- Was an art conservation apprentice in the object conservation department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while in high school
- Acted as the Colorado Historical Society’s liaison for transporting collections from Italy to the US for the Vatican Treasures exhibit (1993)
- Established the Textile Conservation Department at the Rocky Mountain Conservation Center, University of Denver (early 1980’s)
- Developed a conservation/restoration facility for the treatment of items such as stagecoaches and railroad cars in partnership with the Colorado Department of Corrections, Correctional Industries (1993 – on)
- Raised over two million dollars in grant funding for collections care activities over the last 10 years
- Facilitated the ½ million dollar renovation of collections storage for historical artifacts at the Colorado History Museum (1997-1999)
- Provided state-of-the-art storage for Native American collections at the Colorado Historical Society to benefit NAGPRA visits (1999)
- Consultant to the Smithsonian Institution and other museums on Native American, African, and Asian collections
- Expertise in the care of Southwest textiles
- Am moving to Durango to become part of the Fort Lewis community!
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