonestied, Rutgers Press 2008), New Jersey: A History of the Garden State (co-authored with Maxine Lurie, Rutgers Press 2012), Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley (co-edited with David Orr, U. Tennessee Press 2014), and The Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers (co-authored with Sherene Baugher, U. Florida Press, 2014). His first book, Digging New Jersey’s Past, received awards from the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office, New Jersey Academic Studies Alliance, and the New Jersey Center for the Book at Rutgers University. He serves on the New Jersey Historical Commission and on the boards of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, Crossroads of the American Revolution, and the Archaeological Society of New Jersey. He is the President of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference. His work research has been featured on NPR, in Archaeology Magazine, and at TEDx Navesink in 2014. 

Presenters:

• Melissa Ziobro

  Melissa Ziobro

  

  Melissa Ziobro is the Director of Public History in the Monmouth University Department of History and Anthropology and the primary point of contact for the University’s public history program. Her regularly taught classes include Intro to Public History, Oral History, Museums and Archives Management Basics, and Exploring History and Heritage Sites: Preservation, Interpretation, and Management. Melissa has served for many years as the editor of New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a joint venture of the NJ Historical Commission, Rutgers University Libraries, and Monmouth University. She was the last Command Historian at Fort Monmouth prior to the base’s closure.   

Tour Leaders:

• Kurt Leasure

  Kurt Leasure

  

  Kurt Leasure is an Associate and Project Manager with HMR Architects. He works primarily on the restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings from the preparation of preservation planning documents through design and construction phase services. Kurt has a background as a restoration carpenter and has worked extensively on the repair and rehabilitation of barns and other timber-framed buildings. His work with HMR involves a wide variety of building types from nineteenth-century mills to monumental civic buildings. Currently, much of his work involves the treatment and restoration of historic masonry buildings. Kurt has an M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania.

• Eric Holtermann

  Eric Holtermann

  

  Eric Holtermann is a principal at HMR Architects in Princeton, NJ. He has worked on both new and historic projects throughout his career, with a particular interest in the integration of appropriate new design within historic contexts. Recent projects include work at the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms in Parsippany, Loew’s Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, and new housing at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

  A resident of Pennington since 1999, Mr. Holtermann worked closely with the Borough Council in 2011 to draft a Master Plan Element and subsequent Historic Preservation Ordinance. He currently serves as the chair of the Pennington Historic Preservation Commission.

Presenters:

• Joe Macasek

  Joe Macasek

  

  Joe Macasek is President of the Canal Society of New Jersey, former President of the Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology, on the Morris County Heritage Commission, and is a Friends of Historic Speedwell board member. He is the author of the Guide to the Morris Canal in Morris County. He has offered a regular schedule of Industrial Heritage Walks as a program of the Morris County Park Commission. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in design from the Pratt Institute and is a self-employed graphic designer.  

• Ted Ritter

  Ted Ritter

  

  Ted Ritter is the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority’s External Affairs Manager.  He represents the NJTPA at official meetings, conferences, and special events; develops creative videos and presentations; and manages innovative, award-winning public engagement projects. Ritter joined the NJTPA after a career as a radio news anchor, writer, and reporter. He earned a Master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from American University and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from Niagara University.   

• Margaret M. Hickey

  Margaret M. Hickey

  

  Margaret M. Hickey, AIA, serves as the Principal Historic Preservation Specialist for the firm of Connolly & Hickey Historical Architects and is responsible for ensuring projects comply with the Standards. Margaret holds a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Margaret has prepared numerous National Register Nominations, Historic Preservation Plans, Historic Structure Reports, and design and contract documents for restoration and rehabilitation for a variety of building types. Margaret, along with her partner Thomas Connolly, AIA, have a strong affinity for the preservation and adaptive reuse of industrial and transportation-related historic resources having worked on a number of Morris Canal-related sites, mills, and train stations since the creation of their firm over 20 years ago. Margaret is managing the CSNJs multi-year Morris Canal Register Nomination Expansion Project.  

Moderator:

• Chris Matthews

  Chris Matthews

  

  Chris Matthews is a historical archaeologist and professor of anthropology at Montclair State University. His work is focused on the archaeology and history of marginalized and racialized communities in North America with a focus on the mid-Atlantic region. He is the author and editor of several books including The Archaeology of American Capitalism and The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast. His most recent book, A Struggle for Heritage: Archaeology and Civil Rights in a Long Island Community, examines how conflicting histories reinforce inequalities in both local communities and professional heritage work. 

