Professional Staff

Charlene K. Roise roise@hessroise.com

Holder of an advanced degree in Preservation Studies from Boston University, Ms. Roise has been principal investigator for statewide historic bridge surveys, complex HABS/HAER documentations, substantial National Register historic district nominations, extensive archival research assignments, and a variety of other projects. She has presented numerous papers at statewide, national, and international conferences on Section 106 regulations, historic bridges, airports, and other subjects. Prior to forming Hess Roise, she was a consultant for government agencies and private firms on the East Coast and in the Midwest. In addition to her historical training, Ms. Roise has experience in commercial real estate sales and small business administration.

Marjorie Pearson, Ph.D. pearson@hessroise.com

Awarded a doctorate from the City University of New York Graduate School in Architectural History, Dr. Pearson joined Hess Roise in 1999. She served as Director of Research for the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission for some twenty years, where she dealt with a wide variety of cultural resources ranging from colonial-era artifacts to twentieth-century engineering structures. Editor of the national Newsletter of the Society of Architectural Historians between 1989 and 1993, she regularly writes articles and reviews for various architectural and historical journals and has recently received a grant to prepare a history of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (1962-1999).

Elizabeth A. Gales gales@hessroise.com

Ms. Gales has a degree in history from Texas Lutheran University and a graduate degree in historic preservation from the University of Georgia. Her thesis examined alternative corridor management tools for rural Georgian communities. Before joining Hess Roise, she worked as a consultant in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where her projects included a historic structure report on an early twentieth-century Prairie style house and documentation of an Art Deco Spanish-language movie theatre.

Penny Petersen petersen@hessroise.com

Ms. Petersen received degrees in art history and humanities from the University of Minnesota at the Minneapolis campus. She has written numerous articles on local history for area newspapers and is the author of Hiding in Plain Sight: Minneapolis’ First Neighborhood. She worked as a historic site interpreter and site technician for the Minnesota Historical Society at Saint Anthony Falls.