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11 MURIEL BOWSER
22 MAYOR
33 March 28, 2024
44 The Honorable Phil Mendelson
55 Chairman
66 Council
77 of the District of Columbia
88 John
99 A. Wilson Building
1010 1350Pennsylvania
1111 Avenue,NW, Suite 504
1212 Washington, DC 20004
1313 Dear Chairman Mendelson:
1414 In accordance with section 2
1515 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
1616 142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to Mayor's Order 1983-119, dated May 6, 1983,
1717 and section 4
1818 of the Historic Landmark and Historic Protection Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979
1919 (D.C. Law 2-144; D.C. Official Code§ 6-1103), I am pleased
2020 to nominate the following individual:
2121 Ms. Gabrielle Miller
2222 4th Street, SW
2323 Washington, DC 20024
2424 (Ward
2525 6)
2626 for appointment as an archaeologist member of the Historic Preservation Review Board, filling a vacant
2727 seat formerly held by
2828 Dr. Alexandra Jones, for a term to end July 21, 2026.
2929 Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience
3030 of the above-mentioned
3131 nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
3232 I would appreciate the Council's earliest consideration
3333 of this nomination for confirmation. Please
3434 do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director,
3535 Mayor's Office of Talent and
3636 Appointments, should the Council require additional information. 1
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4444 9
4545 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
4646 ~
4747 Chairman Phil Mendelson
4848 at the request
4949 of the Mayor
5050 10 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
5151 11
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5454 14
5555 15 To confirm the appointment of Ms. Gabrielle Miller to the Historic Preservation Review Board.
5656 16
5757 17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
5858 18 resolution may be cited as the "Historic Preservation Review Board Gabrielle Miller
5959 19 Confirmation Resolution of 2024".
6060 20 Sec.
6161 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
6262 21
6363 22 Ms. Gabrielle Miller
6464 23 4th Street, SW
6565 24 Washington,
6666 DC 20024
6767 25 (Ward 6)
6868 26
6969 27 as an archaeologist member of the Historic Preservation Review Board, established by Mayor's
7070 28 Order 83-119, dated May 6, 1983, and pursuant to section 4 of the Historic Landmark and
7171 29 Historic District Protection Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-144; D.C. Official
7272 30 Code§ 6-1103), filling a vacant seat formerly held by Dr. Alexandra Jones, for a term to end
7373 31 July 21, 2026.
7474 32 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
7575 33 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
7676 34 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. G. Miller ~ Page 1 of 6
7777 GABRIELLE C. MILLER
7878 EDUCATION
7979 The Uni versity of Tulsa -Tulsa, OK 2018-Present
8080 Ph.D. -African Diaspora Archaeol ogy, Department of Anthropology
8181 DISS TOPIC: An ethno-archaeological study of the inter-generational legacies of resistance and freedom in the historic
8282 free Black neighborhood 'Free Gut' (St. Croix, USVI) spanni ng occupation and use from the 18
8383 th
8484 to 20
8585 th
8686 centuries using
8787 community based and decolonizing approaches. Approaches
8888 include community based archaeology, citizen science, and
8989 p
9090 artnerships with locally based he ritage and art non-profits/programs.
9191 The University of Arizona -Tucson, AZ 2014 -2016
9292 M.A. -Applied Archaeology, School of Anthropology
9393 THESIS: Assessing Collaboration: Archa eological Applications Ab road, a qualitative stu dy of collaborative
9494 archaeolo
9595 gy in which two international projects serve as case st udies in understanding how to develop
9696 cri
9797 teria for assessing co llaboration, and how technology can be utilized to operationalize such assessments.
9898 The University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ 2015 -2016
9999 Graduate Certificate Program -
100100 Heritage Conse rvation (College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Ar chitecture)
101101 Concentration: Holistic, interdisciplinary preservation practices within an integrated environment of natural and cultural
102102 resources including
103103 the disciplines of anthropology, archaeology, museum studie s, architecture, art histo ry, and planning.