Presenters:

• Jessica Striebel MacLean

  Jessica Striebel MacLean

  

  Jessica Striebel MacLean is an Urban Archaeologist with the New York City Landmarks Commission and the NYC Archaeological Repository that is responsible for the care of archaeological collections excavated in the city. An experienced field archaeologist and museum specialist, Jessica’s work has focused on the intersection of archaeology, community engagement, and public interpretation in New England, New York City, and Montserrat, West Indies. Committed to the Repository’s mission to render its collections digitally accessible to researchers and the public, she is especially interested in the ways digital humanities and heritage can bridge the gaps between academic research, cultural resource management, and urban communities. 

• Amanda Sutphin

  Amanda Sutphin

  

  Amanda Sutphin is an Urban Archaeologist and serves as the Director of Archaeology at the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, the largest municipal preservation agency in the nation. Amanda oversees the department which reviews proposed subsurface work in New York City subject to environmental review and, for some sites, Landmarks Law, and then oversees any ensuring archaeology. She created and manages the NYC Archaeological Repository: The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center which curates about 1,000,0000 artifacts to make them accessible through nyc.gov/archaeology and to scholars by appointment. She has more than two decades of professional experience protecting the city’s archaeological resources and is co-author of the award-winning book Buried Beneath the City: An Archaeological History of New York. 

• Jean Howson

  Jean Howson

  

  Jean Howson is a Principal Archaeologist at NV5, a nationwide engineering and architectural consulting company with a Cultural Resources Group in Parsippany, NJ. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from NYU, and her research ranges from Caribbean plantation sites to rural New Jersey taverns, but she has special expertise in urban archaeology. Howson helped plan and direct some of the largest archaeological projects to date in both Jersey City and Newark and worked for several years with the scientific team at Howard University on the analysis of the African Burial Ground in New York. Her current projects include analysis of the Corlears Hook Park Site in lower Manhattan and development of a collections inventory and archaeological overview for Galways Plantation, Montserrat, for the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery. 

Moderator:

• Ken Lustbader

  Ken Lustbader

  

  Ken Lustbader is a co-founder and co-director of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, an award-winning cultural heritage initiative and educational resource that is documenting and memorializing LGBTQ site-based history in New York City. For over 30 years, he has been national leader in issues related to LGBTQ history, documentation, and historic preservation. His interest in this field of inquiry began in graduate school when, in 1993, he authored “Landscape of Liberation: Preserving Lesbian and Gay History in Greenwich Village.” In 2016, Ken was part of the team that led advocacy efforts for the designation of Stonewall National Monument. In 2018, Ken was the guest editor of LGBTQ Heritage, issue 8.2, for Change Over Time: An International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment, published by the University of Pennsylvania. Between 2007 and 2015, he served as Historic Preservation Program Officer at the J.M. Kaplan Fund where he was responsible for developing and implementing U.S. and international grant initiatives. Prior to that, he was consultant to the Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund, a coalition of five preservation organizations that was formed in response to the September 11 attacks. Between 1994 and 2002, he was the Director of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Program. Ken holds a B.A. in Economics from Vassar College and M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. 

Presenters:

• Daniella Carter

  Daniella Carter

  

  Daniella Carter is a dedicated LGBTQ+ youth advocate, serving as Director, Producer, and Creative Producer. She’s spoken at TED Talks Love, TEDxABQ, and TEDxMidAtlantic. Daniella appeared in a Puma campaign alongside Cara Delevingne and addressed youth homelessness at the Human Rights Campaign’s “Time to Thrive Conference.” She’s been featured oh the Trans 100 list, attended the Obama White House’s Annual Emerging Leader’s Day, and appeared on MSNBC, Good Morning American, and more. She initiated projects to amplify trans youth issues, collaborating with Miss Universe and Laverne Cox. Daniella participated in a groundbreaking ADCOLOR panel on LGBTQ inclusion, and she co-directed a series for GLAAD with Gilead Sciences Compass grant program. She directed Self Magazine’s “Let Them Play” series and is featured in the documentary “Kokomocity” which is currently available for streaming on major platforms. She launched ‘Daniella’s Guestbook,’ spotlighting Black creators for opportunities in advertising and creative industries. In August 2022, she produced a short film for the DVOF festival and Chelsea Film Festival’s 10th anniversary. Mrs. Carter is currently working on her directorial debut feature film that focuses on the trans experience growing up in the Midwest and navigating the current political climate. 

• Michael Roberson

  Michael Roberson

  

  Michael Roberson is a public health practitioner, advocate, activist, artist, curator, and leader within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black Gay Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition. He is also an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College NYC and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant in addition to being a member of the international sound art collective entitled “Ultra-red.” Michael is a scholar-in-residence for the Center for Race, Religion, and Economic Democracy, as well as recent TED Media Resident, where he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community, entitled “The enduring legacy of ballroom”. For Black History Month 2021, Michael co-authored an article in Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter Now More than Ever.”  Michael also co-created a “Respect in The Workplace” curriculum and training for Vice Media and trained all of Vice’s staff in their Brooklyn offices and Los Angeles offices. In addition, Michael served as a cultural consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally, he was a public health advisor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract tracing initiative. Lastly, Michael is both the new Senior Editor of the online international publication Arts Everywhere Ballroom Freedom School section as well as the Director of the Invoking the Pause Climate Challenge National Cohort for the San Francisco based Clean Energy Leadership Institute. 

Moderator:

• Debbie Kelly

  Debbie Kelly

  

  Debbie Kelly has been on the Machestic Dragons team since spring of 2013, and just completed her first year as a board member. She is a 9-year breast cancer survivor. Her activities on behalf of the Machestics have included being on the Membership Committee, helping with public relations for the 2014 Paddle for Pink Dragon boat festival, and participating in the 2014 International Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Debbie is an historic preservation consultant whose work includes the creation of the New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail. She also sits on the boards of the Chesterfield Township Historical Society and the New Jersey Historic Trust. She lives in historic Crosswicks village with her husband Brian, daughter Maeve and son Braden. 

Presenters:

• Brian Blazak

  Brian Blazak

  

  Brian Blazak is a historic preservation professional and Commissioner of the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), where his tenure since 2018 has included two terms as Chair. Prior to assuming his role as a commissioner, he supported the HPC’s work as a Historic Preservation Specialist within the Jersey City Department of City Planning. He is currently a Senior Preservationist with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, where he works with building owners and applicants to guide the rehabilitation and alteration of individual landmarks and properties within the City’s numerous historic districts. Brian holds a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the Pratt Institute. 

• Vincent Dominach , Jr.

  Vincent Dominach

  Jr.

  

  Vince Dominach Jr. is currently the Economic Development Director for Franklin Township in Somerset County. For the past 35 years, Vince has held a variety of positions in local government including Community and Economic Development, Planning and Zoning and Municipal Management.  For ten years, he was the Secretary and staff person for the Newton Historic Preservation Commission in Sussex County during which they obtained CLG status and successfully applied for numerous grants from SHPO.  For the last 18 years, he has been the staff liaison for the Franklin Historic Preservation Commission during which time the Commission also obtained CLG status. 

• Dorothy P. Guzzo

  Dorothy P. Guzzo

  

  Dorothy P. Guzzo, is the former Executive Director for the New Jersey Historic Trust. The Trust provides matching grants for capital preservation projects and funds heritage tourism initiatives. Prior to the Trust, Ms. Guzzo served as the NJ Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. She was a member of the NJ Heritage Tourism Taskforce, founding member of the Crossroads of the American Revolution Association, served ex officio to the NJ Historical Commission and Main Street NJ Advisory Committee and is the former Chair of the Alice Paul Institute. She has held elected office and served on a local planning board and preservation commission.   

Presenters:

• Christopher H. Marston

  Christopher H. Marston

  

  Christopher H. Marston has been an architect with the National Park Service’s Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) since 1989 and has led HAER teams recording a variety of sites, from steel mills to parkways, railroads, canals, and bridges. He has served as a co-editor for three publications: Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Historic Covered Bridges (HAER, 2019), Covered Bridges and the Birth of American Engineering (HAER, 2015), and America’s National Park Roads and Parkways: Drawings from the Historic American Engineering Record (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). He has presented on his work at HAER at a variety of professional conferences and serves as an active member of several national preservation organizations, including the Society for Industrial Archeology (Past President), Preserving the Historic Road (planning committee member for the Morristown, NJ, conference in 2000), and the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Historic and Archaeological Preservation in Transportation. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Carnegie-Mellon University, Christopher worked for an architect in Hoboken, NJ, in 1987-88, before a HAER summer job documenting steel mills in Homestead, PA, changed his career path. 

• Gerald Weinstein

  Gerald Weinstein

  

  Gerald Weinstein has been documenting and restoring historic industry and engineering sites for over 40 years. Working mainly with industrial archeologists, he has photographed and written histories on scores of sites for HABS/HAER mitigation submissions in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. He has documented historic abandoned vessels in NY/NJ reaches for the US Army Corps of Engineers, completed photography and reports for several National Register nominations, and is currently involved with EPA Superfund projects.  His firm, Archive of Industry, supplies high-quality images focused on industrial heritage for use in presentations and reports. In 2003, Gerry led a project to save the 1933 steam-powered Lighthouse Tender Lilac, which is now a museum ship moored at Hudson River Park.  A longtime member of the Society of Industrial Archeology (SIA) and its Roebling Chapter, his family business has sponsored the SIA General Tools Award for excellence in the field of industrial archeology for 30 years. Gerry’s hobbies include restoring steam engines from NY/NJ vessels and power plants and building a large model railroad layout of the New York Central 1952 Hudson Division.   

