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• PROJECT PERSONNEL Kristen M. Zschomler, M.A.,RPA Over the past ten years, Kristen Zschomler has supervised and participated in numerous prehistoric and historical archaeology projects throughout the Midwest, Southeast, and the Caribbean. Archaeological studies have ranged from numerous cultural resources assessments and Phase I archaeology surveys throughout Minnesota; to survey of the Denis Bay Sugar Plantation Historic District, United States Virgin Islands; to testing at the Parris Island Military Base, South Carolina; to a data recovery at a Late Archaic/Late Woodland site in Alabama. Kristen is member of the Register of Professional Archaeologist (RPA) and has a focus on fur trade period archaeology. She recently co- authored a paper on trade bead chronology in Minnesota at the joint Plains/Midwest Conference. Kristen has also served as historian and architectural historian on various evaluations of eligibility, surveys, in-depth historic context studies, and HABS/HAER projects. Examples of historical and architectural projects include the evaluation of over 350 structures in Eufaula, Alabama; the archival mitigation report on a pipeline crossing of the Illinois and Michigan Canal near Channahon, Illinois; the Illinois HABS Level III recordation of a Midwestern Feeder swine barn in Techny, Illinois; and the HABS Level I recordation of five Memorial bridges in Alabama. Kristen has been actively involved in the preparation of educational outreach materials and teaching guides for archaeology in Minnesota and Alabama. She meets the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for archaeology, architectural history, and history. • William Stark, M.A. Will has served as architectural historian on numerous cultural resources project in Minnesota, North Dakota and New York, including the Faribault County Unity Trail cultural resources assessment, the Phase I survey of the Near Northside Redevelopment project in Minneapolis, the Phase II survey of the Williams-Rucker Farmstead in Olmsted County, and the evaluation of eligibility for the Student Health Service building on the St. Paul University of Minnesota campus. Will has served as a re-use study team member for Dania Hall in Minneapolis, and is a lead member for cultural resources interpretation for the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway project. At the historic Split Rock Lighthouse, he is researching the historic evolution of the site's dwellings and managing the analysis of historic materials. Will is a graduate of Cornell University's graduate program in Historic Preservation Planning where he studied historic survey and documentation techniques, preservation law, Geographical Information System (GIS) technology, and real estate principles. Will's thesis research concerned the economic and architectural feasibility of the adaptive reuse of downtown department stores. His preservation experience also includes an internship with the Minnesota SHPO. Additionally, Will has 10 years of experience working in human resources management. He meets the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for architectural history and history and has experience with and knowledge of the Secretary of Interior Planning Standards. •