Cultural Resource Planning in Wisconsin
A One-Day Training Program
Program Speakers
Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein joined the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1990 and currently serves as the Society's Smart Growth Coordinator. He is chiefly responsible for administering the Society's Smart Growth initiative. Mr. Bernstein has a Masters degree in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell University and has worked professionally in Vermont, California, Montana, Nevada and his native New York.
John Broihahn
John Broihahn has a Masters degree in Anthropology from Iowa State University and has been working at the Society since 1985 as an archaeologist. Over the last ten years John has taken the lead in the management and the enhancement of the archaeological database.
Chip Harry L. Brown III
Chip Harry L. Brown III is the Government Assistance and Training Specialist for the Office of Preservation Planning in the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) Division of Historic Preservation (DHP). Mr. Brown is an attorney, licensed to practice law in the state of Wisconsin and the Federal District Court for the Seventh Circuit. Prior to working for the WHS, he practiced law at Western Wisconsin Legal Services in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Mr. Brown completed his undergraduate work in anthropology and philosophy. In anthropology, he specialized in archeology, focusing on non-human faunal remains. He conducted field work in Somalia, Africa. Mr. Brown has delivered lectures and participated in workshops and conferences on national and state historic preservation laws and programs. He developed the Wisconsin NHPA § 106 Submittal Process, applicable to federal agency-related projects. In addition to his other responsibilities, Mr. Brown negotiates and drafts programmatic agreements between the SHPO and federal and state agencies, assists local units of government with historic preservation matters, conducts federal and state historic property project reviews, and manages the DHP's Historic Preservation Fund grant.
Joe DeRose
Joe DeRose joined the Division as its Survey Historian in 1990. Previously Mr. DeRose worked for Arkansas Historic Preservation Office. He attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute, for his undergraduate studies with a major in History and Political Science and Loyola University, Chicago, for his Master’s degree in Public History. In addition Mr. DeRose has worked for the National Park Service for three years as a historian at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan and the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor in Joliet, Illinois.
Suzanne Fitzgerald
Since September, 2003 Suzanne Fitzgerald has been the Division’s GIS/Database Coordinator and is primarily responsible for the maintenance and coordination for WHPD, an Oracle-based database. Ms. Fitzgerald is working toward a Masters in Environmental Monitoring.
Jeanne Lambin
Jeanne Lambin is the Field Services Coordinator for the Wisconsin Field Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation based in Mineral Point. Ms. Lambin assists communities throughout the state involved in historic preservation efforts by providing technical expertise, organizational assistance, grant aid and advocacy support. Prior to joining the Trust, Ms. Lambin was a preservation planner with the City of Chicago. She attended Loyola University in Chicago for her undergraduate studies with a major in Anthropology and the School of the Art Institute Chicago for her graduate studies in Historic Preservation.
Joe Lawniczak
Joe Lawniczak has been the Design Coordinator for Wisconsin Main Street since 2001. Mr. Lawniczak works with building owners in the 35 Main Street communities throughout Wisconsin in preserving and restoring their historic building facades. Prior to joining Wisconsin Main Street, he worked for 12 years at the architectural firm of Berners-Schober Assoc. in Green Bay.
Brian Ohm
Brian Ohm, an attorney, is an associate professor in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a land use law specialist for the University of Wisconsin Extension. Professor Ohm is the author of numerous publications on comprehensive planning and land use in Wisconsin and a frequent speaker on land use law issues.
Daina Penkiunas
Daina Penkiunas is the National Register coordinator for the Division of Historic Preservation at the Wisconsin Historical Society, after having served in a similar position in the Hawaii Historic Preservation Office, and has worked as an architectural history consultant. Ms. Penkiunas received her undergraduate education at the University of Maryland and has a Master's and PhD in architectural history from the University of Virginia. She has previously been a lecturer in architectural history at the University of Maryland, Middlebury College and University of Hawaii.
Ricky Rolfsmeyer
Ricky Rolfsmeyer is president of the board of the non-profit organization that owns and operates Nick Engelbert's Grandview, an historic folk art site in southwest Wisconsin. Through the Kohler Foundation he has assisted community groups working with historic sites in Wisconsin in developing funding planes. Mr. Rolfsmeyer is a consultant to rural communities and organizations, and teaches project development and grant proposal preparation for UW-Platteville, the Non-profit Management Institute of Iowa State University and Community Leadership Alliance of Southwest Wisconsin.
James Sewell
James Sewell is the Senior Preservation Architect for the Division of Historic Preservation of the State Historical Society. Mr. Sewell is responsible for: administering historic preservation tax credits programs for owner-occupied and income-producing historic buildings; providing technical assistance to communities and individual owners of historic buildings; and review of projects that involve government ownership, funding, and license. Mr. Sewell holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan, is a licensed professional architect in Wisconsin and Michigan, and has been in his present position with the State Historical Society since 1976.
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