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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. Melanie D Sanford (Chair) Textile Conservator/Owner Textile Preservation Services of Texas, LLC Allen, TX United States
	Ms. Julia G. Carlson (Vice Chair) Assistant Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Textile Conservation Department New York, NY 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. Joanne Hackett (Award Committee Chair) Head of Textiles and Fashion Conservation Victoria & Albert Museum London, United Kingdom
	Ms. Rebecca Anne Rushfield (Award Committee Member) Flushing, NY United States
	Ms. Allison McCloskey (Nominating Committee Chair) Associate Textile Conservator Denver Art Museum Denver, CO United States
	Ms. Sharlan Kira Eng-Wilmot (Postprints Editor) Textile Conservator Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Alison Castaneda (Postprints Assistant Editor) Associate Conservator Museum at FIT Bronx, NY 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. Marina Hays (Emerging Conservation Professional Liaison) Polaire Weissman Fund Fellow in Conservation Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms. Marina Hays (E-editor) Polaire Weissman Fund Fellow in Conservation Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Brooklyn, NY United States
	Ms Erika J Goergen (Staff Liaison) Membership Operations Assistant American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Washington, DC United States