{"id":77,"date":"2019-05-29T07:58:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T07:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old-site-backup.riggsward.com\/wp68\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:40:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old-site-backup.riggsward.com\/wp68\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We\u2019re an interdisciplinary studio. We\u2019ve studied art and technology, science and architecture, museology and urban planning. We\u2019ve explored history. Local history. American history. World history. History through art and artifacts. History through design and landscape and language. History through the stories of the people that have passed through the places and spaces we build and inhabit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Team<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bob Riggs<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Principal in Charge & Creative Director<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Brent Ward<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Principal in Charge & Managing Director<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Mark Taliaferro<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Senior Exhibit Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Mike Radtke<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Associate & Construction Administration Lead<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Nick Gutkowski<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Director of Media Studio<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Ron Thomson<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Interpretive Planner & Content Developer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Ryan Woodward<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Programmer & Game Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Shandiin Yazzie Woodward<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
3D Artist & Animator<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Valentina Hawes<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
3D Artist<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Mercy Quintos Procaccini<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
West Coast Project Management Consultant<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Jessica Thomson<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Content Developer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Dr. Lauranett Lee<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
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Courtney Fronce<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Associate Director<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Justin Madron<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
GIS & Data Visualization Specialist<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Layla Hedges<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Media Developer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Liz Flynn<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
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Brian Feeney<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Senior Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Rebekah Freeman<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Graphic Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Emma Reamer<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Exhibit Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Andr\u00e9 Johnson<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Associate Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Angie Barry<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Project\/Public Art Coordinator<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Joe Rizzo, Ph.D.<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Historian \/ Museum Operations<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Marty Mooradian<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
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Bryleigh Jackson<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
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John Bonano<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Senior Exhibit Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Heather Palmateer<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Senior Graphic Designer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Alana Wiljanen<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Coordinator & Producer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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Nell Boeschenstein Yager<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
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Will Kommor<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
Digital Media Producer<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>
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