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Stephanie Toothman is the Chief, Cultural Resource Programs, for the National Park Service's Pacific West Region. Dr. Toothman and her staff provide support to 57 National Park System units in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands. In addition, they manage the regional preservation partnership programs providing assistance for documenting and preserving historic properties managed by public and private agencies and individuals and the Historic Preservation Fund grants to the historic preservation programs of Micronesia. Prior to her present position, Dr. Toothman served as Chief, Cultural Resource Division, and Regional Historian, Pacific Northwest Region, and held positions in the National Register of Historic Places and State Plans and Grants programs in Washington, DC. Dr. Toothman graduated from Smith College in the American Studies program and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. as a University Fellow in the American Civilization program at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to this second term on the George Wright Society Board, she serves on the board of 4Culture, a public development authority supporting the arts, heritage, and historic preservation communities of King County, and has served on the thesis and dissertation committees for the students at the University of Washington, University of Oregon, and most recently, Goucher College, for topics related to cultural resource management issues.