News and Awards

Education & Licensure

• Professional Accredited Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oregon
• Licensed Architect — State of Colorado (since 2005) & State of Arizona
• NCARB Certified — National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (national licensing reciprocity)
• Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA) — since 2005

Historic Preservation Qualifications & Leadership

• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Architecture (36 CFR 61)
• AIA Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator — certified natural-disaster building assessor
• Chair, Gunnison County Historic Preservation Commission (Certified Local Government) — serving since 2010
• Grant Reviewer, History Colorado (SHPO) State Historic Fund Grants Committee — 2022–Present
• Appointed Member, History Colorado (SHPO) Preservation Programs Committee — 2022–2025
• Appointed Member, History Colorado (SHPO) State Historic Preservation Review Board — 2019–2020
• Appointed Member, History Colorado (SHPO) Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee — 2017–2022

Awards & Recognition

• AIA West Colorado Citizen Architect Award — Winner, 2013 & 2016
• Crested Butte Historic District Planning & Zoning Project of the Year — Winner, 2020 & 2024
• Gunnison Woman-Owned Business of the Year — 2012

Featured Expert

• Rocky Mountain PBS, Colorado Experience — “Saving Hartman Castle” (2024)
• CBS News Colorado — “Colorado’s Most Endangered Places: Hartman Castle” (2026)

Professional & Community Service

• Former Member, City of Gunnison Building Board of Appeals
• Construction Management Teaching Staff, Colorado Mesa University (2014)