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The charge of the committee is to: provide educational and technical information to the AIC membership to increase knowledge of safety hazards and general health issues related to the conservation profession; offer information through lectures, workshops, displays, AIC publications, AIC website, and other electronic and print media; address health and safety issues of concern to the AIC membership by maintaining current information through research, by collaboration with health and safety professionals and with other health and safety organizations, and, periodically, by statistically valid surveys, the results of which will facilitate establishing priorities.

Committee Leadership

	Ms. Tara D. Kennedy (Chair) Preservation Services Librarian/ Preventive Conservator Yale University Library New Haven, CT United States
	Ms. Susan D. Costello (Vice Chair) Associate Conservator of Objects and Sculpture Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies Scituate, MA United States
	Ms. Paulette Reading (Secretary) Textile Conservator Mountain States Art Conservation Denver, CO United States
	Dr. Christina Bisulca (Communications Officer) Andrew W. Mellon Scientist Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI United States
	Ms. Katherine Ridgway (Editor) State Archaeological Conservator Virginia Department of Historic Resources Richmond, VA United States
	Health & Safety Committee (Member) American Institute for Conservation/Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Washington, DC United States
	Ms Marie Diane Desrochers (Member) Graduate Fellow Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Wilmington, DE United States
	Ms. Haddon Augusta Dine (Member) Objects Conservation Fellow Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies Frederick, MD United States
	Ms. Adrienne Gendron (Member) Graduate Student NYU Institute of Fine Arts New York, NY United States
	Ms. Allison Kelley (Member) Graduate Student Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Wilmington, DE United States
	Ms. Jo Anne Martinez-Kilgore (Member) Conservator Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records Albuquerque, NM United States
	Mrs. Kate L. McEnroe (Member) Associate Conservator of Archaeological Materials Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Williamsburg, VA United States
	Ms. Lisa Goldberg (Network Officer (Special Advisor) ) Goldberg Preservation Services, LLC Corning, NY United States
	Ms Kimberly Harmon (Network Officer (Special Advisor) ) Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Smithsonian Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Washington, DC United States
	Ms. Kathryn A Makos, MPH, CIH (Network Officer (Special Advisor) ) Certified Industrial Hygienist (Retired) Rockville, MD United States
	Ms. Rachael Perkins Arenstein (Network Officer (E-Editor) ) Partner AM Art Conservation LLC Scarsdale, NY United States
	Mr. Thomas J. Braun (Board Liaison) Head of Conservation and Senior Objects Conservator Minnesota Historical Society Minneapolis, MN United States
	Ms. Bonnie Naugle (Staff Liaison) Communications & Membership Director American Institute for Conservation/Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Washington, DC United States