104104 The Universi ty of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
105105 B.A. -Anthropol ogy
106106 Minor
107107 -Arabic
108108 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
109109 Program Specialist/ Archaeologist
110110 Center for the Study of Global Slavery/Slave Wrecks Proj ect
111111 Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
112112 • Conducts resear ch through the Smithsonian Scientific Diving Office
113113 2010-2013
114114 January 2022 -Present
115115 • Designs and produces programming, curricul
116116 um and training related to the history of global slavery, mari time
117117 archaeology, and decol onizing approaches to research and community work
118118 o Project High
119119 light: Slave Wrecks Project Academy: Senegal (Instructor and Coordi nator}
120120 • Develops exhibition
121121 content in collaboration with curators and designers
122122 • Manages global partner
123123 ships through the Slave Wrecks Pr oject initiative and the Global Curator,ial Project
124124 •
125125 Co-Pl and coordinator of collaborative partnership with Afr.icatown residents and descendants • of the Clotilda
126126 Doctoral Discipline
127127 Assistantship/Lab Manager
128128 Historical Archaeol ogy and Heritage Conservation Labor atory
129129 Universi ty of Tulsa -Department of Anthropology, Tul sa OK
130130 • Assisted in lecturing and grading for undergraduate anthropology courses
131131 August 2018 - May 2022 .
132132 o Topics: African Diaspora Archaeology, New Methods in Historical Archaeology, Global Anthropology, Introduction to
133133 Early Human History
134134 • Assists
135135 in processing and catalogi ng artifacts and field specimen
136136 • Assists in managing care
137137 of historical archaeology collections
138138 Date Revised: 4/16/2021 • Coordinates laboratory volunteer program
139139 • Manages laboratory artifact and supply inventory
140140 • Assists
141141 in facilitating laboratory research projects
142142 Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Analyst
143143 DAACS, Monticello Archaeology Program
144144 Monticello, Charlottesville,
145145 VA
146146 G. Miller~ Page 2 of 6
147147 August 2021-May 2022
148148 • Conducts topical research of Free Urban archaeological assemblage from the Free Gut community in Frederiksted, St. Croix
149149 • Analyzes, catalogues, and perform statistical analyses
150150 of artifacts associated with Free Gut excavations for the expansion of
151151 the database regarding sites of freedom in the Caribbean.
152152 • Assists
153153 in designing and hosting educational training videos targeting both specialized researchers and the broader public.
154154 Independent Contractor
155155 Archaeological Services
156156 November 2020 -February 2021
157157 Cox I McClain Environmental Consulting
158158 • Archaeological Monitoring
159159 • Archaeological Survey and Excavation
160160 • Artifact Processing and Laboratory Analysis
161161 Slave Wrecks Project: Youth Diving With A Purpose (VDWP)/NPS Intern
162162 YDWP/National Park Service
163163 Biscayne National Park, Homestead
164164 FL
165165 June 2021 -August 2021
166166 • Assisted in various tasks associated with documenting and assessing underwater archaeological resources within the
167167 boundary of the park.
168168 •
169169 Used remote sensing and survey equipment to investigate magnetic anomalies to determine possible association to African
170170 Diasporic shipwreck
171171 • Performed condition assessments
172172 of known sites within the park boundaries of Biscayne and Dry Tortugas
173173 • Instructed and coordinated a one-week intensive underwater archaeological training
174174 of YDWP participants
175175 Graduate Student Intern
176176 Digital Curation Department
177177 Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa
178178 OK
179179 June 2020 -August 2020
180180 • Assisted in managi ng, creating and optimizing tags and search terms for ethnographic museum objects curated on line
181181 o Platform:
182182 TMS
183183 • Assisted in ordering photographs of digitally curated objects for viewing on line
184184 o Platform: Piction
185185 Project Manager
186186 Cultural Resource Program
187187 Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai ID
188188 October 2016 -August 2018
189189 • Managed program budgets and project administrations and timelines for all sub-departments including ethnography,
190190 archaeology and language
191191 • Assisted in managing ethnography projects, traditional land
192192 use studies, determinations of National Register eligibility,
193193 and evaluation
194194 of archaeological and traditional cultural properties.
195195 • Participated
196196 in archaeological excavation, survey, and cultural resource inventories
197197 • Researched and
198198 wrote traditional cultural property and traditional land use study reports.
