Maureen Elenga Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Olympia, Washington, United States

Seattle

I serve on the preservation and archival committees and regularly contribute online features in our ongoing effort to document and preserve the past of this historic Seattle neighborhood. The Queen Anne Historical Society provides its members with free events, including tours and author presentations; and in 2019 held our first annual QAHS Awards of Excellence event to recognize the people, businesses and institutions who have contributed to the character and preservation of Queen Anne.

This project involved independent research and writing documenting the history of the most vital infrastructure in Seattle's built environment, the bridges that connect its communities to the city center. The book focuses on the most historically significant and innovative spans in Seattle, and contains over 150 historic images.

Greater Seattle Area

I created new content and adapted content from my book, 'Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown' (2008) for the Seattle Architecture Foundation's mobile app of walking tours. This work completed the first phase of content development for the app, which went live in August, 2020.

Remote

Drawing from interviews and inhouse documents, I wrote testimonials detailing successful programs implemented by utilities companies across the nation concerning problems ranging from encouraging customer use of high-efficiency products to outage communication during Super Storm Sandy. My case studies were published in the monthly journal produced by Chartwell Inc., a membership-based forum for the exchange of best practices information in the public utilities industry.

Seattle, Washington

Winner of Historic Seattle's Preservation Education and Publications Award."Seattle Architecture is a splendid resource. . . . a compact guide to Seattle's downtown corridor."―Seattle Times "If you like architecture and you love Seattle, we have the book for you. Seattle Architecture is finally available, and it's fetchingly cool."―Seattle Post-IntelligencerThis project involved detailed research on the history of downtown Seattle neighborhoods and buildings to produce the authoritative guide to downtown Seattle architecture to date. The project involved working with a committee of Seattle Architecture Foundation (SAF) volunteers and an editorial board made up of SAF board members.

Board organizational and fundraising support: keeping and tracking current action item lists, coordination of Board communication, grant preparation, maintenance of donor database, preparation of funding solicitation letters, initial contact with potential donors. ∙ Advertising, circulation and distribution: overseeing sales efforts of advertising intern, billing and receipt of advertising revenue, coordination of publication open house events, maintaining magazine archive. ∙ Financial Management: Maintenance of ARCADE’s books and records, working with board treasurer to produce financial statements and budget reports for Board meetings. My work with ARCADE Journal has provided experience in many facets of management, sales, customer service and strategic marketing.

Cities and Buildings Database ∙ preparation of grant proposals ∙ managing work loads of 5-6 interns p/term in their preparation of images to be posted on the Web site. ∙ soliciting images and funding from NW architectural firms ∙ maintaining site and quality control This experience has rewarded me with increased technical knowledge and valuable team management skills.

assisted in preparation of grant proposals ∙ involved in fund-raising events planning (annual Dada Ball) ∙ membership coordination; maintained database of 10,000 + members ∙ served on Development Committee with board members ∙ corresponded with artists in preparation for exhibits Working at PICA offered great experience in creative fund raising and membership coordination.

Archivist & Administrative assistant ∙ maintained daily archive/file system ∙ organized and prepared 40 years worth of files and drawings to be sent to off-site archiving warehouse ∙ directed correspondence to project teams, Project Managers and Principals ∙ implemented time-saving procedures to filing and archiving system My experience at BOORA provided me a solid understanding of the business of architecture and offered many opportunities to put my organizational skills to use while maintaining the daily paperwork and correspondence of each project and the firm’s 100 employees.

Ma, Art History (Architectural History)

University of Oregon, BA Art History, minor: Communications

Bachelor Of Arts, Art History