LOUISE DUNFORD BRODNITZ, AIA, AICP

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Washington, DC 20012

Cell: 202-***-****

Email: ads35y@r.postjobfree.com

US Citizen

SUMMARY

Historic Preservation Subject Matter Expert. Seeking highly responsible position utilizing my extensive experience in architecture, construction management and community planning, with a focus on historic properties and districts. Superior writing and negotiation skills, experience in project management, documentation, research, evaluation of properties and effects, and policy development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AFG, Inc. 590 Herndon Parkway, Suite 350, Herndon, VA 20170 Senior Architect, Historic Preservation June 2015-March 2021

Senior architect on the Phase 2 project management team for the new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security at the West Campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital, the largest renovation project in GSA history. On-site representative to the General Services Administration, ensuring enhancement and stewardship of this National Historic Landmark as it undergoes complete transformation. Subject matter expert for historic preservation project management and fulfillment of the Programmatic Agreement between the GSA, the State Historic Preservation Office, and other key stakeholders who are committed to its long-term protection.

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC

Program Analyst June 2009-June 2013

Managed federal agency compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Cases included undertakings by EPA, Navy, FRA, FTA, FHWA, Army Corps, DOJ nationwide. Coordinated with other environmental regulations including NEPA cross-cutters and Section 4f. Extensive communication, mediation, and commitment to environmental principles in reaching agreements to avoid, minimize or mitigate effects in highly visible and controversial cases.

GEORGETOWN PRESERVATION SERVICES 1525 29TH Street NW, Washington, DC

Architect, Self-employed April, 2007-June, 2009

Provided preservation services: research, documentation, restoration. Served on the Board of Directors of the Citizens’ Association of Georgetown (CAG) and as liaison to CAG’s Preservation and Zoning Committee. Participant in DC’s Zoning Review Working Groups. Project manager for community-based oral history project. Published articles on preservation policy and treatment of historic properties.

WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER 6900 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC

Architect, Series 0808, GS 12, Step 5

Master Planning, Directorate of Public Works and Transportation November, 2003-April 2007

Cultural Resources Manager. Developed design proposals and area plans in compliance with the NEPA, NHPA, and NCPC’s Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital Region. Negotiated solutions with federal and local agencies (the Commission of Fine Arts, DC SHPO, DDOT, the National Park Service, etc), Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, army staff, patients and other users. Authored cultural resources components of master plan, ICRMP, and re-write of an outdated National Register Nomination. Conducted Cultural Resource Plan of Action to implement BRAC.

Transportation Planner. Led planning and implementation of a major transit initiative which significantly reduced parking demand. As spokesperson for postwide TDM, produced all promotional materials and news articles. Conducted employee transportation satisfaction surveys and implemented walkability enhancements post-wide.

LOUISE DUNFORD BRODNITZ ARCHITECTURE/PRESERVATION Montclair, NJ

Principal 1991-2002

Architectural practice specializing in the renovation and conversion of multi-family loft buildings and storefront improvements in Manhattan’s commercial and historic districts. Facilitated compromise solutions to thorny landlord-tenant conflicts under New York’s Loft Law.

Commissioner, Montclair Historic Preservation Commission for 6 years, design review and extensive public education/outreach.

Writer, smart growth policy development and education tools, grant applications, district design guidelines, and public outreach for local government agencies.

JOSEPH PELL LOMBARDI & ASSOCIATES 401 Washington Street, New York, NY, 212-***-****

Senior Associate/Chief Architect 1988-1991

Directed all work in this twelve-person architecture/historic preservation firm. Responsible for proposals, client contact, production supervision, scheduling, budgeting, and city agency review. Projects included renovation of multi-family residential loft buildings throughout SoHo and TriBeCa, and restoration plans for the Jefferson Market Library, the Haughwout Building, the Gund Residence and many other significant properties throughout the city and its environs.

GOLDSTONE & HINZ, ARCHITECTS, P.C. 104 East 4oth Street, New York, NY, 212-***-****

Project Architect 1985-1988

Designed and managed all aspects of the renovation of the historic Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, through completion of design development. Coordinated between client, city agencies and four-firm consultant team. Prepared schematic designs for indoor and outdoor exhibits at the Bronx Zoo.

ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES GROUP Pier 9, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 415-***-****

Job Captain/Project Manager 1983-1985

Full responsibility for design, working drawings and construction supervision for renovation projects of increasing scope, including Preservation Park, a 16-building office/restaurant, and conference center complex in Oakland, CA. Prepared Falkirk Community Arts Center Historic Structures Report and the Goethe House Feasibility Study for UC Sacramento.

PAGE, ANDERSON & TURNBULL 724 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA, 415-***-****

Job Captain 1981-1983

Designed and produced complete construction documents for various projects. Inspected construction for contract compliance: Bank of America branch, Pacific Heritage Museum Tax Act Certification, and Baker Street Library Preservation Plan.

ADD, INC ARCHITECTS 210 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 617-***-****

Draftsperson 1977 to 1978

Provided drafting services for this 20-person firm: recorded onsite conditions, corrections per mark-ups, detail drawings, schedules and rendered plans for presentations, scale models.

ROBERT C. BROWARD, ARCHITECT Jacksonville, FL

Research Assistant Summer, 1976

Historical research, editing for book, The Architecture of Henry John Klutho: Prairie Style in Jacksonville.

EDUCATION

RUTGERS /COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New Jersey/New York January, 2001

Master of City and Regional Studies.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley December, 1982

Master of Architecture

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES, York, England August, 1983

Conservation of Historic Structures

PRESERVATION INSTITUTE: NANTUCKET, Nantucket, Massachusetts June-August, 1979

Headed Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Team

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville June, 1977

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAST, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

High School Diploma June, 1974

RELATED EXPERIENCE/PUBLICATIONS

Director (2008-2011), Board of the Citizens’ Association of Georgetown, and served on the Preservation and Zoning Committees

Member (since 1994) of the Congress for the New Urbanism

Member (1996 to 2002) of the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission. Chair, Committee on Transportation and Planning. Helped to usher in first designated district through careful community outreach, wrote design guidelines section of the historic preservation ordinance.

Authored Design Guidelines for Montclair Town Center Historic District, September, 2001.

Prepared “Smart Growth Scorecard” rating system for development proposals, for the advocacy group New Jersey Future, Spring, 2000.

Wrote successful Smart Growth Grant proposal for the Township of Montclair, securing $65,000 for a townwide multimodal transportation access study, Spring, 1999.

Series of three articles on architectural topics for the Manhattan Cooperator, 1993.

Series of articles on transportation improvements at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Stripe, 2003-2005

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS): Member of Conservation Team assisting in the restoration of National Trust properties in England, 1982

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

Licensed Architect, District of Columbia; NCARB (National) Certification, since 1987

Certified Planner, American Institute of Certified Planners, since June, 2001

Advanced AutoCAD Certification, March 2001

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