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Architectural <br />Resources Group <br />KATIE E. HORAK <br />Principal I Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner <br />Katie is a Los Angeles -area native and Principal in ARG's Los Angeles office. She has nearly twenty years <br />experience in the field of historic resource management in both the public and private sectors. Katie <br />is a recognized leader in the industry, bringing creative and innovative solutions to complex issues <br />related to historic site documentation, management, and adaptive re -use. Katie brings expertise <br />in policies related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), preservation tax incentives, <br />Secretary of the Interior's Standards compliance, and issues surrounding recent -past resources and <br />intangible heritage. <br />Relevant Project Experience <br />• City of Santa Ana, On -Call Environmental and Planning Services, Santa Ana, CA <br />• Pacific Electric Substation #14, Standards Compliance Review, Santa Ana, CA <br />• 302 W. 4th Street Historic Preservation Consulting Services, Santa Ana, CA <br />• Standard/McFadden Park Cultural Resources Records Search, Santa Ana, CA <br />• 1411 N. Broadway Historical Resource Assessment, Santa Ana, CA <br />• 1800 E. La Veta Peer Review, Orange, CA <br />• City of Anaheim, On -Call Historic Resources Consulting, Anaheim, CA <br />• City of Tustin, Citywide Historic Resources Survey, Tustin, CA <br />• 574 S. Glassell Street, Historic Resources Evaluation, Orange, CA <br />• 305 S. Main Street Historic Preservation Consulting Services, Orange, CA <br />• City of Dana Point, On -Call Preservation Consulting Services, Dana Point, CA <br />• City of Dana Point, Historic Resources Inventory Update, Dana Point, CA <br />• 35147 Beach Road, Project Impacts Evaluation, Dana Point, CA <br />Selected Lectures & Speaking Engagements <br />• "Culture, Community, and the Holiday Bowl," Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservation podcast, <br />featured interviewee. December, 2021 <br />• "Minoru Yamasaki and the'World's Most Beautiful Hotel"' Preserving the City of the Future: Civic <br />and Corporate Los Angeles in the 20th Century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), June <br />2019 <br />• "Preservation Possibilities for 1990s Architecture," Preserving the Recent Past Conference, Los <br />Angeles, March 2019 <br />• "Implementing Heritage Surveys and Digital Inventories," National Trust for Canada Conference, <br />Fredericton, New Brunswick, Oct. 2018 <br />• "Historic Surveys and Designation: From Identification to Nomination" California Preservation <br />Foundation Workshop, January 2016. <br />• "Beyond Mid -Century Modern," California Preservation Conference, May 2015. <br />Education <br />Master of Heritage Conserva don, <br />University of Southern California <br />University of Oregon, Eugene <br />Historic Preservation Field School <br />in Canova, Italy <br />Bachelor of Arts, Art (Painting/ <br />Drawing), Whitworth College, <br />Spokane, Washington <br />Meets the Secretory of <br />the Interior's Professional <br />Qualifications Standards in <br />Architectural History <br />Memberships <br />President -Elect, Docomomo US <br />Founding President, Docomoma <br />US, Southern California Chapter <br />Los Angeles Conservancy <br />Society of Architectural Historians, <br />Southern California Chapter <br />Los Angeles Headquarters <br />Association (LAHQ) <br />Academic Involvement <br />Adjunct Assistant Professor, <br />University of Southern California. <br />Current courses taught: <br />Introduction to Historic Site <br />Documentation, and Advanced <br />Documentation: Historic Resources <br />Surveys <br />Architectural Resources Group <br />