199199 • Generated maps
200200 for project reports using ESRI software (ArcGIS and ArcPro)
201201 • Assisted in programming and supervising the internship program
202202 •
203203 Wrote and managed programmatic grants from internal, external, and Federal funding sources
204204 • Manages project budgets and timelines
205205 • Coordinated public outreach events and communications
206206 • Produced and managed program design and marketing (graphic design and web design)
207207 Date Revised: 4/16/2021 Graduate Research Assistant
208208 Roy P. Drachman Institute
209209 The University
210210 of Arizona, Tucson AZ
211211 G. Miller"' Page 3 of 6
212212 September 2015 -August 2016
213213 • Developed a methodology and implemented a condition assessment plan for the National Park Service at Casa Grande
214214 National Monument
215215 {CAGR) by:
216216 o Documenting historic stabilization efforts of the ruins through archival research
217217 o Using developed condition assessment plan and photography
218218 to do a complete condition assessment of
219219 Compound A at CAGR
220220 o Utilizing ArcGIS and Autodesk software to develop geospatial and 3-dimensional visualizations of ruin conditi ons,
221221 both
222222 in the present and the past
223223 Accounting Assistant, Senior December 2013 -June 2015
224224 Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
225225 The University
226226 of Arizona, Tucson AZ
227227 • Managed and reconciled the 12 state and 2 UA Foundation accounts for the department
228228 •
229229 Processed and approved various financial transactions
230230 • Provided financial
231231 and non-financial support to the department in areas of employee travel, fixed assets, and many other
232232 fields
233233 • Maintained the role
234234 of Procurement Card Liaison, Reconciler and Approver
235235 • Provided administrative and financial support
236236 to the Student Services Fee and Freshmen Fee programs, as well their
237237 individual projects.
238238 Student Office/ Accounting Assistant
239239 Office of the Senior Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
240240 The University
241241 of Arizona, Tucson AZ
242242 April 2011 -December 2013
243243 • Assisted the Director of Finance and Administration with various accounting and administrative duties
244244 Archaeological Survey Crew Member
245245 University of Oklahoma
246246 Deming, NM
247247 May 2013
248248 • Conducted and archaeological survey of various sites in conjunction with the Bureau of Land Management of sites ranging
249249 from precontact
250250 to classical Mimbres on BLM owned land in surrounding areas.
251251 PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/SKILLS
252252 • Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Material Culture Analysis-Monticello, VA
253253 • Glass (Gold Level)
254254 • Ceramics (Silver Level)
255255 • Archaeological Repository Intern
256256 • Arizona State Museum, University
257257 of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Summer 2015
258258 • Archaeological Field School
259259 • University Indian Ruin, The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ: January -May 2013
260260 • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
261261 • AutoCAD drawing and design course
262262 • Advance Microsoft
263263 Excel Training
264264 •
265265 TICRAT 2016 -Earthen Architecture Preservation Workshop
266266 • Professional Association
267267 of Diving Instructors (PADI) Specialty Certification -Underwater Archaeological Survey
268268 • National Association
269269 of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Advanced Diver Certification
270270 • Certification#: mill10292gabsd
271271 Date Revised: 4/16/2021 ■ Certification Date: 12/6/2017
272272 • PADI Rescue Diver/Oxygen Administration
273273 •
274274 AAUS Scientific Diver
275275 • Organization reciprocity through the National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS)
276276 • Independent Studies:
277277 ■ Arizona State Museum Repository, The University of Arizona: June 2016
278278 ■ Parrhasian Heritage Park, The University of Arizona, Greece: June -July 2015
279279 FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS
280280 DAACS NEH Fellow
281281 Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS), Monticello, VA
282282 Slave Wrecks Project: Youth Diving with a Purpose/National Park Service Intern
283283 Biscayne National Park, Homestead, FL
284284 Chapman Distinguished Ph. D. Fellowship
285285 Graduate School, University of Tulsa
286286 Student Research Grant
287287 Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Universi ty of Tulsa
288288 SREB State Doctoral Scholar
289289 University of Tulsa, Southern Regional Education Board
290290 Chapman Distinguished Ph. D. Fellowship
291291 Graduate School, University of Tulsa
292292 Student Research Grant
293293 Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Tulsa
294294 Conoco-Phillips/Office of Diversity and Engagement Grant
295295 Chevron Multicultural Resource Center, University of Tulsa
296296 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Award
297297 United States Department of Education; Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES),
298298 University of Arizona
299299 • FLAS Program/Location: Arizona in Jordan Program in Amman
300300 • Language and Level: Intermediate/Advanced Levantine Arabic Dialect
301301 PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS
302302 Single and Co-Authored Works:
303303 2022(Pending)
304304 Article in edited volume on Urban Archaeology
305305 Date Revised: 4/16/2021
306306 G. Miller~ Page 4 of 6
307307 July 2022
308308 Summer2021
309309 Summers 2020 & 2021
310310 March 2020
311311 August 2019 -Present
312312 Summer2019
313313 March 2019
314314 December 2018
315315 March 2016 Ike, Nkem, Gabrielle Miller and Gabby Omoni Hartemann
316316 2020 Anti-Racist Archaeology: Your Time
317317 is Now
318318 Miller, Gabrielle
319319 G. Miller ~ Page 5 of 6
320320 2017 Cultural Resource Inventory for the Hendrickson Ranch CREP Project for the Farm Service Agency and the Asotin
321321 County Conservation District.
322322 Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program, Lapwai, ID.
