Our Leadership

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The charge of the committee is to advance the membership’s knowledge of conservation practices and information. It provides expertise in the development of continuing education programs, encourages individual professional development endeavors and promotes the dissemination of current educational information and issues within the conservation field.

Committee Leadership

	Ms. Renee A. Stein (Chair) Chief Conservator Michael C. Carlos Museum Atlanta, GA United States
	Ms. Sue Donovan (Vice Chair) Conservator for Special Collections University of Virginia Alderman Library Charlottesville, VA United States
	Ms. Jody Beenk (Member) Head, Preservation & Conservation University of Hong Kong Libraries Hong Kong Hong Kong
	Ms. Ruth Barach Cox (Member) Conservator of Easel Paintings Painting Conservation, Inc. Durham, NC United States
	Ms. Emily B. Frank (Member) PhD Candidate NYU Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Ainslie C Harrison (Member) Associate Conservator Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA United States
	Ms. Colleen O'Shea (Member) Assistant Conservator de Young Museum San Rafael, CA United States
	Ms. Nina Owczarek (Member) Associate Conservator Penn Museum Wilmington, DE United States
	Ms. Ellen Pearlstein (Member (Ex-Officio)) Professor UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials Los Angeles, CA United States
	Dr. Dawn V. Rogala (Member) Paintings Conservator Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute Alexandria, VA United States
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Member (Ex-Officio)) Conservator Flushing, NY United States
	Ms. Sarah Barack (K-12 Outreach Working Group Chair) Head of Conservation/Senior Objects Conservator Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum New York, NY United States
	Ms. Beth M. Edelstein (K-12 Outreach Working Group Chair) Conservator Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH United States
	Ms Céline Wachsmuth (Student Member) Graduate Student UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials Seattle, WA United States
	Ms. Ellen Salzman Chase (K-12 Outreach Working Group Member) Objects Conservator Freer|Sackler Washington, DC United States
	Ms. Colleen E. Snyder (K-12 Outreach Working Group Member) Associate Conservator of Objects Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Hts, OH United States
	Ms Chantal Stein (K-12 Outreach Working Group Member) Graduate Student NYU Institute of Fine Arts New York, NY United States
	Ms. Molly C. Gleeson (Board Liaison) Schwartz Project Conservator Penn Museum Philadelphia, PA United States
	Ms. Sarah Saetren (Staff Liaison) Education Coordinator Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Washington, DC United States