Caroline Alderson

About Caroline Alderson

Devises strategic and technical solutions to promote the viability, reuse, and integrity…

Experience

1. Program Manager for Preservation Policy and Reporting

   GSA

   Jan 1998 — Present

   1998-present U.S. General Services Administration, Center for Historic Buildings, Public Buildings Service.Senior strategic adviser and principal voice of the agency on preservation policy and process, serving as principal author on directives, guidance, and comprehensive reporting concerned with historic buildings controlled or affected by GSA activity. Initiated and achieved programmatic improvements supporting the use and care of 410 historic buildings providing 53 million square feet of federal office space nationwide, with an annual repair and alterations budget of $250 million. 19••••98 U.S. General Services Administration, National Capital Region, Assistant Regional Historic Preservation OfficerTechnical field support for project and facilities management teams to keep 70 monumental federal historic properties, safe, functional and architecturally intact. Launched technical guide series “GSA Preservation Notebook” to institutionalize preservation design solutions. Established groundbreaking competency standards for preservation construction contractors, using preservation trade-specific, qualitative criteria for assessing past performance. 19••••87 U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Acid Rain Research Unit. Program Manager for cultural resources impact assessment. 1983-87 Independent Consulting - Selected Projects Lincoln Cottage, Old Soldiers Home, Washington, DC. Measured drawings.U.S. Treasury Building. Paint Analysis.Thomas-Seigler Carriage House. Paint Analysis, Historic Structure Report.Takoma Park Historic District Expansion. Designed and oversaw survey and research doubling National Register Historic District.1982 Sailors Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Statin Island, NY. Restoration crew.Films “A Call to Service: Clara Barton’s Office of Missing Soldiers, Washington, DC,” GSA, 2008.(20 min.)“Hidden Stories,” GSA, 2010. Achieving public benefit from archeological discoveries.(5 min.)

Education

• Columbia University

  MS Historic Preservation, Conservation Science

  1983