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Emily Eig is the founder and president of EHT Traceries, Inc., a women-owned company incorporated in Maryland and headquartered in Washington, D.C. As the head of EHT Traceries, she combines management of a fifteen-person firm with her work as an architectural historian and preservation consultant. Her technical knowledge is focused on late 19th– and 20th-century buildings and the integration of new buildings into historic settings, including historic sites, campuses, and districts. It includes a thorough understanding of current historic preservation issues. Her work with federal, state, and local architecture is well known; she has worked in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, and Hawaii. Further, through her role as the head of EHT Traceries since 1989, she has participated in numerous exceptional preservation-related projects around the country.
Kirk Huffaker Preservation Strategies' principal Kirk Huffaker believes preserving historic places preserves the soul of communities. He has led or made significant contributions to many "saves" and rehabilitation projects and holds board directorships at The National Preservation Partners Network and the Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation.
Kate Cowing holds a BArch from Drexel University and earned her MS in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design with a concentration in architectural conservation.
Kate Cowing, Principal is both a registered architect and a trained architectural conservator, a combination that forms an exceptional depth of knowledge and skill for working with existing buildings and in the field of historic preservation.
Kate is an adjunct historic preservation professor at Thomas Jefferson University and Temple University. She has presented papers at Association for Preservation Technology (APT) and Construction History Society of America (CHSA). Kate is a member of the American Institute of Architects, APT, CHSA, Partners for Sacred Places, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia and the Community Design Collaborative.