Our staff

MAC's team of professional archaeologists, historians, and architectural historians includes more than 40 highly qualified individuals with many years of experience in our service areas and in the CRM industry. Our employees have contributed significantly to the knowledge of prehistory, to a number of professional associations, and to the profession as a whole--several former employees have moved on to success in academia, business, and government. Many of our employees are members of the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA).

Please click on a staff member's name to see a brief summary of their experience and qualifications.

Michael D. Metcalf, M.A. - President, Chairman of the Board, and Principal Investigator

Mr. Metcalf received an M.A. in Anthropology from Colorado State University in 1974 and founded Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. in 1980. Although Mr. Metcalf is no longer active in day-to-day management of the company, he chairs the company's Board of Directors and is active in the organization and management of large, complex cultural resource projects within the Rocky Mountain and Plains states. He also has an active role in mentoring and advising MAC staff.

Nathan D. Boyless, M.B.A. - Vice President and General Manager

Mr. Boyless earned his B.A. in Anthropology from Northern Arizona University in 2003 and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona in 2008. In 2010, Nathan earned a professional certificate in Executive Leadership and Management from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. His professional experience includes employment as an archaeologist for the USDA Forest Service and private cultural resource management firms. In addition, he applies more than six years of experience in operations management, business administration, and organizational development to his role in the company. His responsibilities at MAC include the day-to-day management of the company's operations and administrative management of the business, including the development and execution of the firm's strategic goals.

Craig M. Lee, Ph.D., RPA - Research Director and Principal Investigator

Dr. Lee received an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado in 2007. In addition to his experience with MAC, he has worked for federal and state agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. He has also directed field projects in Alaska, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, and presented dozens of professional papers at international, national and regional conferences. He has published over 10 articles in peer reviewed journals, including American Antiquity and The Holocene. Dr. Lee has been employed by MAC on a part-time basis since 2004 and joined the staff full-time in 2008 as the company's Research Director. In addition to serving as a Quality Control officer for the company, Dr. Lee prepares proposals, manages projects, and serves as a point of contact for new and prospective clients. Outside of MAC, Dr. Lee serves as President of the Board of Directors for the Lamb Springs Archaeological Preserve and on the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Association.

Jennifer Borresen Lee, M.A. - Laboratory Manager and Principal Investigator

Ms. Lee has an M.A. in Anthropology with an emphasis in Zooarchaeology from the University of Tennessee. Over the last 15 years, she has worked in various field and laboratory positions for academic institutions, government agencies, and cultural resource management firms. Since joining MAC in 2003, Ms. Lee has directed field projects in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. In addition, she is responsible for coordinating MAC's archaeological permits and overseeing the analysis, cataloguing, and curation of archaeological materials collected during MAC projects, including the management and training of laboratory staff.

Melissa Follett, B.A. - Accounting Manager

Ms. Follett earned her BA in Accounting from the University of South Florida. Her professional experience includes the homebuilding and engineering industries, with an emphasis on project based accounting. She is responsible for client invoicing, vendor payments and management reporting, including various elements of informational analysis. Melissa is the primary contact for billing and payment related questions.

Brett Robertson, B.A. - Business Manager

Mr. Robertson earned his B.A. in History from the University of New Mexico in 2004. He started with MAC as an archaeological technician, but gradually transitioned into more of an administrative role. He handles various aspects of the company's business including work in Human Resources, Safety and Health, and Information Technology.

Other Management Staff:
  • Sally Metcalf, B.A. - Secretary/Treasurer and Project Director
  • Melissa Craig - Accounting and Clerical Office Assistant
Kimberly Kintz, M.A., RPA - Regional Manager and Principal Investigator

Ms. Kintz received an M.A. in Anthropology from Texas State University – San Marcos in 2006. Prior to joining MAC in early 2009, Kim was employed in a supervisory capacity and managed both large and small-scale cultural resources projects in Northern California. Additionally, she gained extensive experience in consultation with the diverse Native American community comprised of individuals, tribal officials, and organizations and often acted as a liaison between agencies, clients, Native American groups, and other interested parties. Over the past 11 years, Ms. Kintz has worked in many of the western states and has directed field projects in California, Colorado, and Texas. Additionally, she has been involved in several field seasons in Central America as a research archaeologist and field director. Her role at MAC includes oversight of MAC's Colorado offices, office and staff management for the Grand Junction branch, and project management for projects throughout the western, central, and southern portions of MAC's service area.

