Judith P. Triem, Principal/Historian, founded San Buenaventura Research Associates in 1980. Ms. Triem received her M.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1980 in the field of Public History. Her B.A. was completed in 1962 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, with a major in Spanish and a minor in history. She specializes in conducting Historic Resources Surveys, National Register of Historic Places nominations, historic context statements, land-use histories, Section 106 and CEQA evaluations. Since 1987, her firm has maintained a contract with Los Angeles County Community Development Commission to complete Section 106 compliance for the Community Development Block Grant Program. She has been granted an individual programmatic agreement from the National Advisory Council authorizing her to complete direct evaluations of properties to satisfy Section 106 requirements. Ms. Triem is accredited as a Registered Professional Historian and has completed the Section 106 Training Course sponsored by the GSA Training Center and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Mitchel R. Stone, Principal/Preservation Planner, has over thirty years of experience researching historic properties, preparing architectural and historical evaluation reports, including CEQA and Section 106 analyses, National Register of Historic Places nominations and State Historic Landmarks nominations. Mr. Stone received his B.S. in Urban Planning from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in 1979 and has completed M.A. level studies in Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara and has studied Geography in Oxford, England. He specializes in the production of maps, graphics and computer databases and geographic information systems, and has developed GIS-assisted historic resources survey techniques. He has participated in various capacities in designing and conducting urban and rural historic resources surveys. As a practicing city planner, with over ten years of experience, Mr. Stone has served local agencies within Ventura, Orange and Los Angeles counties, specializing in architectural and site plan design review. He has completed the Section 106 Training Course sponsored by the GSA Training Center and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.