Elizabeth Dowd

Elizabeth Dowd began her career in the 1990s in the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office as an Environmental Review Specialist and as a Preservation Planner in Greenville, NC. Upon returning to her native New Jersey, she was a Historic Preservation Specialist at the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park. For the past twenty-plus years, Elizabeth has been a Resource Interpretive Specialist for the New Jersey State Park Service where she works on planning events, creating exhibits, collections management, and supporting friends organizations. She holds a MA in History with a Concentration in Historic Preservation from Wake Forest University and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Duke University. In her spare time, Elizabeth is the proud mom of a special-needs son, a poet, and animal lover.