Betsy Kearns

B.A., Duke University

M.A., English, University of North Carolina

M.A., Anthropology, Columbia University

Co-founder of HPI, 1982, and Principal Investigator

While directing scores of cultural resource management project, Ms. Kearns has worked closely with engineers, architectural historians, planners, lawyers, geo-technicians, historians, cartographers, developers, and other professionals. As well as preparing reports for clients in the private sector, Ms. Kearns has directed investigations on projects sponsored by various federal, state, and municipal agencies.

Ms. Kearns meets the professional qualifications of the National Park Service’s 36CFR 61 and is certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). In addition to her commitment to HPI’s clients, Ms. Kearns serves on the Council of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Projects of interest include:

• Adaptive Reuse Feasibility Study, Scovill Brass Works, Waterbury, CT;

• Sixth Avenue Corridor Rezoning, Manhattan, NY;

• Fulton Landing Development: Archaeological Testing and Fulton Empire Stores State Park: Archaeological Monitoring, Brooklyn, NY;

• American Museum of Natural History Planetarium Expansion, Archaeological Sensitivity Assessment, Manhattan, NY;

• The Museum of Modern Art Expansion, Archaeological Sensitivity Assessment, Manhattan, NY; and,

• Master Plan Development for the New York City Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.