Richard D. Strunk is the founder and principal craftsman of Windy Hill Restorations.  He earned a B.A. in Anthropology with concentrations in both archeology and history from SUNY Albany.  He worked for more than 6 years as an historic archeologist and served as Project Director for field & lab staff during several large archeological investigations.  He attended Kirby Studios in Bennington, Vermont where he received professional instruction in both cabinetmaking and restoration of antique furniture.  During this time he painstakingly repaired many types of antiques utilizing his restoration skills.  In 2006, he was invited to speak at a Symposium on American Glass at Eastfield Village in East Nassau, NY.  Rich also attended many courses taught by experts in historic construction techniques at Eastfield Village.  He has been involved with historic structures for the past 25 years.  Rich has an extensive knowledge of 18^th and 19^th century American material culture to assist you in your restoration project. 

Frank P. Swartwout has an eye for the design and adaptive reuse of historic structures and landscaping.  He earned a B.A. in Art from SUNY Plattsburgh, specializing in three-dimensional art forms.  He has attended historic restoration courses at Eastfield Village.  Frank operates a horse and goat-breeding farm that was created from a diverse group of historic structures that he disassembled and re-erected over the past 25 years.  This experience has given him insight into the needs of 21^st century livestock farming so as to efficiently utilize historic barns or outbuildings.  Frank has a collection of vintage stringed instruments and plays historic music with the 77^th NY Regimental Balladeers.  

 Lori B. Strunk earned a B.A. in Anthropology with second fields in Classical Archaeology and Art History from SUNY Albany.  She has also attended courses at Eastfield Village.  For several years, she worked as a contract archeologist and architectural historian for the Natural Heritage Trust, the NY State Museum and a private consulting firm.  Her last public position was as a Historic Preservation Program Assistant for the NY State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).  For the past 20 years, she has owned and operated Windy Hill Antiques.  Lori is in charge of the WHR office and assists with on-site inspections and the writing of project proposals.