History and preservation has always been important to Kris. She and her husband lived in a Craftsman farmhouse and Kris was Director of a local historic museum in Springfield, Oregon. Her work experience includes serving as Workforce Manager for Tracktown USA, managing volunteers for the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Trials and the 2009, 2010, and 2011 National Championships. She also worked as Volunteer and Family Services Manager at Habitat for Humanity Eugene/Springfield. HistoriCorps has become a passion for Kris and her husband since they began volunteering in 2017. Over the years they have worked on many HistoriCorps projects. Kris lives in Bend, Oregon where she loves to spend time with her family. She is a Master Knitter and teaches, test knits and designs knitting.

Ann is a seasoned preservation professional with a love of the back country and passion for making, Ann is a specialist in renovation and adaptive use. A licensed architect and office director for the Michigan offices of Quinn Evans, Ann brings extensive knowledge and a seasoned perspective to both project work and organizational leadership. She has been fortunate to work on many historic sites for the National Park Service from small CCC cabins in Arkansas to the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. When not in the office or on a project site, Ann can be found hiking with her girl scout troop, camping with her family, or at her sewing machine quilting. Ann has a BA in Economics and Art History from Georgetown University and an M.ARCH and Certificate in Historic Preservation from Texas A&M. She is a member of Association of Preservation Technology International, Michigan Historic Preservation Network, Girl Scouts of America, and Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. She joined the HistoriCorps Board of Directors in 2020.

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Brook always had an interest in building and structure.  On the journey to Eagle Scout, he camped at CCC sites all over the midwest, and early on developed a passion for volunteering and the outdoors.  Since moving to Portland Oregon in 2013 a purchasing a 100+ year old home, building preservation quickly went from necessity to a passion.  Brook found HistoriCorps during the pandemic and first joined a crew at Clear Lake in 2021.  Since then he has joined builds in the PNW, but his favorite project has been working Bano de Oro in Puerto Rico in 2024.  Brook is excited to share his background in volunteer leadership, sales, and technology services to help further the Historicorps’ mission to save the very places where he grew up enjoying the outdoors.

Bryan is a licensed architect and leader of the architecture studio at GFT in Baltimore, Maryland. He has contributed significantly to numerous historic preservation projects including work at the U.S. Capitol, the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution, multiple National Park Service sites across the US, and several state and local sites significant to the history of the mid-Atlantic region and beyond. The scale of his projects has ranged from restoration of one-room cabins at Fort Jesup, Louisiana and Valles Caldera, New Mexico to rehabilitations of buildings larger than 200,000 SF. He served as past president of the Washington, DC chapter of the Association for Preservation Technology International with one of his major initiatives being to help expand the outreach of the chapter beyond the DC beltway. Bryan received a BA in historic preservation from Goucher College and a M.Arch from the University of Florida. In his spare time he can be found sailing the Chesapeake Bay or stopping to take in historical sites and museums encountered in his travels.

Bruce Kiracofe, Board Member, is a science and technology analyst that recently retired from the Federal government after 21 years of service. During that time, he worked in several components of the US Intelligence Community, serving as an Executive Officer, a Liaison to the national mapping agency of Afghanistan, and an intelligence analyst where he composed written summaries for senior executives on topics ranging from international space to central bank digital currencies. He started his career in the defense and space software industry, moving from programming to program management and division management. Later, he started a consulting firm and advised clients on the use of space-based commercial imagery and supported the Federal Highway Administration, State highway administrations, and metropolitan councils of government. In college, he participated in  four summer seasons of field archeology and served as member of the James Madison Archeology office of the Commonwealth of Virginia Historic Preservation Office.

Joan participated in HistoriCorps’ 2018 project at the Hornbek Homestead cabin at the Flourissant Fossil Beds National Monument, and has been a member of HistoriClub since its inception. Joan is interested in both preserving architecture and the natural environment. She’s an architecture enthusiast, not only researching and leading tours for Historic Denver, but also having led tours for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. She’s an avid hiker and camper, having participated in several service trips, rebuilding and maintaining trails on national lands. She worked in a variety of executive positions at Chicago banks; and also as a translator in Japan; and currently, she owns a boutique literary agency, specializing in management books. She holds an M.B.A., as well as a B.A. and M.A. in East Asian studies. In Denver, Joan also is on the Board of Urban Peak. From 2009-2013, she served on the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (“the doomsday clock”).

