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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. Julia G. Carlson (Chair) Associate Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Textile Conservation Department New York, NY United States
	Mrs. Ann Frisina (Vice Chair) Textile Conservator Minnesota Historical Society Golden Valley, MN United States
	Ms Kirsten Schoonmaker (Secretary) Assistant Teaching Professor Syracuse University Libraries Syracuse, NY United States
	Mrs. Rebecca Beyth Stern (Treasurer) Preventive Conservator United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Greenbelt, MD United States
	Ms. Kathy Francis (Award Committee Member) Textile Conservator Francis Textile Conservation, LLC North Falmouth, MA United States
	Ms. Susan C. Heald (Award Committee Member) Textile Conservator National Museum of the American Indian Suitland, MD United States
	Ms. Denise Krieger Migdail (Award Committee Member) Textile Conservator Asian Art Museum San Francisco, CA United States
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Award Committee Member) Conservator Flushing, NY United States
	Ms. Katherine Sahmel (Award Committee Member) Associate Textile Conservator Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Wilmington, DE United States
	Ms. Yadin Larochette (Membership Committee Chair) Museum and Conservation Liaison Tru Vue, Inc. Los Angeles, CA United States
	Ms. Allison McCloskey (Nominating Committee Chair) Associate Textile Conservator Denver Art Museum Denver, CO United States
	Ms. Maria Fusco (Nominating Committee Member) Chief Conservator GWU Museum/Textile Museum Washington, DC United States
	Ms. Sarah Scaturro (Nominating Committee Member) Head Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute New York, NY United States
	Ms. Alison Castaneda (Periodicals Assistant Editor) Associate Conservator Museum at FIT Bronx, NY United States
	Dr. Jennifer L. Cruise (Wiki Editor) Conservator Textilis Conservation Saint Paul, MN United States
	Ms Kaelyn M Garcia (Emerging Conservation Professional Liaison) Post-Graduate Fellow Costumes and Textiles Conservation Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA United States
	Ms. Marina Hays (E-editor) Polaire Weissman Fund Fellow in Conservation Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Sarah E. Melching (Board Liaison) Silber Director of Conservation Denver Art Museum Denver, CO United States
	Ms. Erika J Goergen (Staff Liaison) Membership Operations Assistant American Institute for Conservation/Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Washington, DC United States