• Justin Scalera

  Justin Scalera

  

  Justin Scalera is a photographer for the National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS). He has been with the programs since 2018, first working as a summer intern, and then being brought on full time in 2020. Justin was born and raised in Watchung, New Jersey and has always had an affinity for the historic resources that surrounded him from a young age. In 2019, he graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in imaging arts and sciences. Justin took his passion for photography, combined it with his love of history, and followed a path all the way to a career with the Park Service. He has produced hundreds of photographic surveys of historic resources of all types across the continental United States and Hawaii. Most recently, Justin has been working alongside senior HDP photographer, Jarob Ortiz, to develop technical standards for the future incorporation of high resolution, born digital photography into the collection. 

Moderator:

• Kate Marcopul

  Kate Marcopul

  

  Kate Marcopul is currently the NJ Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and the Manager of the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office (NJHPO) which is responsible for the identification, protection, and preservation of historic and archaeological resources throughout the State of New Jersey. Kate oversees a 23-member staff whose responsibilities include administering the Certified Local Government program, the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, review and compliance under federal and state law, the federal historic tax credit program, survey and inventory, and preservation planning. Kate holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Anthropology from Temple University, a B.A. in Anthropology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is a Certified Public Manager. She is also currently a member of the board of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, represents the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection as an ex-officio board member of the NJ Historic Trust, and serves as an ex-officio member of the NJ Historical Commission.

Presenters:

• Sara C. Bronin

  Sara C. Bronin

  

  Sara C. Bronin was confirmed by unanimous consent by the United States Senate in December 2022 to serve as the 12th chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. A Mexican American, she is the first person of color to serve in this position. 

  Prior to her confirmation, Chair Bronin spent her career as a professor and public servant. Her interdisciplinary research in the areas of property, land use, historic preservation, and energy has focused on how law and policy can foster more equitable, sustainable, well-designed, and connected places. She has published five books and treatises and dozens of articles, book chapters, and shorter works on these topics. She also founded the National Zoning Atlas, which aims to translate and standardize information about how zoning regulates housing in around 30,000 jurisdictions nationally. 

  While chairing the ACHP, she is on leave from her tenured position at Cornell University, where she serves as Professor in the College of Architecture Art & Planning, Professor in the Rubacha Department of Real Estate, an Associate Faculty Member of the Law School, and a member of the Graduate Faculty in the Field of Architecture. At Cornell, she founded and directs the Legal Constructs Lab, serves as a faculty fellow of the Atkinson Center for Sustainability, and is an affiliate of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences. She has also held visiting positions at the Yale School of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. 

  Among other nonprofit service, she has served as an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Sustainable Development Code, served on the board of Latinos in Heritage Conservation, and founded Desegregate Connecticut. In addition, she chaired Preservation Connecticut and led the nationally recognized efforts of the City of Hartford to draft and adopt a climate action plan, city plan, and zoning code overhaul. In addition, Chair Bronin has consulted for public and private entities, including on zoning reform, project construction, and litigation strategy. 

  Chair Bronin received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where she used her Harry S Truman Scholarship for Public Service. She received an M.Sc. in Economic and Social History from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She received a B.Arch. and B.A. in the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program from the University of Texas at Austin.                                                                    

  Chair Bronin is a seventh-generation Texan, born and raised in and around Houston. She is the daughter of a public-school teacher and civil engineer, and she grew up working in her grandparents’ Mexican restaurant. 

Presenters:

• Carin Berkowitz

  Carin Berkowitz

  

  Carin Berkowitz is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH), an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization devoted to supporting and promoting the humanities across the state of New Jersey.  She joined NJCH 2018 after having served for eight years as the Director of Historical Research at the Science History Institute, a museum, library, and center for scholarship in Philadelphia.  Carin is a passionate advocate for the humanities within New Jersey and sees the public humanities as crucial for our democracy. She has served in governance or Board capacities within American Historical Association, the History of Science Society, ArtPride, and the Federation of State Humanities Councils.  Carin has a B.A. in English Literature from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in the history of science from Cornell University and has published extensively on the historical intersections of art, medicine, and science.