323323 2016 Assessing Collaboration: Archaeological Applications Abroad, 2016. Submitted to the Graduate College at
324324 the University
325325 of Arizona to fulfill the requirements for a Master's in Applied Archaeology.
326326 Erikson, Helen et al.
327327 2016 Historic American Landscape Survey
328328 (HALS) Nomination -Empire Ranch Landscape. The University of Arizona
329329 College
330330 of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, Tucson.
331331 Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program Technical Report Contributions:
332332 2019 Lochsa Corridor Traditional Cultural Property Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Nez Perce
333333 Tribe Cultural Resource Program, Lapwai, ID.
334334 2017 Ethnographic Traditional Use Study of the Heller Bar Landscape, Asotin County, Washington. Nez Perce Tribe
335335 Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted
336336 to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
337337 2017 Teakean Butte Traditional
338338 Use and Traditional Cultural Property Study, Clearwater County, Idaho. Nez Perce
339339 Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted to Bonneville Power Administration.
340340 2017 Traditional
341341 Use Study of the Snake River Road and Associated Ethnographic Landscape, Asotin County,
342342 Washington.
343343 Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted to Asotin County, Washington.
344344 2017 Traditional Cultural Property Inventory
345345 of the Federal Columbia River Power System, including the North Fork of
346346 the Clearwater River and the Dworshak Reservoir Downriver to the Dworshak Dam, Clearwater County, Idaho.
347347 Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
348348 District.
349349 2016 Traditional
350350 Use Study and Traditional Cultural Properties Inventory of Access Routes and Journey Information to
351351 Celilo Falls, Wasco County, Oregon. Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resource Program. Submitted to the Army Corps of
352352 Engineers, Portland District.
353353 PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES
354354 The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Conversations
355355 Title: Fragments of Freedom: Remnants of Emancipated Life in Free Gut
356356 The Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Conversations
357357 Title: Fragments of Freedom: An Introductory Glance at Excavations in a Crucian Free Black Neighborhood
358358 Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
359359 Date Revised: 4/16/2021
360360 2022
361361 2021 DAACS and The Society of Black Archaeologists: Research on St. Croix
362362 Guest Presenter -The Digital Archaeological Archive
363363 of Comparative Slavery (DAACS}
364364 https://www .youtube.com/watch ?v=AI p38Rc-M DE4
365365 G. Miller~ Page 6 of 6
366366 2021
367367 Archaeology
368368 in the Community (AITC) 2020
369369 Guest Lecturer -Youth Archaeology Online Summer Camp
370370 Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting 2020
371371 Title: Transformative Placemaking: The Intersection of Art, Archaeology, and the Community in Freedom City •
372372 Session: Community Archaeology in 2020: Conventional
373373 or Revolutionary?
374374 Author(s): Miller, Gabrielle; Gerard, Frandelle
375375 Arizona Historic Preservation Conference 2016
376376 Title: Preservation in an Age of Sustainability Planning Toward Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability
377377 Authors(s): Nicole Lavely, Gabrielle Miller, Maureen McDonald
378378 Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting 2016
379379 Assessing Collaboration: Archaeological Applications Abroad -Poster Session
380380 VOLUNTEER WORK
381381 Archaeology in the Community, Inc.
382382 Archaeology Youth Camp Instructor
383383 DWP Instructor Candidate
384384 Diving with a Purpose (DWP), Maritime Archaeology Program
385385 YDWP Diver Mentor
386386 Youth Diving with a Purpose (YDWP), Maritime Archaeology Program
387387 President/Co-Founder -Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Coalition
388388 University of Tulsa
389389 Spring 2022
390390 June 2020
391391 June 2020 -Present
392392 January 2019 -Present
393393 Archaeological
394394 Survey Diver June 2018
395395 Diving with a Purpose
396396 • Volunteer underwater archaeologists
397397 for Diving with a Purpose, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to studying
