Meet our Historic Preservation Alumni
Alumni Directory
CLASS OF 2024
- Megan Adornetto: Historic Preservationist, Designing Local, Columbus OH
- Caroline Byrne
- Deryn Candelaria: Historic Preservation Planner, Town of Telluride, Telluride, CO
- Lyrik Castro-Bailey: Architectural Historian, North Wind Consulting, Phoenix, AZ
- Chris Cone: Interpreter and Gravestone Restoration Assistant, Drayton Hall and KKBE Synagogue, Charleston, SC
- Claire Cox: Junior Preservation Specialist/ Cultural Resource Planner, Page & Turnbull, San Francisco CA
- Rachel Fore: Preservation Planner, City of Charleston, SC
- Sarah Gaston: Cultural Resources Technician with Colorado State University at the Hill Air Force Base
- Anna Gehring
- Jacob Hockenberry: Contractor for Atlantic Heritage
- Chloe Martin: Project Preservationist, George Washington's Mount Vernon, Alexandria, VA
- Jac Nahman
- Paige Regna: Historic Preservation Planner, Town of Wake Forest, NC
- Gabriella Rowsam: National Trust for Historic Preservation and BVL Historic Preservation Research
- Brianna Schmidt: Architectural Historian, State of Hawaii
- Hannah St. Onge: Project Engineer, The Christman Company, Sterling, VA
- Jack Sutton: Richard Marks Restorations, Charleston, SC
CLASS OF 2023
- Holly Adington: Architectural Historian, New South Associates INC. Nashville, TN
- Lexie Allen: Bennett Preservation Engineering, Charleston, SC
- Peter Gaytan: Zoning Administrator/Planner, City of Georgetown Planning and Community Development Department, Georgetown, SC
- Abby Milonas: Intern, New Hampshire Preservation Alliance
- 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
- 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 , RK&K Baltimore, MD
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 Halpert: Preservation Officer, Tax Credit Programs, Maryland Historical Trust / Maryland Department of Planning
- 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: Founder, Verity Works, 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: Principal designer, H/C Luxury Outdoor, Charleston, SC
- 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: Historic Preservation Specialist, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- 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: Historic Preservation Planner, City of Chattanooga
- Caroline Darnell: Senior Historian, Georgia Department of Transportation Atlanta, Georgia
- Alena Franco: CLG Coordinator, UT SHPO
- Kirsten Freeman, Architectural Historian, Climate Change Team
- Morgan Granger: Architectural Historian, Providence Engineering
- 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
- Meghan Olson Grigsby: Architectural Historian/Project Manager, Department of the Navy (NAVFAC)
- Ben Walker: Architectural Historian, EHT Traceries, Inc
CLASS OF 2016
- Jane Ashburn: Assistant Professor of Practice, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- 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: Architectural Historian, USDA Forest Service, Duluth MN
- Haley Schriber: Certified Local Government and Community Preservation Coordinator, Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, Michigan
- Anna (Simpkins) Gilligan: Project Manager II, BE-CI, Destin, FL
- Jean Stoll: Senior Historic Preservation Planner, ICF
- Michelle Thompson: CLG Coordinator and Main Street Design Specialist, WA State SHPO (DAHP)
- 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: Cultural Resources Specialist I, New York Power Authority, Albany, New York
- Taylor Johnston: Architectural Designer, Meadors, Inc.
- Sarah Sanders: Architectural Historian, AECOM
- Justin Schwebler: Preservation Manager, Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC
- 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: Project Specialist, Burns & McDonnell - Kansas City, MO
- 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: GC Administration Supervisor, Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc., Beachwood OH
- 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 Aviation and Missile Command Logistics Center Military Deputy, US Army- Huntsville, AL
- 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-Clark: Senior Facilities Manager, The Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama
- Laura Beth Ingle: Senior Architectural Historian, Georgia Historic Preservation Division, Atlanta, GA (GA’s SHPO)
- Alissa Keller: Director, Pennyroyal Area Museum
- Kristina Lanphear Ravenel: PreConstruction Manager, Mashburn Construction, 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: Principal Conservator, Ciociola Conservation, Nashville, TN
- Rebecca Cybularz: Supervisory 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: Resilience Integration Branch Chief - Office of Environmental Planning & Historic Preservation, FEMA headquarters, Washington, DC
- 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
- Kathleen Feuerborn
- Alexandra Masters: Architectural Designer, Christopher Architecture and Interiors
- Ashley Meade
- Catrina Ottman