Meet the Team!

Ms. Moss has considerable experience in many preservation-related fields including architectural history, archaeology, and historic research. Prior to joining the architectural history staff at Dovetail, Ms. Moss served as the archaeology lab assistant, expanding her vast knowledge in both above- and below-ground resources. Her current responsibilities include managerial and technical tasks associated with all phases of historic cultural resource investigations across the Mid Atlantic as well as contributing to marketing tasks and proposal development for a variety of project types. In conjunction with her technical and business development tasks, she also serves as our Architectural History Program Coordinator in which she is responsible for training and guidance to other staff in the program. She is currently a member of the City of Fredericksburg’s Architectural Review Board and volunteers for local preservation organizations.

Ms. Mathias’ experience in historic preservation, architectural history, and archival research includes academic and professional experience working with community members in the Mid Atlantic. She received her BA in history with a concentration in public history from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), as well as an MA in historical studies on the public history track from UMBC. Her skills have been utilized by local partners in the Baltimore and Rockville area of Maryland to write architectural surveys, create exhibit designs, consult GIS data to work with 3-D capturing technology, and generate historic contexts and reports to be used in larger projects. She capitalizes on these skills at Dovetail to contribute to survey projects and historic research.

Mr. White has experience in historical/archival research, architectural history, museum studies, and public history. He has researched buildings, districts, objects, structures, and sites in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. He received his MA in public history from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and received an MA in historic preservation from the University of Maryland. Before his employment at Dovetail, he worked in historic house museums in Virginia and North Carolina, and he has worked on preservation and interpretation projects in Maryland and Virginia.

Mr. Boutin received his PhD in history at the University of Kentucky in December 2023 and completed his MA and BS in history at Northeastern University. His PhD area of focus was American war and society to 1877, particularly the Civil War era; his dissertation examined the struggles of soldiers against the weather in all parts of their military service during the Civil War. Besides his academic studies, he has numerous years of professional experience in the field of public history, including working as a park ranger for the National Park Service at Camp Nelson National Monument. He has authored numerous articles and book reviews that have been published in various scholarly journals.

Mr. Martin has two decades of experience in the field of archaeology in both CRM and research excavations. He has had the opportunity to work on and lead numerous precontact, historic, and cemetery excavations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and New Hampshire. As archaeological program coordinator Mr. Martin oversees Dovetail’s scheduling, field staffing, and mentors the archaeological staff. Mr. Martin has also been published in the Journal of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey, authored numerous Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference papers, and is a coauthor on a volume on the Ness of Brodgar excavations in Orkney, Scotland.

Ms. Barger has over four years of experience as a professional archaeologist in both the CRM and public archaeology sectors. She received a BA in historic preservation from the University of Mary Washington in 2017 and a Postgraduate Diploma in architectural conservation from the University of Edinburgh in 2020. She has conducted a variety of Phase I, II, and III archaeological surveys across Virginia, with her primary focus being historic sites of the eighteenth through nineteenth centuries.

Colleen Betti has over a decade of experience in the fields of archaeology and historic research in the mid-Atlantic region, particularly on seventeenth through twentieth century historic sites. She has had the opportunity to work on projects in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. Her work has been published in the Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritag,e and she has presented numerous papers at the Society for Historical Archaeology conference, the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, Southeastern Archaeological Conference, and the Archeological Society of Virginia conference. Ms. Betti currently serves on the board of the Woodville Rosenwald School Foundation.

Mr. Donohue has nearly a decade of diverse experience in archaeology, including Phase I, II, and III fieldwork in the eastern United States. He has conducted and operated as the project manager for a variety of Phase I projects—including coordination experience with other CRM firms and federal, tribal, state, and local agencies—in over 30 states, including Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia involving both precontact- and historic-period resources. Mr. Donohue also has extensive experience with researching, writing, and editing CRM reports in both telecommunication and transportation industries.

Mr. Liebeknecht’s abundant experience includes writing and implementing CRM research designs. He has worked on CRM projects in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and has directed numerous archaeological surveys and excavations on precontact and historic sites, with a focus on the material culture of the Mid Atlantic. At Dovetail, Mr. Liebeknecht also assists in marketing and business development in addition to his primary role as an archaeologist, conducting excavations and authoring reports for all phases of excavations. He has authored numerous articles in the Archaeological Society of New Jersey Bulletin, Occasional Publications in Northeastern Anthropology, the Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Delaware, Pennsylvania Archaeologist, the Trenton Potteries, Newsletter of the Potteries of Trenton Society, the Victorian Ceramics Group Newsletter, and Ceramics in America. He also authored chapters in regional books on historic archaeology.

Mr. McCloskey has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of archaeology, particularly in the CRM field. He has had the opportunity to work on and lead Phase I, II, and III archaeological projects in a wide range of geographic and archaeological settings at archaeological sites in Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Notably, he has led field efforts and report writing on surveys for several multi-county transportation infrastructure projects, in addition to directing and participating in large Phase II investigations on Department of Defense facilities.

Jessica Miller has extensive experience in the CRM and public archaeology fields. Her Phase I, II, and III fieldwork has primarily been in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia. She has worked on precontact sites and a variety of historic sites including battlefields and cemeteries. Ms. Miller also has experience in the archaeological lab including artifact identification/research, cataloging, and preparing artifacts for shipment to the respective state repositories per their guidelines. She also has experience in GIS as it pertains to ground penetrating radar.

Mr. Ramirez-Cotto has over 11 years of professional experience in the field of archaeology, particularly in the CRM realm. He has had the opportunity to work on and lead Phase I, II, and III archaeological projects in a wide range of geographic and archaeological settings on archaeological sites in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri, and California. Notably, he has led field efforts and contributed to reports on multi-site Phase II surveys for Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, two 10,000 acre+ Phase IB surveys for the United States Forest Service, and a precontact data recovery for the National Park Service.

As Dovetail’s financial assistant, Ms. Rubsam is the key personnel for the preparation of invoices and performing many other financial tasks. She has worked with billing for Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Delaware, among others, as well as a variety of individual clients. Ms. Rubsam has experience in office management and in the field as a project coordinator. Additional duties include HR, account reconciliation, State and Federal certifications and registration, and management of day-to-day operations.

Ms. Madigan has over 25 years of administrative experience, supporting executives and businesses across a wide range of industries. As Dovetail’s Administrative Assistant, Ms. Madigan provides direct administrative support to upper management, assists in the daily operation of the Fredericksburg office, provides ancillary support to the staff in the Delaware office, and plays a key role in the production and delivery of final project reports to clients. Ms. Madigan also provides logistical support to Dovetail’s field crew in both offices, including overseeing fleet vehicle maintenance and booking hotel reservations.

Ms. Murrell has extensive professional experience in accounting and management.  As the Business Administration Specialist for Dovetail, she provides direct support to upper management to facilitate the day-to-day administrative oversight of the company, primarily in areas related to company finances and the accounting and project management database. Responsibilities also extend to benefits administration, coordination with other administrative and technical staff, and data gathering and interpretation to support company decision making and long-term strategy development.