The Management Team - Architectural & Historical Services Division
The Managers of the Architectural & Historical Services Division are introduced below. These professionals are supported by teams of Architectural Historians, Architectural Assistants, Historians, and Historic Preservation Specialists who also have broad experience on projects across the country, as well as in their home regions. This organization allows professionals to be assigned to Managers in any office on temporary duty and gives our firm tremendous surge staffing capabilities for large-scale survey and inventory projects, as well as for disaster recovery efforts.
Kathryn M. Kuranda, M.Arch.Hist. - Senior Vice President, Architectural and Historical Services Division
A court-qualified architectural historian with 28 years of industry experience, 22 of them with the Goodwin team, Ms. Kuranda established and directs the firm's Architectural and Historical Services Division. Ms. Kuranda holds degrees in American Studies from Dickinson College (B.A.) and in Architectural History from the University of Virginia (M. Arch. Hist.), where she was a Thomas Jefferson Fellow. Over the course of her career, she has directed hundreds of architectural and historical investigations throughout the United States and has served as Principal Investigator for such major studies as National Historic Context for Department of Defense Installations, 1790 – 1940; Housing an Army: The Wherry and Capehart Era Solutions to the Postwar Family Housing Shortage (1949-1962); and the Historic Context for the Army Materiel Command's World War II Facilities.
Katy Coyle, M.A. - Assistant Vice President, Architectural and Historical Services Division
Ms. Katy Coyle has 12 years of professional experience with the Goodwin team. She holds degrees in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College (B.A.) and in History from Tulane University (M.A.). Ms. Coyle directs the firm's architectural and historical services operations in the South Central Region, and frequently takes the lead on projects in other geographies that involve complex consultation pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), an area of practice in which she has special experience and capabilities. Ms. Coyle has directed architectural survey of over 22,000 buildings; conducted Section 106 consultation for the restoration of medical services in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina; undertaken historical research for both private and public-sector clients; and directed interdisciplinary teams on numerous projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District and for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). She has professional experience on projects in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, South Carolina, and Texas.
Roger Ciuffo, M.S. - Senior Project Manager, Architectural History
Mr. Roger Ciuffo has nine years of professional experience. He holds degrees in American Studies from Pennsylvania State University (B.A.) and in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont (M.S.). Mr. Ciuffo has extensive experience conducting both large and small-scale historic sites and district surveys. He has prepared National Register nominations, Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), reuse plans, and Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation. Mr. Ciuffo has worked in the states of Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Rebecca Gatewood, M.H.P. - Project Manager, Architectural History
Ms. Rebecca Gatewood has over nine years of professional experience, including six years with the Goodwin team. She holds a Master of Historic Preservation from the University of Kentucky’s College of Design. She has worked on histories, surveys, and cultural resource reports for pipeline and wind energy projects as well as for the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, and the Air National Guard. She has performed HABS-level documentation, including large-format photography. She also has worked with the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, as part of the Campus Heritage Grant given to the Academy by the Getty Foundation. Ms. Gatewood completed extensive archival research and individual installation surveys and site reports while co-authoring the nationwide contexts on Unaccompanied Personnel Housing and Ammunition Storage for the Department of the Navy, the United States Air Force, and the United States Marine Corps. She has completed work in California, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Katherine E. Grandine, M.A. - Senior Project Manager, History
Ms. Katherine Grandine has over 26 years of professional experience, including 20 years with the Goodwin team. She holds degrees in History and Geography from the University of Delaware (B.A.) and in American Civilization with Emphasis on Historic Preservation from the George Washington University (M.A.). Her experience includes historic research for nationwide military historic context studies, architectural surveys in numerous states, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation, National Register of Historic Places nominations, local landmark and historic district nominations, cultural resources planning documents, and historic property mitigative documentation. In addition to her work at more than 60 military installations nationwide, Ms. Grandine also has worked in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Lindsay Hannah, M.S. - Project Manager, Architectural History
Ms. Lindsay Hannah has over eigth years of professional experience. She holds degrees in History and Art History from the College of William and Mary (B.A.) and in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania (M.S.). Ms. Hannah has directed architectural conservation and historic preservation projects, and she has managed field surveys of historic buildings affected by Hurricane Katrina for the Federal Emergency Managament Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) involving survey of over 18,000 structures in the New Orleans metropolitan area. She recently completed a nationwide historic context for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs focusin on Third Generation hospitals built by the former Veterans Administration following World War II and prepared ten individual nominations to the National Register of Historic Places for selected Veterans hospitals. Ms. Hannah has special expertise in cemetery and monument stabilization and conservation. She has worked in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, as well as in Puerto Rico.
Kirsten Peeler, M.S. - Project Manager, Architectural History
Ms. Kirsten Peeler has over 13 years of professional experience, including 10 with the Goodwin team. She holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College (B.A.) and Columbia University (M.S.), with specialization in Historic Preservation. Ms. Peeler has conducted numerous surveys and evaluations applying the National Register criteria. She compiled the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) for the U.S. Naval Academy. Ms. Peeler completed the nationwide context on Army family housing constructed between 1949 and 1962. As part of that project, she developed design guidelines for Army neighborhoods built during the 1950s and early 1960s and produced a 20-minute, broadcast-quality video documentary. She has worked in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
Susan Barrett Smith, B.A. - Senior Historian
Ms. Susan Barrett Smith has 29 years of professional experience, and she has been part of the Goodwin team for 22 years. She holds a B.A. in History from Southeastern Louisiana University and has completed coursework for a Master’s degree in History from the same institution. Her particular areas of expertise include map study, historical background research, land title research, and investigation of public records. During her tenure with the Goodwin team, Ms. Smith has contributed archival, title chain, and historical research to over 200 reports, including architectural surveys, land-use histories, remote sensing surveys, and cultural resources surveys for such projects as natural gas pipelines, wind farms, levees, borrow pits and revetments, and highways. Ms. Smith has researched and co-authored reports for projects in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Martha R. Williams, M.A., M.Ed. - Senior Historian
Ms. Martha Williams has over 40 years of professional experience, including 22 with the Goodwin team. She holds a B.A. from Lebanon Valley College, a Master of Education with emphasis in the Social Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in History with emphasis in Applied History from George Mason University. Ms. Williams has prepared archeological predictive models and disturbance studies; conducted Phase I and II archeological surveys and evaluations; participated in and co-authored Phase III archeological data recovery projects; and prepared many cultural resources planning documents for federal agencies and local governments. She has been recognized for her contributions by the Society for Historic Archaeology and has been named Professional Archaeologist of the Year both by the Archaeological Society of Virginia and the City of Alexandria. She has worked in virtually all of the Eastern and Southeastern states.
Kelly Sellers Wittie, M.A. - Project Manager, History
Ms. Kelly Sellers Wittie has over five years of professional experience with the Goodwin team. She holds degrees in history from Millsaps College (B.A.) and in Public History from Southeastern Louisiana University (M.A.). Ms. Wittie managed the geographic information system (GIS)-based survey of the Central City National Register Historic District on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), resurveying over 2,500 properties. For the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, FEMA, and the City of New Orleans for site selection of medical centers, Ms. Wittie helped develop the Programmatic Environmental Assessment, assisted in drafting the Programmatic Agreement, and arranged five consultation meetings between federal agencies and 25 consulting parties. Ms. Wittie has experience working in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Wisconsin.