HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• President
• Principal Investigator

Job Titles:

• Principal Investigator
• Vice President

First as a Project Director and then as Vice President, Ms. Schneiderman has served in a supervisory capacity with HPI since 1987. She meets the professional qualifications of the National Park Service's 36CFR 61 and is certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). Primary Author or Project Director for numerous cultural resource assessments in New York City and the metropolitan New York area, she has also undertaken extensive primary research, report writing, and agency communication. Her experience includes completing Environmental Impact Studies, Field Investigations, and Cultural Resource Assessments for numerous projects in New York and Connecticut. In addition to her work with HPI, Ms. Schneiderman served on the New Fairfield Zoning Commission from 1996 through 2010, six years acting as Chairperson, and is a founding member of the New Fairfield Historic Properties Commission. She also serves on the board of Preserve New Fairfield, Inc., currently as President, serves on the board of the Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust, currently as Vice President, and is actively involved in local historic preservation efforts.

Job Titles:

• Principal Investigator & Senior Archaeologist / Historian

Ms. Abell Horn meets the professional qualifications of the National Park Service's 36CFR 61 and is certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). She has served as a Principal Investigator, Primary Author, or Project Manager for numerous cultural resource evaluations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut as part of HPI's team since 2003, as well as in many other states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions in previous positions. She has managed extensive primary research programs and written numerous comprehensive reports for both urban, rural, and waterfront sites. This has included undertaking historic and archival research, report writing and editing, artifact analysis, database management, statistical analysis, and computer graphics. Ms. Abell Horn's experience includes completing Environmental Impact Studies, Field Investigations, and Cultural Resource Assessments.

Job Titles:

• Principal Investigator
• Vice President
• Board Member and Treasurer of the Society for Historical Archaeology

Dr. Mascia began working with HPI in 1994 as a Project Archaeologist and became a Vice President in 2003. She meets the professional qualifications of the National Park Service's 36CFR 61 and is certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). In addition, she receives annual OSHA HAZWOPER training. She has been the primary author for numerous cultural resource assessments and disturbance memoranda in the tri-state area. Dr. Mascia has been responsible for devising, implementing, and overseeing documentary analysis and field investigations designed to assess archaeological and historical potential. These projects have taken her to a full range of urban, suburban and rural sites. Although her specialty is in Historical Archaeology, Dr. Mascia has experience with both precontact and historical investigations and has completed countless Cultural Resource Assessments for Environmental Impact Statements. Dr. Mascia also has extensive experience with the identification of historical artifacts. In 1994, the Register of Professional Archaeology certified Dr. Mascia in field archaeology, laboratory analysis, and documentary research. Dr. Mascia currently serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of the Society for Historical Archaeology. She is also the Treasurer of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology. In her local community, she is the Curator of the Historical Society, serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, NY. In this role, she has created numerous museum exhibits, generated research catalogs, and established educational programs.