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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

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	Ms. Melanie D Sanford (Chair) Textile Conservator/Owner Textile Preservation Services of Texas, LLC Allen, TX United States
	Ms. Julia G. Carlson (Vice Chair) Associate Conservator Metropolitan Museum of Art, Textile Conservation Department New York, NY United States
	Ms. Laura Mina (Chair Emeritus) Head of Textile Conservation Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Winterthur, DE 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. Kathy Francis, Fellow (Award Committee Member) 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) 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 Morgan Blei Carbone (Catalog Contributor ) Conservator Museum Textile Services Andover, MA United States
	Ms. Emma A. Schmitt (Catalog Contributor ) Textile Conservator National Museum of African American History & Culture Takoma Park, MD United States
	Ms. 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
	Ms. Nora S Frankel (Postprints Assistant Editor) Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation National Museum of the American Indian Pownal, VT United States