
Melissa Emery
Energy Projects Archaeologist
memery@palinc.com
Missy works closely with the PAL Energy Projects Manager to coordinate archaeological fieldwork, track proposals and deliverables, and to facilitate project schedules for PAL gas and electrical transmission investigation projects. As PAL’s Safety Manager, she is also responsible for all staff safety training and compliance to meet federal, state, local, and private corporate safety requirements.
Before joining PAL in 2024, Missy worked for 10 years as an archaeological field technician, crew chief, and field director with other cultural resource management firms in the Northeast and Midwest primarily for energy-related projects. She also was involved in a large-scale data recovery at a pre-contact village site in North Carolina.
Missy received a BS in Anthropology with a concentration in Public Archaeology and a minor concentration in History from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts.