The Conservation Center

The Conservation Center has a long history as the oldest degree-granting conservation program in North America. Since 1960, over 270 conservators have graduated to become part of our esteemed alumni community. We are proud to share a few of our alumni who work in private practice.

Books

• Saira Haqqi

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Books

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• Caroline Rieger

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Books, paper, documents

Objects

• Barbara Applebaum

  Location: New York, NY
  Specialty: Objects

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• Monica Berry

  Location: Northeastern United States
  Specialty: Objects

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• Melanie Brussat

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Objects

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• Andrea Chevalier

  Location: The Midwest, Ohio and surrounding states
  Specialty: Paintings, objects

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• Leslie Ransick Gat

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Objects

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• Hiroko Kariya

  Location: Egypt, Turkey, Qatar
  Specialty: Archaeoloigcal site conservation, stone heritage objects, project management and training

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• James Hughes

  Location: New York City  & Westchester, NY
  Specialty: Objects

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• Tara Hornung

  Location: Colorado, works nationally and internationally
  Specialty: Preservation consultation, collection management, and on-site treatment for artistic, historic, and archaeological works

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• Kerith Koss Schrager

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Objects, general collection care

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• Rosa Lowinger & Associates

  Location: Miami and Los Angeles, will travel throughout the United States (Florida, California, the Western and Southeastern States and the Midwest)
  Specialty: Contemporary and modern art and outdoor sculpture, disaster recovery (particularly with large-scale collections and large objects)

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• Meghan Thumm Mackey

  Location: Madison, Wisconsin
  Specialty: Objects

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• Sarah Nunberg

  Location: NYC, national, international
  Specialty: Objects

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• Kent Severson

  Location: Rancho Cordova, California
  Specialty: Objects

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• Corey Smith Riley

  Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
  Specialty: Objects

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• Erin Toomey

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Objects

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• Sari Uricheck

  Location: New York City
  Specialty: Objects

Paintings

• Andrea Chevalier

  Location: The Midwest, Ohio and surrounding states
  Specialty: Paintings, objects

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• Jean Dommermuth

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Old Master paintings, modern and contemporary paintings, murals/wall paintings

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• Claire Gerhard

  Location: Washington, DC
  Specialty: Modern and contemporary paintings

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• Eric Gordon

  Location: Baltimore, MD
  Specialty: Paintings

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• Paul Himmelstein

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Paintings

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• Helen Im

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Paper, modern and contemporary paintings

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• Joanne Klaar Walker

  Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
  Specialty: Paintings

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• Lenora Paglia

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Old Master paintings, modern paintings

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• Desi Peters

  Location: Houston, Texas
  Specialty: Paintings

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• Paul Schwartzbaum

  Location: Italy, Spain,Gulf, Philippines, and Thailand
  Specialty: Paintings, murals/wall paintings

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• Will Shank

  Location: Western Europe, San Francisco, California
  Specialty: Modern and contemporary paintings, murals/wall paintings

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• Joyce Stoner

  Location: Delaware, Philadelphia, potentially New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: 19th and 20th century paintings

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• Karen E. Thomas

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Old Master paintings, 18th-19th century paintings

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Paper

• Ann Baldwin

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Paper

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• Wendy Bennett

  Location: Pittsburgh, PA
  Specialty: Paper, documents, Asian art

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• Rachel Danzing

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Paper, photographs

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• Helen Im

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Paper, modern and contemporary paintings

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• Lyn Koehnline

  Location: Richmond, Indiana
  Specialty: Paper, documents

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• Caroline Rieger

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Books, paper, documents

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• Harriet Stratis

  Location: Chicago and New York
  Specialty: Paper, pastels

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• Maggie Wessling

  Location: New England
  Specialty: Paper, photographs

Photographs

• Rachel Danzig

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Paper, photographs

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• Gawain Weaver

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Photographs

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• Maggie Wessling

  Location: New England
  Specialty: Paper, photographs

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• Textiles

  Deborah Trupin

  Specialty: Textile, upholstery

General Consultation

• Tara Hornung

  Location: Colorado, works nationally and internationally
  Specialty: Preservation consultation, collection management, and on-site treatment for artistic, historic, and archaeological works

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• Hiroko Kariya

  Location: Egypt, Turkey, Qatar
  Specialty: Archaeological site conservation, stone heritage objects, project management and training

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• Rebecca Rushfield

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Conservation consultation

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• Kerith Koss Schrager

  Location: New York metropolitan area
  Specialty: Objects, general collection care

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• Steven Weintraub

  Location: New York City, and surrounding states
  Specialty: Environmental monitoring, museum lighting

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