Dianna Litvak Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

Dianna Litvak's work experience focuses on Section 106 compliance for transportation projects. These require the completion of research and site visits, and also preparing necessary reports, contexts, site forms and eligibility determinations. As a project manager she is responsible for preparing and meeting project schedules and budgets, maintaining relationships with clients and partnering firms, and meeting the needs of agencies and stakeholders. As a project leader she reviews the work of team members, providing quality control, guidance and mentoring.She has initiated and implemented projects to streamline the Section 106 review process for properties. Examples include post World War II residential subdivisions and linear resources for underground trolley lines in Denver.Dianna's responsibilities include:► Completing and leading activities for Section 106 compliance such as identification and evaluation of cultural resources and applying the National Register criteria► Conducting research and site visits; preparing compliance reports including historic contexts, property descriptions, and determinations of eligibility► Managing projects and working with clients.

United States

Helped my daughter Allison Winn start a non-profit to provide well-trained dogs from the Colorado Corrective Industries to children with serious medical illnesses. Today the project is a program of the Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation.

Denver, Co

Dianna Litvak assists state agencies and engineering and environmental firms with historic resource surveys for projects with federal funding, assistance, or permits. She also complete interpretive projects to explain the historic significance of a site to the public. Dianna founded Dill Historians in 2012 after leaving CDOT. This public history consulting firm client bases was the Colorado Department of Transportation, CDOT Regional Transportation District in Denver, U.S. Corps of Engineers, City of Denver and Denver County.Dill Historians is a consulting firm specializing in compliance with Section 106 regulations of the National Historic Preservation Act (36 CFR Part 800) and historic resources under Section 4(f) of the U.S. DOT Act (23 CFR Part 774). Dill Historians work closely with environmental project managers, engineers, and historians at CDOT to provide cost-effective approaches to historic survey based on years of experience in the transportation industry. The firm is recognized as a leader in Section 106 and Section 4(f) compliance, and has a solid understanding of the relationship between cultural resource management, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Categorical Exclusions apart from NEPA. Dill is capable of providing a full menu of Section 106 services to help streamline the amount of time required for historic clearances.

Denver, Co

I was responsible for compliance with the Section 106 and Section 4(f) regulations for historic resources in CDOT Region 6 (the Denver metro area).

Greater Denver Area

Consultant who worked on Section 106 compliance, museum exhibits at the Colorado State Capitol ("Mr. Brown's Attic), and museum books for the Colorado Historical Society.

Denver, Co

Served all six CDOT regions and provided Section 106 and Section 4(f) compliance for projects with impacts to historic resources.

I managed the Roadside Interpretation Program, an update of the state's interpretive signs at rest areas, museums, and historic sites. I also edited Colorado History Now, the newspaper of the Colorado Historical Society.

Denver

Provided research and production assistance for six-hour documentary, How the West Was Lost, about the history of several Native American tribes.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), United States History And Public History

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Anthropology