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The purpose of the Textile Specialty Group is to support the professional development of textile conservators. The group includes conservators working at museums, in private practice, universities, regional centers, and training programs and provide a valuable professional network for textile conservation. Members focus on a wide range of subjects, materials research and anaylsis, case studies, techniques, costume, tapestery and upholstery conservation, and archaelogical and ethnographic issues.

Committee Leadership

	Ms. Laura Mina (Chair) Associate Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Melanie D Sanford (Vice Chair) Textile Conservator/Owner Textile Preservation Services of Texas Plano, TX United States
	Ms Kirsten Schoonmaker, Textiles (Secretary) Assistant Conservator Shelburne Museum Shelburne, VT United States
	Ms. Chandra Obie (Treasurer) Textile Conservator Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati, OH United States
	Ms. Ann M. Coppinger (Award Committee Member) Chief Conservator Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY United States
	Ms. Joanne Hackett (Award Committee Member) Head of Textiles and Fashion Conservation Victoria & Albert Museum London, United Kingdom
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Award Committee Member) Flushing, NY United States
	Ms. Elizabeth Shaeffer (Postprints Editor) Associate Conservator GWU Museum/Textile Museum Washington, DC United States
	Mrs. Rebecca Summerour (Postprints Editor) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation National Museum of African Art Takoma Park, MD United States
	Ms. Cathleen M. Zaret (Postprints Editor) Associate Conservator GWU Museum/Textile Museum Potomac, MD United States
	Jennifer L. Cruise (Wiki Editor) Conservator Textilis Conservation Saint Paul, MN United States
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Listserv Moderator) Flushing, NY United States
	Ms. Anne Murray (E-editor) Owner Murray Conservation Services Midwest City, OK United States
	Ms Katelin Lee (Staff Liaison) Membership and Marketing Associate American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Washington, DC United States