Anne McKibbin, M.A. - Principal Investigator

Ms. McKibbin holds an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado with emphases in archaeology and geomorphology. Prior to her employment at MAC, she worked seasonally as an archaeological technician for the National Park Service (Arizona and New Mexico), USDA Forest Service (Plumas National Forest, California), Colorado Department of Transportation, Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff), and Western Cultural Resource Management (Colorado). She began employment on a seasonal basis with MAC in 1981, and began permanent full time employment in 1988. Ms. McKibbin has been a staff archaeologist with project director responsibilities since 1988, and assumed the responsibilities of senior staff archaeologist in 1991. She has been a major author on a number of MAC's recent large project reports, and her role as senior staff archaeologist includes responsibility for all phases of project management, supervision of the company's staff archaeologists, preparation of proposals, and review, editing and compilation of reports.

Patrick O'Brien, M.A. - Principal Investigator

Mr. O'Brien holds an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and has over 23 years of professional experience in archaeology and cultural resource management. He has done archaeology in 12 states and in Italy, and has been a MAC employee for 17 years. In addition to working his way from crew member to principal investigator at MAC, Mr. O'Brien also served for several years as the director of the Office of Cultural Resource Management at Indiana University's Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology. During his years with MAC, Mr. O'Brien has directed many large and small archaeological projects throughout the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, including numerous oil and gas-related projects, pipeline and buried cable projects, highway and road projects, transmission line projects, and land exchanges. He has worked extensively with numerous federal and state agencies and has successfully helped manage hundreds of compliance-related projects through the Section 106 process. In addition to his role as an archaeologist, Mr. O'Brien is one of MAC's GIS experts and also serves as co-trustee for MAC's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP.

Kelly J. Pool, M.A. - Principal Investigator

Ms. Pool received an M.A. in anthropology from Washington University-St. Louis in 1990. Prior to her employment at MAC, Ms. Pool worked seasonally for the University of Illinois, the Illinois State Museum, the Center for American Archaeology in Illinois, and the Center for Northwest Anthropology in Washington. She began full-time employment with MAC as a crew chief and principal investigator in 1990. Ms. Pool currently serves as a senior staff archaeologist and large project supervisor. Her responsibilities include all phases of fieldwork, supervision of staff archaeologists, and working as project archaeologist on large-scale projects. She has been field director, principal investigator, and major author on a number of large pipeline projects and data recovery excavation projects. Since working at MAC, Pool has conducted projects in Wyoming, Utah, Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

John Scott, M.A. - Principal Investigator

Mr. Scott holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology from the University of Northern Colorado and has over 27 years of professional experience in archaeology. John has led archaeological teams in the Caribbean, Peru, and the Middle East and in eight states within the U.S. In his more than 20 years with MAC, John has held many positions and has directed numerous large and small archaeological projects throughout the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. He has served as principal investigator on projects for various state and federal government agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Aviation Agency, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Peace Corps, and the Western Area Power Administration. Additionally, John is pursuing a PhD in conflict archaeology at the University of Bristol, UK, which is regionally focused on Wadi Yutm in southern Jordan.

Melissa Elkins, M.A. - Branch Coordinator and Project Director

Ms. Elkins received her M.A. in Anthropology from Washington State University in 2006 and joined MAC in 2007 as a project director. She has been employed as an archaeologist for 10 years by cultural resource management firms and academic institutions. Melissa has supervised both large and small-scale survey and data recovery projects in Utah, Arizona, and Colorado; and she has specialized in the analysis of prehistoric ceramics. Prior to becoming the Eagle office branch coordinator, Melissa supervised a two-year cultural survey for a large seismic project and authored several major reports. Her role at MAC includes overall office and staff management, direction of field projects, report-writing and review, and preparation of proposals.

Sarah Jennings, M.A. - Branch Coordinator and Project Director

Ms. Jennings received her M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2010. Since joining MAC in 2002, she has worked in many of the western states and has supervised survey and data recovery projects in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Ms. Jennings has also been involved in academic projects in Peru and Mexico. Her role at MAC includes coordinating projects and staffing in the Denver office, preparing proposals, directing all phases of fieldwork, report writing, and staff training.

