[OR_Archaeology] NPS appoints Stephanie Smith Toothman from WA as new Associate Director for Cultural Resources

[Susan White]

National Park Service               News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 7, 2010
Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843
         Elise Cleva (202) 208-6843

        Toothman to Lead Historic Preservation & Cultural Programs
         Accomplished National Park Service Veteran Named to Post

WASHINGTON, DC – National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan
Jarvis
has named Stephanie Smith Toothman, Ph.D., as the Service’s new
Associate Director for Cultural Resources. Toothman will be
responsible
for history, historic preservation, and cultural programs in 392
national parks and a host of community programs that make-up the NPS
role in a national preservation partnership among federal, Tribal,
state
and local governments and nonprofits.  She will begin her job in mid
July.

“We are fortunate to have someone with Dr. Toothman’s proven
expertise join our team,” said Jarvis.  “Her enviable knowledge of
cultural resources, strong leadership skills, and long history of
developing and maintaining successful partnerships make her the ideal
person for the job.  She will hit the ground running, setting high
standards for herself and these National Park Service programs so that
they best serve the American people.”

“I’ve seen how telling a story like the incarceration of
Japanese-Americans during World War II or preserving a 1930s movie
theater in Hoquiam, Washington, can bring together and energize a
community,” said Toothman.
“I am looking forward to working with colleagues in our parks and
partnership organizations and communities throughout the nation to
shape
and strengthen our cultural resource programs to meet the challenges
of
the 21st century and fulfill the National Park Service’s
responsibility to provide national leadership in historic
preservation.”

>From the Washington, DC, headquarters, Toothman will establish and
oversee policies that affect the management of historic and cultural
properties in all 392 national parks, including 27,000 historic
structures, nearly 70,000 archeological sites, the largest system of
museums in the world holding more than 100 million objects, artifacts
and archives, and the historical research required to share the
stories
preserved in national parks.

Outside of parks, Toothman’s responsibilities include support for
community-based efforts to preserve and share local history including
grants programs that award millions of dollars annually, a tax credit
program that incentives $5 billion a year in private investment, and
programs that document and recognize history like National Historic
Landmarks, National Register of Historic Places, and the Historic
American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record,
Historic American Landscapes Survey, and the Cultural Resources GIS
survey.  Toothman will also manage the national Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act and National Heritage Areas program,
and
an extensive national system of standards, guidance, and technical
assistance that is the foundation of historic preservation work across
the country.  In addition, Toothman will manage award-winning outreach
programs like Teaching with Historic Places, an online series of more
than 100 classroom-ready lesson plans, and the Discover Our Shared
Heritage online travel itineraries.

Toothman comes to her new position from the NPS Pacific West Region
where she is chief of cultural resource park and partnership programs.

During her 32-year career with the NPS, she has also served as a
preservation planner in Washington, DC, and as regional historian,
acting superintendent at Crater Lake National Park and the National
Mall
and Memorial Parks during the 2009 inauguration, and as acting
director
of the Interior Department’s Office of Youth.

As Chief of Cultural Resources in the Pacific West, she led an
interdisciplinary team of cultural resource specialists that supported
the region’s 58 parks and partnership programs providing technical
assistance for national historic landmarks and National Register
properties.  Toothman has participated in more than 30 park planning
efforts, most recently as a team leader for the Manhattan Project
Sites
(Hanford) Special Resource
Study and the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Memorial.   She led
efforts to designate national historic landmarks as diverse as Forty
Acres in Delano, California, established by Cesar Chavez and the
United
Farm Workers of America; the Kam Wah Chung in John Day, Oregon;  and
the
Tule
Lake Segregation Center in Newall, California.   She was recognized
this
year by the Washington State Historic Preservation Office with a
Lifetime Achievement Award for her role in promoting partnerships such
as the Maritime Heritage task force for Washington’s Puget Sound,
and
the Pacific Northwest Field School, a 15-year partnership of
Washington,
Idaho, and Oregon state parks and historic preservation offices
coordinated by the University of Oregon.

Prior to joining the NPS, Toothman worked as a curatorial assistant at
the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She graduated magna cum laude from
Smith
College and went on to receive her Master of Arts and Doctoral degrees
in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. 
Toothman
received the DOI Meritorious Service Award in 2008 and the Washington
State Historical Society’s “Robert Gray Medal” in 1999.

Learn more about the National Park Service’s history and culture
programs and opportunities for community assistance online.

(See attached file: Toothmanrelease.pdf)


Roger Roper
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
 
Assistant Director, Oregon Parks & Recreation Dept.
725 Summer Street NE, Suite C
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 986-0677
Fax: (503) 986-0793
 
Visit our website:
www.oregonheritage.org 

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