Peter Bowers, M.A., R.P.A., NLUR President and Principal Archaeologist Mr. Bowers has over thirty-five years of Alaskan archaeological experience and has conducted research as principal investigator or primary researcher throughout Alaska. Mr. Bowers has expertise covering all aspects of cultural resource management, planning, regulation, and project administration. Mr. Bowers has authored numerous reports and peer-reviewed publications on Alaskan archaeology, history, and geology. He served for many years on the Governor's Historical Commission, and is a member of numerous professional societies and associations. He has extensive knowledge working with federal agencies, state agencies, native organizations, and on multi-disciplinary teams. His specialized skills and research include prehistoric archaeology, historical studies, geoarchaeology, and the archaeology of Interior, Coastal, and Arctic Alaska.
	Burr Neely, M.A., R.P.A., NLUR Operations Manager Mr. Neely has eleven years archaeological experience with six years Alaskan experience in historic research and archaeology. He currently serves as NLUR operations manager and is tasked with all aspects of project management and logistics including client and agency consultation, contract negotiations, project planning, internal organization and business development, quality control, and personnel. Mr. Neely has authored numerous archaeological technical reports and continues to serve as field archaeologist and architectural historian for certain projects where architectural descriptions, evaluation, and mitigation (i.e., HABS/HAER) products are required. Mr. Neely's research has focused on numerous aspects of Alaska's history, in particular historic mining and transportation.
	Joshua D. Reuther, M.A., R.P.A., NLUR Senior Project Archaeologist/Lab Manager Mr. Reuther has thirteen years of Alaskan archaeological experience in academic, museum and cultural resource management arenas. He has worked on over 30 projects throughout the state for NLUR as a project archaeologist and serves as field director for both small- and large-scale surveys and excavations. His areas of specialization are geoarchaeology, archaeometry, lithic analysis, field survey and excavation, GIS ArcView, and the prehistory of Interior, Southwest, and Northern Alaska.
	Justin Hays, M.A., R.P.A., NLUR Project Archaeologist Mr. Hays has thirteen years archaeological experience with eleven years of Alaskan experience in prehistoric and historic archaeological research. He has assisted with or conducted over fifteen excavations and has served as crew leader for over fifty projects. He currently serves as an NLUR project archaeologist and has worked extensively throughout Alaska for academic institutions, municipal, state, and federal agencies and museums. Mr. Hays specializes in zooarchaeology, faunal analyses, GIS, ecology, excavation, field survey and the history and prehistory of Arctic, Interior, Southeast, Southcentral, and Southwest Alaska.
	Molly Proue, M.A., R.P.A., NLUR Project Archaeologist / GIS Coordinator Ms. Proue has eight years of archaeological experience, including five years in Alaska. She has worked in academic, museum, and cultural resource management settings. She has worked on projects as a project manager, GIS coordinator, and lead field archaeologist for NLUR. Her areas of specialization include GIS, ceramic analysis, ethnohistory, field survey, excavation, technical writing/editing, colonialism and contact studies, and the history and prehistory of Arctic, Interior, and Southwest Alaska.
	Sarah McGowan, M.A., NLUR Staff Archaeologist Ms. McGowan has 16 years of Alaskan experience in historical research, archaeology and technical writing/editing. Areas of interest include ethnohistory, Russian America, historic mining, history of Interior Alaska, military history in Alaska, prehistoric and historic archaeology, field survey and zooarchaeology.
	Deb Lorenz, NLUR General Manager Ms. Lorenz serves as NLUR's Office Manager and has over twenty-five years experience in handling all aspects of in business management, administration and oversight, corporate marketing, public relations, logistics coordination, personnel and finance management.
	Nanae Ito, NLUR Administrative Assistant Ms. Ito serves as NLUR's Administrative Assistant. She has experience in operational support, business management, administration, logistics coordination, event planning and coordination, purchasing and travel.

