As an Architectural Technician in the Architecture and Historic Preservation Department, Tessa sorts and organizes architectural records relating to the restoration. She also aids in the management of the 3D model of the Madison house. Tessa graduated from the University of Mary Washington in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Historic Preservation. As a historic preservationist, Tessa is passionate about documenting historic structures and the numerous stories they tell.

Jennifer Wilkoski Glass began her career at Montpelier with the Department of Architectural Research, working closely with historians and craftspeople on the restoration of Montpelier. She holds a B.A. in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington, and an M.A. in Historic Preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. After the completion of the restoration, Jennifer moved to Williamsburg and worked with Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects. She returned to Montpelier in 2015 to lead the architectural reconstructions in the South Yard. Her research interests include 18th and early 19th-century Chesapeake architecture, traditional building practices, and historic preservation. Jennifer has since become a colleague at Colonial Williamsburg, accepting the title of Shirley and Richard Roberts Architectural Historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2020.