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Maynard, Massachusetts

Provide insight and guidance to project teams navigating local, state, and federal regulations affecting historic properties, working to secure project approvals and clearances from agencies such as local historical commissions, historic district commissions, State Historic Preservation Offices, and the National Park Service.Prepare documents and reports for submission to local, state, and federal government review agencies including state and federal historic tax credit applications, local historic district and demolition delay applications, National Register eligibility evaluations and nominations, historic property surveys, and archival photographic documentation.

Greater Boston Area

Reviewed applications for Massachusetts Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit and Federal Investment Tax Credit, including evaluation of historic significance under National Register criteria (36 CFR 60) and project compliance with Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation (36 CFR 67).Prepared project correspondence, developing and communicating design solutions for problematic aspects of proposed rehabilitation projects to promote compliance with tax credit program regulations.Maintained and prepared statistics and reports on tax credit programs, including jobs, housing creation, and rehabilitation expenditures.Provided building owners, developers, consultants, and public officials with guidance on tax credit program regulations and review processes.Managed intake of all application submissions and correspondence relating to Massachusetts and Federal historic tax credit programs.Completed National Park Service Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives training in July 2016 and July 2017.

Boston, Ma

Served as professional staff to three local historic district commissions (Beacon Hill, Fort Point, Aberdeen), acting as first point of contact for homeowners, consultants, developers, and the general public, as well as other City departments.Assisted applicants in achieving design solutions in compliance with district standards and criteria, conducting site visits as needed.Provided historic district commissions with professional review of proposed projects, advising on appropriateness of submissions under district legislation and relevant design guidelines.Staffed public hearings for district commissions, facilitating decision-making and ensuring compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.Produced all commission meeting agendas, public notices, and official project correspondence.

Greater Boston Area

Managed administrative requirements of statewide Survey and Planning Grant projects, including review of applications, procurement and RFP processes, preparation of contracts, maintenance of financial and project documentation, and management of project schedules. Assisted Director of Preservation Planning Division with review of draft and final products.Prepared MHC survey forms for high-volume digitization of the Commonwealth’s inventory of historic and archaeological assets. Performed quality control review on scanned forms.Assisted in logistics planning for the 2013 Statewide Historic Preservation Conference.

Greater Boston Area

Managed administrative requirements of statewide Survey and Planning Grant projects, including review of applications, procurement and RFP processes, preparation of contracts, maintenance of financial and project documentation, and management of project schedules. Assisted Director of Preservation Planning Division with review of draft and final products.Prepared MHC survey forms for high-volume digitization of the Commonwealth’s inventory of historic and archaeological assets. Performed quality control review on scanned forms.

Boston

Acted as primary liaison for Partners in Preservation Open House Day 2011, producing and coordinating the event across 14 historic sites in collaboration with Digital and New Media, Marketing, and Public Relations teams.Wrote promotional materials for web, print, and electronic outlets.Organized and facilitated monthly progress meetings and maintained communication with participating sites.Oversaw organizational development for a cultural collaborative of historic sites.

Massachusetts

Researched and prepared agricultural history of the Wakefield Estate, a historic property in Milton, Massachusetts held by the same family since the 18th century.

Researched topics in architecture and ornament of European and American historic theaters.Collaborated with project team to use historical research to inform design of new multi-venue theater in Cambridge, MA.Co-authored publication on extant European Baroque opera houses.

Independent research on the preservation of museums and historic sites in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Conducted provenance research on the museum's European sculpture collection, and served as curatorial research assistant in the department of prints and drawings

Ma, Historic Preservation

Ba, Russian, French

Honors in Russian.

Education record