Penny is a licensed professional archaeologist and has been involved in cultural heritage management, land use planning, environmental assessments and archaeology with provincial and municipal governments, local historical sites and archaeological consulting firms for many years. Her government experience includes work as a Regional Archaeologist and the Ontario Archaeological Data Coordinator with the provincial government, and as a Heritage Coordinator with the three municipalities. Penny is currently a Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist at Archaeological Research Associates Ltd.

Her MA and BA are from McMaster University, and she has worked in archaeology in Ontario, England and Mexico. She and Meagan Brooks led, with student participation, an archaeological excavation on Willowbank’s property. She is a Board member of the Ontario Archaeological Society.