398398 Black maritime history and training Black underwater scientific researchers.
399399 Fundraising Manager March 2014
400400 Tucson Roller Derby
401401 • Managed
402402 the finances and programs created for raising funds for the development of Tucson Roller Derby, a
403403 skater owned and run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Tucson,
404404 AZ.
405405 Community Development Volunteer
406406 Amman, Jordan
407407 July -August 2012
408408 • Traveled abroad to provide volunteer services to Holy Land Designs, an olive wood artisan workshop, dedicated to
409409 providing employment and education services to under-privileged Jordanians and Palestinians.
410410 o Assisted in the manufacturi
411411 ng and packaging of goods
412412 Date Revised: 4/16/2021 o Taught an informal foundational English course aimed at developing basic conversation skills
413413 Project Leader/Community Development Volunteer
414414 Amman, Jordan
415415 G. Miller~ Page 7 of 6
416416 June -July 2014
417417 • Co-lead a trip abroad to Amman, JO for the purpose of bringing additional volunteers to Holy Land Designs as well as
418418 facilitating an exposure tour aimed at immersing college undergraduates in a new cultural environment.
419419 o A total of 8 undergraduate student from various universities attended this trip
420420 MEDIA
421421 SAPIENS Podcast/SAPIENS:Talk Back
422422 Season 4: Redrawing the Boundaries
423423 https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/black-indigenous-archaeology-viol ence/
424424 National Geographic
425425 These Divers Search for Slave Shipwrecks and Discover Their Ancestors
426426 https://www .youtube. com/watch ?v=u2I EugvRw8
427427 Ocean Science Radio
428428 Diving with a Purpose and the Hunt for Sunken Slave Ships
429429 https://oceanscienceradio.simplecast.com/episodes/diving-with-a-purpose-and-
430430 the-hunt-for-sunken-slave-ships
431431 FestivalCHAT (Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory)
432432 Participant -Black in Archaeology Film
433433 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJU9eb7c2o
434434 MEMBERSHIPS
435435 American Anthropological Association
436436 Archaeology Division -Student Member at Large 2022-2023
437437 Society of Black Archaeologists
438438 Member since 2018
439439 Society for Historical Archaeology
440440 Student Member since 2019
441441 Society for American Archaeology
442442 Student Member since 2015
443443 Date Revised: 4/16/2021 * * *
444444 WEARE
445445 WASHINGTON
446446 oc
447447 Executive Office of the Mayor -Mayor's Office of Talent and Appointments
448448 John A. Wilson Building I 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 I Washington, DC 20004
449449 Dr. Gabrielle Miller
450450 Dr. Miller has worked in academia for nearly a decade, including as a
451451 Program Specialist / Archaeologist with the Center for the Study
452452 of
453453 Global Slavery/Slave Wrecks Project at the Smithsonian National
454454 Museum
455455 of African American History and Culture, a Lab Manager with
456456 the Historical Archaeology and Heritage Conservation Laboratory, a
457457 Digital Archaeological Archive
458458 of Comparative Slavery (DAACS)
459459 Analyst with the DAACS Monticello Archaeology Program, and an
460460 Independent Contractor with Cox
461461 I McClain Environmental Consulting.
462462 Dr. Miller earned her B.
463463 A. in anthropology from the University of Arizona, her M. A. in applied
464464 archaeology at the University
465465 of Arizona, and her Ph.D. in African Diaspora Archaeology at the
466466 University
467467 of Tulsa.
468468 * * * GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
469469 Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
470470 * * * W~AR~
471471 WASI-HNGTON
472472 oc
473473 Office of the General Co unsel to the Mayor
474474 To:
475475 From:
476476 Date:
477477 Subject:
478478 Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker
479479 Betsy Cavendish
480480 February 7, 2024
481481 Legal sufficiency review
482482 of Resolutions nominating Bill Marzella, Gabrielle
483483 Miller, Georgeanne Matthews, Patrick Williams, Andrew Aurbach, and Gretchen
484484 Pfaehler
485485 as members of the Historic Preservation Review Board
486486 This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and.
487487 found them to be legally unobjectionable.
488488 If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
489489 hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office
490490 of the Mayor, at 202-
491491 724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
492492 Elizabeth
493493 A. (Betsy) Cavendish
494494 The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681