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Chattel, Inca Historic Preservation Consultants STAFF BIOGRAPHIES ROBERT JAY CHATTEL, AIA President/ Historic Architect Both a licensed general contractor and architect in California with more than 30 years' experience in planning, design and construction, Robert Chattel's unique qualifications include meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards in Architectural History and Historic Architecture. Robert has experience working for non-profit, government, and for-profit entities, including the Los Angeles Conservancy, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles and a private real estate developer. He holds a B.A. in Architecture from U.C. Berkeley and a M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. In 1994, he established Chattel, Inc. With an office in Los Angeles, the firm works on design collaboration, environmental review and preservation policy projects in the western United States. As President, Robert specializes in applying the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and interpreting federal, state and local historic preservation law and regulations. Robert and his firm have received awards from the California Preservation Foundation, Los Angeles Conservancy, American Planning Association, and the City of Los Angeles for projects ranging from preservation of the Beverly Hills Waterworks (the subject of his master's thesis) to stabilization of the Breed Street Shul in east Los Angeles and rehabilitation of the downtown Los Angeles Central Library. LESLIE HEUMANN Principal Associate / Principal Architectural Historian Leslie Heumann, Architectural Historian, with over 40 years of experience in all aspects of historic resource management, specializes in historic resource surveys, historic assessments, and landmark nominations; use of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties; and preparation of documentation pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and National Environmental Policy Act. Beginning her career with the City of Pasadena, where she eventually became the coordinator of the citywide Architectural and Historical Inventory, Leslie went on to conduct historic resources surveys in Alhambra, Altadena, Beverly Hills, Carmel, Glendale, Houston, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Rancho Mirage, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Santa Monica, South Pasadena, Upland, West Hollywood and several other communities as well as for the Los Angeles Unified School District and other school districts. Leslie's survey portfolio spans all aspects of survey work, from scoping and management, preparation of context statements, reconnaissance and intensive level fieldwork and documentation, and evaluation under all applicable sets of criteria. Additional areas of expertise include Historic American Buildings Survey documentation and historic schools modernization issues. Leslie meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards in History and Architectural History.