About Us

ESA welcomes Past Forward principals, Dr. Rebecca Allen and R. Scott Baxter. Known for delivering quality cost-effective solutions and work products well ahead of schedule, Past Forward's addition strengthens ESA's depth of technical expertise in historic resource studies and management; archaeology, interpretive publications, museum collection management, and public outreach.

Rebecca is ESA's Northern California Cultural Resources Director, leading our Bay Area and Central Valley Cultural Resources groups. Scott has been appointed Senior Managing Associate in the Central Valley Cultural Resources group. Together, Rebecca and Scott bring more than 40 years of cultural resource research and management, with expertise in CEQA and NEPA compliance, and project experience throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Rebecca primarily conducts studies of the historic past and public outreach programs. Scott conducts historical and archaeological research. Rebecca and Scott have worked extensively on federal and state properties, military bases, city and county lands, as well as private holdings. They have recorded and evaluated historic adobe, logging, mining, ranching, rural settlement, and urban residential sites, as well as historic structures and landscapes. Each is dedicated to historical and archaeological research, and has formally published in their respective fields.

Public outreach and interpretation is an important component of archaeological studies. Rebecca and Scott have participated in the creation of museum exhibits, public lectures, popular publications, interactive interpretive displays, site tours, video documentaries, local newspaper articles, television interviews, and Internet web sites.