Our professional staff includes specialists in the history, architectural history, ethnography, prehistory, GIS, archaeology, and paleontology of California, the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, American Southwest, and Rocky Mountains.

Æ employs individuals proficient in a wide range of related disciplines and uses specialized consultants as necessary. This successful combination of in-house expertise and outside specialists allows Æ to customize services to each client’s scope of work and requirements.

Some of the Æ team at 2026 ACRA Conference in San Diego

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Jennifer Barbee, M.B.A. | President / CFO

Erin Enright Parsick, M.A., RPA 16575 | Vice President / Managing Principal

Anna Hoover, M.S., RPA 28576661 | Managing Principal / Principal Archaeologist

Chantal Cagle, M.A., RPA 5317 | Managing Principal / Principal Archaeologist

M. Colleen Hamilton, M.A., RPA 10535  | Managing Principal / Principal Archaeologist

principals

Mary Baloian, Ph.D., RPA 15189 | Principal Archaeologist

Joan George, B.S., RA 28093 | Principal Archaeologist

Richard Meissner | Director of Finance & Administration

Sarah Rieboldt, Ph.D. | Principal Paleontologist / Paleo Program Manager

Simone Schinsing, M.A., RPA 28577763 | Principal Archaeologist / Lab Director

Michelle Wienhold, Ph.D., RPA 33421061, GISP 161362| Principal Archaeologist / GIS Program Director

EXTERNAL BOARD MEMBERS

Laurie Roden | Board Member

Christopher Dore, Ph.D., M.B.A., RPA 10331 | Board Member

Ann Munns, M.A., RPA 15484 | Board Member, Principal Archaeologist Emerita

Barry A. Price, M.A., RPA 15108 | Principal Archaeologist Emeritus

Diane L. Douglas, Ph.D., RPA 12554 | Principal Scientist Emerita

Joyce L. Gerber, M.A., RPA 10836 | Principal Archaeologist Emerita

Clayton G. Lebow, M.A., RPA 10585 | Principal Archaeologist Emeritus

Amy Ollendorf, Ph.D., RPA 12588 | Principal Archaeologist & Principal Paleontologist Emerita

Æ Archaeologist, Justin Tidd, displays his Historic-Era Mining Poster at the 2026 SAA Annual Conference in San Francisco.

HONORING APPLIED EARTHWORKS STAFF

  • Æ Team including Aimee Montenegro, Chris Shi, Michelle Villalba, Sam Gordenstein, ans Sophia Lynch - Recipient of the 2026 Nature Conservency Award for Excellence in Resource Management for the Nowtie Wetlands Project

  • Jennifer Barbee - Recipient of the 2025 ACRA Chairmanship Award for the Academic Collaboration Committee

  • Pat Moloney - Recipient of the 2022 Golden Shovel Award, Society for California Archaeology (SCA)

  • Neil Rhodes - Recipient of the 2021 Golden Shovel Award, Society for California Archaeology (SCA)

  • Clay Lebow - Recipient of the 2021 Thomas F. King Award for Excellence in Cultural Resources Management

  • Marc Linder - Recipient of the 2018 Golden Shovel Award, Society for California Archaeology (SCA)