Janet's work at GRCA began as a volunteer on the North Rim in the summer of 1981. She became a seasonal employee in 1982, and served as Park
Archaeologist from 1984 until 1995. She now directs the cultural resource program as the Chief of Cultural Resources for Grand Canyon National
Park. In this capacity, she oversees the museum collection, historic preservation program, archaeological and Indian consultation programs. She provides
technical direction for cultural resource involvement related to federal environmental and preservation compliance, archaeological inventory and monitoring, and interpretation and preservation of historic resources. Janet received her Bachelor's in anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1980. She completed her Master's in anthropology at Arizona State University in 1984, which included a thesis on Grand Canyon archaeology. Janet has worked for various archeological consultants, including Arizona State University and the State of New York Archaeological Survey, along with an internship at the Arizona State Historic
Preservation Office. In addition to her work with the National Park Service, she serves as a committee member on the Arizona State Historic Sites Review
Committee and an advisory board member for the Grand Canyon Music Festival.
Brynn has been with the National Park Service as a conservator of cultural materials at the Western Archeological and Conservation Center in Tucson,
for the past 5 years. She received her M.A. specializing in art conservation from the State University of New York College at Buffalo in 2000. Brynn has worked at the Museum of New Mexico, the National Museum of Ethnology in the Netherlands, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and for numerous private conservators. She began working with Grand Canyon National Park in 2003 to stabilize the historic river boat collection. This is one of the many projects that the park service's
only western conservation lab is doing for museum collections in our national parks.
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