Cory is a registered professional engineer with a background and education in architecture, construction engineering, planning, and preservation. Cory and his wife found out about HistoriCorps in 2023 and volunteered on five projects from Virginia to northern Minnesota before he joined the board of directors in 2024. The opportunity to serve on the board, do restoration, preservation, and travel fit well with retirement plans and newly available time. Going to new places, meeting new people, and perfecting construction skills makes it a fun, meaningful, and worthy effort

Bill Albee joined the HistoriCorps Board of Directors after volunteering on 14 HistoriCorps projects since 2017, with another scheduled for 2025. His passion for preservation began with Habitat for Humanity in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he served as board member, vice president, president, and site supervisor. He has also participated in international builds in Nepal, Tajikistan, Bolivia, and Puerto Rico. Bill’s professional career includes leadership roles with the Federal Aviation Administration, where he was Manager of the Policy and Regulatory Division and the agency’s first Aviation Noise Ombudsman, and with Wyle Aviation Services Group as Director of Special Projects. Earlier, he led nationwide programs for the General Services Administration’s Federal Supply Service. An entrepreneur, Bill and his wife owned and operated the historic Alaska Heritage House Bed & Breakfast, restoring multiple historic and multi-family properties. A decorated U.S. Navy veteran and combat aircrewman, he holds degrees from Old Dominion University and Stanford University.

Gillian Bidgood is a shareholder and vice-chair of the Polsinelli’s Employment Advice and Investigations practice. She has served on HistoriCorps’ Board of Directors since 2018.

Ever since he can remember Jason has been surrounded by old houses. Jason joined HistoriCorps in 2018 after more than twenty years at Colonial Williamsburg, the world’s largest living history museum. Serving as the Master of Masonry Trades, Jason presented and demonstrated the traditions of pre-1800 brick and plasterwork of the Chesapeake region in Virginia and Maryland. Before taking the helm as Executive Director, Jason served as HistoriCorps’ Director of Operations. He shares, “whether it was growing up surrounded by history in Williamsburg, exploring Civil War battlefields throughout the South, or just investigating old houses, somehow I knew that historic preservation would be my calling.” Today, Jason and his family call their small farm in New Kent County, Virginia home.

Ariel Clark is a working Class-A historic preservation contractor out of southwest Virginia. Her love for the problem-solving and artistry of historic preservation is a natural byproduct of being both a third-generation specialty tradesperson and a Bicentennial baby who has living history ties to Colonial Williamsburg and the First Virginia Regiment. She began doing preservation work with her father a decade ago and has since assumed ownership and leadership of her family’s company, Southwest Restoration. Ariel has completed structural, window, and masonry projects around the region for institutional clients like Virginia’s Military Institute, the Science Museum of Virginia, and Roanoke College, as well as restored and preserved the assets of multiple historic, public sites with HistoriCorps in North Carolina, Georgia, and California. As Job Corps Program Manager, Ariel passionately evangelizes the learning of traditional building trades in service to the important and ever-increasing task of preserving our nation’s architectural history.

Michael shares a passion for our natural, cultural, and built history and is always looking for projects that exist at that cross-section. He received his B.S. in Environmental Studies and later continued his education by completing a M.A. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology with a focus on environmental conservation projects and social geography. After a stint managing an environmental field station in Costa Rica, he joined Galveston Historical Foundation where he developed cultural preservation programs and managed the rehabilitation of historic residential and commercial buildings. Michael continues this work in project management with HistoriCorps where he shares his passion for working on critical cultural resources within a framework of our natural environment. When not in the office, you can usually find Michael out on a run, on a hike, or at a nearby brewery playing a few rounds of Gin Rummy.

Mardita Murphy is an architectural designer and preservationist based in Denver, CO. She received her M.F.A. in Interior Architecture, specializing in Historic Preservation, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With ten years of professional preservation experience working in State/local governments and private/non-profit sectors, she has been involved with preservation efforts across several states, such as adaptive reuse, existing building redesign, historic designations, rehabilitation tax credit projects, and architectural surveys. Mardita is the owner and principal of Rooted Preservation + Design, L.L.C., a design and consulting firm specializing in rehabilitating historic structures. She is continuing her work as a Principal Investigator for HistoriCorps’ Architectural History Program surveys, bringing an extensive understanding of architecture and using the information gathered on surveys to build reports for our US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management partners. Mardita is now broadening her skillset by developing her project management experience with HistoriCorps in the Four Corners region. Working with HistoriCorps was an easy decision for Mardita because it is a mission-focused organization that attracts people who love the outdoors and are committed to preserving historic resources on public lands.

Kyle is no stranger to the outdoor experience. Before graduating from CU Boulder in 2015 with BAs in Journalism and Cultural Anthropology, he completed his AmeriCorps Professional Developmental Internship through American Conservation Experience building trails, mitigating fuels, and displacing invasive plants. While at CU he worked as a seasonal Crew Leader over the summers for HistoriCorps, ultimately pursuing a path in digital media after completing an internship with Climbing Magazine. In 2016 he started his own independent content marketing business, providing brands with digital assets for ad campaigns and promotions. With strong skills in video production, photography, and copywriting, he’s excited to grow the HistoriCorps brand and enhance the volunteer experience that is crucial  to preserving our treasured historical landmarks. In his spare time you’ll find him living on the sharp end through climbing or performing his music at the local venues surrounding his home in Boulder, CO.