Vanessa Mirro

Vanessa Mirro, M.A., RPA, has 20 years of experience in cultural and heritage resources management in California, the eastern United States, and Canada. Her areas of expertise include project management, business development, tribal consultation, and regulatory compliance. Vanessa has been a leader in the cultural and heritage resources management industry and has held executive, board, and chair positions for several large cultural resources management firms and various heritage organizations, including the American Cultural Resources Association and the Register of Professional Archaeologists. She has directed hundreds of projects and prepared and implemented cultural resources management and treatment plans for various transportation, renewable energy, water infrastructure and storage, gas and electric transmission, and urban development projects to ensure compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and other federal and state laws. She successfully managed numerous large-scale, multi-year projects, such as Metropolitan Water District’s San Diego 6 Pipeline Projects (SD6) in Riverside and San Diego Counties, California; PG&E’s Hinkley Groundwater Remediation Project in San Bernardino County, California; and the State Route 79 Realignment Project in Riverside County, California. As well, Vanessa has conducted successful consultation with numerous Native American groups and resource agencies.