Education

M.A. in Historic Preservation, Savannah College of Arts and Design, Savannah, GA, (4.0 GPA) (Spring 2016)
eLearning scholarship recipient
Sigma Pi Kappa: Preservation Honor Society
Tau Sigma Delta: Honor Society of Architecture and Allied Arts
Graduate Achievement Award: Preservationist of the Year 2015-2016

Graduate work in American Studies, Penn State Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA (1993-1996)
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B. S. in Architecture/Special Studies in Historic Preservation, Penn State University, University Park, PA, (Fall 1990)


Professional Experience 

Gina M. Douty, Historic Preservation Consulting, LLC, Mechanicsburg, PA - Owner
March 2012 - current

McKissick Associates Architects, Harrisburg, PA - Associate/Historic Preservationist
December 2000 - February 2012

PA Historical and Museum Commission, (PHMC), Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums, Division of Architecture and Conservation, Harrisburg, PA
Historic Preservation Specialist, October 1992-1995  - Architectural Designer II, 1995 - June 1998

Harrisburg Area Community College - Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Division, Architectural Transfer and Technology Department, Harrisburg, PA - Teaching Assistant
August 1991 - October 1992

Curtin Village, Historic Site, Centre County, PA - Program Coordinator
May - August 1990

PHMC Division of Architecture and Conservation, Harrisburg, PA - Intern 
May -August 1989

Denson Groenendaal, State College, PA - Work Study Intern 
January - May 1989 


Affiliations 
 
National Trust for Historic Preservation

Preservation Pennsylvania

Historic Harrisburg Association
 
Historical Society of Dauphin County

Mechanicsburg Museum Association

The Civic Club of Harrisburg - Board Chair of Preservation (2015-2016)

Completed the Cultural Resources Essentials Workshop, administered by the PA State Historic Preservation Office (2009), listed as a National Register and Survey Consultant by the PA Historical & Museum Commission

Vice-Chair and Charter Member, Historic Architectural Review Board, Mechanicsburg, PA, (2005 - 2008)

Consultant for Historic Preservation Annual Award, presented by the Hershey/Derry Township Historical Society, (ongoing)

Board Member (& Secretary), Joseph T. Simpson Library, Mechanicsburg, PA, (2004-2010)