Cece Saunders
President and Principal Investigator
B.A., Anthropology, Rollins College
M.A., Anthropology, University of Connecticut
Co-founder of HPI, 1982
Ms. Saunders meets the professional qualifications of the National Park Service’s 36CFR 61 and is certified by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). Working in urban, rural, and waterfront sites, Ms. Saunders has directed a full range of projects that encompass archival research, archaeological evaluations and field investigations, architectural surveys and evaluations, structural assessments, visual impact analysis and master plan development. The development of cost effective and engaging methods to “celebrate” history and the archaeological process had been a recent major focus, particularly since state and federal review agencies require an educational component in mitigation agreements.
In addition to her full commitment to HPI’s clients, Ms. Saunders serves as a governor appointed member of the State Historic Preservation Review Board and is the Connecticut Editor for the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology Newsletter.
Projects of interest include
- Metro-North Fulton Avenue Historic Truss Bridge Replacement, Photo Documentation, Mt. Vernon, Westchester Co., NY
- Stanley Loop Trail Improvements, Stanley Quarter Park, New Britain, CT
- Farmington Canal Greenway Improvements, Farmington, CT
- Berkemeier Auditorium (1910) Photo Documentation, Level II, Wartburg Adult Care Community, Mt. Vernon, Westchester Co., NY
- West Harlem Rezoning: West 142nd Street Row Houses/Alternatives Analysis and Architectural Assessment, Manhattan, NY
- Orange-Rockland Utilities Transmission Line 702, Rockland County, NY
- Medline Industries Warehouse Sites, Phase I-III Archaeological Surveys and Historic Building Analysis, Montgomery, Orange County, NY
- Burger King Development Site, Norwich, CT
- National Coast Guard Museum Development Site, Analysis of Proposed Impact on National Register Historic District, New London, CT
- 437 West 13th Street, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Manhattan, NY
- TBTA, Storm Sandy Repairs: Visual and Contextual Impact Analysis on Historic Ventilation Building- Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and Governors Island Historic District, NY Harbor
- The Troop C Armory / Bedford-Union Armory, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation, Brooklyn, NY