Mike Shaner has joined the Denver Service Center's Contracting Division as a contract specialist. He is supporting projects for the western branch of the division. Mike is joining the Park Service from the Bureau of Reclamation, where he worked as a contracting officer and purchase line card coordinator for the Denver and Washington, D.C. offices for the past 18 months. Mike previously worked as both a cost/price analyst and contract administrator for the Army Sustainment Command in Hermiston, Oregon, and also has private-sector contract administration experience working from his work in the coal industry. He served on active-duty military service as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG), where he worked as a court reporter while stationed at the 10th Mountain Division and as an assistant court reporting instructor and military paralegal while stationed at the JAG school in Charlottesville, Virginia. Mike received a Master's in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, and a Bachelor's in Mass Communication from the University of Utah. He has also completed Villanova University's master certificate in Government Contract Management and completed the National Contract Management Association's Certified Federal Contracts Manager certification exam.

DSC Contract Specialist Joy Jamison retired May 29, 2009 after 22 years of federal service. Joy worked for the Denver Service Center for 15 ½ years. After following her husband Lynn to Washington D.C., Mt. Rainier National Park, the NPS San Francisco design office, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, and Chickasaw National Recreation Area, she herself joined the National Park Service in late 1993 after working in the Law Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Joy started with the Service Center as a planning clerk, was a temporary secretary, and then became administrative specialist for the landscape architects. She became a contract specialist in 2000 and has supported projects in the Pacific West, Alaska, Midwest, and Intermountain Regions. We thank Joy for her years of dedicated service to the National Park Service, and also welcome her back!

Joy has already started working as a part-time contractor for the Denver Service Center. She is working as a contract specialist for the Contract Services Division. With Joy's extra time off, she anticipates more reading, gardening, hiking, service projects in national parks with the Sierra Club, and involvement in social justice issues.

Tamara Shuck joined the Western Branch of the Denver Service Center's Design and Construction Division as a project specialist. Some of her assignments include the rehabilitation and expansion of the historic CCC visitor center at Bandelier National Monument, and three projects for the Restoration of the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries project: raise and extend Federal Levee's; plant propagation; and revegetation. Tamara owned her own residential design firm for five years, and also worked for DHM Design for eight years prior to that. At DHM Design she worked on public projects including city and state parks and memorials including the Columbine High School Memorial in Littleton, Colorado, and the schematic design for the World War II Memorial for the State of New Jersey. Tamara is a registered landscape architect with a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from Virginia Tech.

Kent Brogger joined the Western Branch of the Denver Service Center’s Design and Construction Division. Some of his projects include the Denali National Park front country wastewater treatment system, Golden Gate National Recreational Area Alcatraz Island electrical power supply and photovoltaic system, and the South Rim Emergency Facility at Grand Canyon National Park. Kent has 30 years experience as a consulting engineer in the private sector. He’s a licensed engineer with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University.

Bob Bennett joined the Eastern Branch of the Denver Service Center Design and Construction Division as a project specialist. Bob is working on several restoration projects along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Historic Park, a repair project at the Fire Island National Seashore Ferry Terminal, and a lighthouse repair project at Fort Pulaski National Monument. He previously worked at private sector consulting firms in Colorado and Florida. Bob is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Floodplain Manager. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Southern Illinois University, and a Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Central Florida.

Andrea Lind joined the Eastern Branch of the Denver Service Center's Design and Construction Division as a project specialist. Some of Andrea's projects include security work at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Flight 93 National Memorial, and other projects in the Washington D.C. area. Andrea is a landscape architect and worked at EDAW for the past three years and DHM Design for eight years. She received her Master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia, and a Bachelor's in art and horticulture from the University of Maryland.

Daryl Lindeman joined the Western Branch of the Denver Service Center Design and Construction Division as a project specialist. Daryl is working on a wastewater collection system in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and a water storage and distribution system at Sequoia National Park. He has also been assigned work at Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Olympic National Park. Daryl has more than 25 years of private sector experience in infrastructure design and construction. He is a Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional with a Masters in Engineering from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University.

Karl von Rosenberg has been selected as the Denver Service Center's program manager for the project to restore the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries, assigned to DSC's Western Branch in the Design and Construction Division. The removal of two dams on the Elwha River is this nation's largest dam removal project and will restore the river to its natural free-flowing state, allowing all five species of Pacific salmon and other anadromous fish to reach habitat and spawning grounds. Karl is a civil engineer and project management professional and has been a DSC project manager on the Elwha project since August 2006.  Some of his other recent projects have included installation of security bollards around the Gateway Arch at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, construction of curatorial storage building and maintenance building addition at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, and construction of wastewater treatment improvements at Yosemite National Park. Karl has a Bachelor of Scicence degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. He began his National Park Service career in 1978 as a civil engineer with Denver Service Center.

Paul Cloyd has been selected as branch chief for Pacific West Region in Denver Service Center's Design and Construction Division. Paul is a licensed architect, LEED-accredited professional, project management professional and registered professional engineer, and has been a DSC project manager for the division. Some of his recent projects have included the relocation of the Cape Haterras Light Station, several projects at Grand Canyon National Park, rehabilitation of the bathhouses at Hot Springs National Park, and projects at Grand Teton National Park.  Paul studied architectural engineering through the interdisciplinary engineering program at Purdue University, receiving his degree in 1976. He began his National Park Service career in 1978 as a historical architect with Denver Service Center. In the early 1980's, Paul served in the U.S. Peace Corps as an architect with the Ministry of Public Works in Antigua and Barbuda in the West Indies. Upon his return to DSC in 1984, he worked on projects at a variety of parks, including Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks and Klondike Gold Rush. In 1994 he completed a Master's Degree program in Architectural Conservation at University of York, England. In 2001, the Purdue University School of Engineering recognized Paul as an outstanding interdisciplinary engineer.

Linda Melnick joined the Western Branch of the Design and Construction Division of the Denver Service Center as an Administrative Support Assistant. Linda previously owned a staffing firm in Lakewood, Colorado that specialized in the placement of accounting & finance personnel. Linda has a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Pilot Technology from Metropolitan State College.

Toby Rodriguez joined the Denver Service Center’s Design and Construction Division. Toby is working in the Eastern Branch, and some of his projects include the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bodie Island Light House, Fort Raleigh Visitor Center Complex at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and the addition at the Booker T. Washington National Monument Visitor Center. Toby worked the past five years for the General Services Administration, and has 25 years experience in the private sector. He’s a licensed architect and graduate of University of Colorado, with a Master’s in Construction Management from Colorado State University. 

Kelly Adams joined the Denver Service Center’s East Branch of the Design and Construction Division as an administrative support assistant. Kelly is a former FEMA employee, where she worked as a computer specialist setting up and connecting FEMA Disaster Field Offices. She’s also worked as a substitute teacher and paraprofessional in elementary schools. Kelly has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Regis University and served six years in the U.S. Army.

Doug Walter is rejoining the Denver Service Center as a project manager in the Design and Construction Division’s Western Branch. Doug previously worked for the Service Center from 1977 to 1979 as a historical architect. Doug has worked in private practice, specializing in residential remodeling and rehabilitation. His firm was the recipient of many awards including three consecutive “Best Sympathetic Addition” Awards from Historic Denver in 2006, 2007, and 2008. He has also donated his architectural services for Habitat for Humanity, Easter Seals, Jewish Family Service, and the Home Builders Foundation. Doug has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s from the University of Colorado.