Richard Waldbauer

Assistant Director
of the Federal Preservation Institute (FPI) of the National Park Service

Richard Waldbauer is Assistant Director of the Federal Preservation Institute (FPI) of the National Park Service. The mission of FPI is to carry out the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior to provide education, training, and technical information to Federal agencies about the national historic preservation program as required under the National Historic Preservation Act. Dr. Waldbauer has more than 21 years of experience in the National Park Service. Prior to FPI, he worked in the Archeology and Ethnography Program, where he had responsibilities for cultural property protection, underwater cultural heritage, programmatic assistance to Federal agencies, the National Historic Landmarks Archeology Initiative, and training. He began his career in public service by conducting historic preservation programs in two National Forests. His undergraduate degree is in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and he has post-graduate degrees in Anthropology from the University of Idaho and Brown University. He and his family live in College Park, MD.