	Richard Stern, Ph.D., NLUR Senior Project Archaeologist Dr. Stern has over thirty years of archaeological experience in Alaska. He has experience in Alaska prehistoric and historic archaeology, history, and subsistence research. Library, archival, and field research experience. He has worked on projects both as a project manager and lead field archaeologist. He also does project design, budget, logistics, and program management. He specializes in Alaska cultural resources literature, field survey and documentation, Northern Alaska, history, cultural ecology of reindeer herding.
	Andy Higgs, M.A., R.P.A, NLUR Senior Project Archaeologist Mr. Higgs has twenty years of archaeological experience, including sixteen years in Alaska. He has experience in cultural resource management, field survey and archaeological excavation, as well as archival research. He has worked on projects both as a project manager and lead field archaeologist for NLUR. He specializes in Alaska archaeology, historical archaeology, industrial archaeology and landscapes, material culture studies, ethnohistory, lithic refit intra-site spatial analysis and site formation processes.
	Brian Davis, M.A., NLUR Staff Archaeologist / GIS Mr. Davis has eight years of archaeology experience and ten years subsistence and socioeconomic research, all in Alaska. Areas include Southeast, Kodiak, Aleutians, Bristol Bay, Bering Straits, Interior, and Arctic. Areas of interest include zooarchaeology, wet site archaeology, and Russian America, with a focus on research design, sampling, GIS mapping (4 years), survey administration, data analysis, report writing. His past experience also includes 2 years in rural community development, including tr ibal program administration, project planning, grant management, and environmental permitting.
	Valerie Gomez, M.S., Architectural Historian Ms. Gomez has experience working on historic property evaluations, determinations of eligibility, historic contexts, standing structure survey work, large format and digital photography, HABS/HAER documentation, architectural conservation and archival research. She recently joined the NLUR team after working on the Highway-To-Highway (H2H) project in Anchorage, and brings with her prior experience from the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office and the Federal Office of Emergency Management. Valerie’s degree in Historic Preservation and experience establish her qualifications meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.

Associate Cultural Resource Specialists

Carol Gelvin-Reymiller, M.A., R.P.A.
Ms. Gelvin-Reymiller has 20 years of experience in Alaskan archaeological field survey, excavation, and research related to Interior Alaska and the Bering Strait. Her specialties are zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, and taphonomy with research interests in prehistoric organic material technologies, faunal analyses, and land use in boreal and arctic ecozones.

Ben A. Potter, Ph.D, R.P.A.
Dr. Potter has fifteen years of experience in Alaskan archaeology, field survey and excavation, multivariate statistical analysis, intersite and intra-site variability, lithic, spatial, and faunal analyses, modeling, archival research, subarctic and Arctic archaeology.

S. Craig Gerlach, Ph.D., R.P.A.
Dr. Gerlach has over thirty years of experience in Alaskan archaeology experience, project administration, cultural resource management, field survey and archival research, historical archaeology, subsistence and land use studies, zooarchaeology/faunal analysis, museology, Interior and Arctic archaeology.

Owen K. Mason, Ph.D., Associate Geoarchaeologist
Dr. Mason has over thirty years of experience in Alaskan archaeology and geology, Coastal geomorphology, geoarchaeology, climate change, flood and alluvial history, coastal, Arctic and Interior geoarchaeology.

Dale C. Slaughter, M.A.
Mr. Slaughter has almost forty years of archaeological experience dating from the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in the early 1970s. With the exception of a single field season in the Canadian Northwest Territories and two seasons in the northern Midwest, all of his fieldwork has been conducted in Alaska. His experience ranges from the direction of large-scale research projects to conducting solo archaeological surveys and construction monitoring. He has worked in all geographic regions of Alaska, and is particularly adept at working within rural Native Alaskan villages. Mr. Slaughter’s primary area of research interest is Eskimo prehistory.

Howard L. Smith, M.A.
Mr. Smith has been a professional archaeologist for over 35 years, with 33 years of Alaskan experience in cultural resource management. His experience includes designing and conducting numerous survey projects in remote locations in interior and northwest Alaska, GIS, and historical and archival research.

Matthew Reckard, M.S., P.E., Senior Associate Architectural Historian
Mr. Reckard has extensive experience as an engineer specializing in historic preservation, structural rehabilitation, and construction on permafrost.  He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Alaska and Indiana, and certified as an Architectural Historian by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. His professional experience relating to architectural history includes: structural inspection and forensic analysis, engineering design, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimating, preservation planning, Section 106 & 4(f) reviews, federal rehab tax credits, HABS/HAER photo documentation, project coordination with clients, public agencies, interest groups, and the press, construction management, inspection, and preservation standards compliance review, historical and scientific research and research management.