Stephanie Slaughter, M.A. - Project Director

Ms. Slaughter received her M.A. in Anthropology from Colorado State University, with an emphasis in archaeology, and has nearly 20 years of professional experience in cultural resource management. Prior to her employment at MAC, she worked as a seasonal employee for numerous CRM companies based in Colorado, Nevada, and Ohio, with experience in 24 states. Ms. Slaughter joined MAC as a seasonal employee in 1998, and became a full-time staff archaeologist in 2002. She currently serves as a staff archaeologist and project director of small to medium-sized projects, and project manager of small projects. Her responsibilities include management of all phases of fieldwork for small to medium-sized projects, supervision of field personnel, and report writing and review. She has been a major author on several medium-sized survey, testing, and excavation reports.

Other Colorado Project Staff:
  • Gail Lincoln, M.A., RPA - Staff Archaeologist
  • Amy Nelson, B.A. - Staff Archaeologist
  • Michele Nelson, B.S. - GIS Specialist
  • Naomi Rintoul, M.A. - Staff Archaeologist
  • Nicole Sauvageau Rockwell, M.B.A., M.A. - Staff Archaeologist
  • Jenny Stahl, M.A., RPA - Staff Archaeologist and Lab Specialist
  • Garrett Williams, B.A. - Staff Archaeologist
  • Rebecca Simon, B.A. - Archaeological Technician
  • Joetta Gray, B.A. - Administrative Office Manager
Kimball Banks, Ph.D., RPA- Regional Manager and Principal Investigator

Dr. Banks received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from Southern Methodist University. He joined MAC in 2009, after 26 years in federal service, first with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and then with the Bureau of Reclamation where he also held the position of Native American Affairs Specialist. Dr. Banks also worked for the Navajo Tribe and the Colorado River Tribes. Throughout his career, he conducted all phases of archaeological investigations and has worked in the Southeast U.S., the Southwest, Texas, California, and the Northern Great Plains along with seven field seasons in Egypt. In his federal positions, he has worked with tribal governments of more than 30 tribes in California, Oregon, the Southwest, the Northern Plains, and the Upper Midwest. Dr. Banks' position at MAC includes management of MAC's North Dakota region, the Bismarck office and staff, and project management for projects in the northern Great Plains

William Bluemle, M.A. - Project Director

Mr. Bluemle received his M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska in 1998. He started working for MAC in 1999 after working on several projects at the University of North Dakota. Mr. Bluemle has worked on numerous projects in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. He has also authored several technical reports for Federal, State, Tribal, and local government agencies. His duties at MAC include conducting field surveys, testing, monitoring, supervising crew, interaction with clients and government agencies, and technical report writing.

Damita Engel, M.A. - Project Director

Ms. Engel has worked in the field of archaeology since 1992. She received her MA in Anthropology with a Specialization in CRM through University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003. Damita has worked for MAC as a Project Director since 2004. She has conducted field work from Montana to Long Island and from North Dakota to Kansas but most of her experience is in running field operations for survey, testing, and excavation in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. She has conducted numerous research-based projects including testing for NRHP eligibility, testing and analysis of excavation projects for prehistoric sites, involvement in a predictive model of Knife River flint distribution in North Dakota, and writing the nomination for the National Historic Landmark Lynch Knife River Flint Quarry.

Edward Stine, M.F.A. - Project Director

Mr. Stine received an M.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of North Dakota in 1981. He has been working professionally in archaeology since 1985 and has over 20 years of experience with North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana archaeology and has also worked in other states including Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Texas. Projects he has worked on include testing and data recovery of historic sites such as the Central Barracks at Fort Lincoln and the Tremont Hotel in Denver, and prehistoric sites such as an Early Archaic bison kill site at Granite Falls, Minnesota and a Knife River flint quarry site near Hazen, North Dakota. He joined MAC in 1991 and has led numerous small and large scale projects ranging from multi-state pipelines (survey, testing, data, recovery, and technical writing) to wind turbine farms to Department of Transportation sponsored inventory and testing projects. His position at MAC is involved in all facets of project management including preparation of proposals, writing, reviewing, editing, and assembling reports, and directing projects in the field.

Other North Dakota Project Staff:
  • Lauri Travis, Ph.D. - Project Director - Works out of Helena, Montana
  • Elizabeth France, M.A. - Staff Archaeologist
  • Andrea Kulevsky, B.A. - Staff Archaeologist
  • Zachary Kemmer, B.A. - GIS Specialist
  • Danielle Bailly, B.A. - Archaeological Technician
  • William Christensen - Archaeological Technician