Champlain College (CCCA Director representing Emerging Professionals)

Kelly Bartlett is a current graduate student studying for a dual MA/MSIS in English and Information Science with a concentration in archives and records. Her academic interests include community archives and the efforts made by professional and amateur archivists to preserve the voices, narratives, and lessons of often underrepresented populations.

(Emerging Professional)

Darlene Bialowski Art Services, LLC (CCCA President)

Darlene Bialowski, principal of Darlene Bialowski Art Services, LLC, has been in the museum and cultural heritage preservation field for more than 25 years working as a Curatorial Assistant at Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, MA; to being the sole Registrar for the then four Springfield Museums in Springfield, MA as well as overseeing two satellite exhibition sites at Smith & Wesson’s headquarters and its Shooting Academy; to being an independent contract Registrar. She is also an author, lecturer and President of not only the CCCA but also two other cultural heritage non-profits – Red Arch Cultural Heritage Law & Policy Research as well as the Center for Painted Wall Preservation. Darlene is also an accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America with her appraisal specialties in fine and decorative arts. With her extensive backgrounds in the fields of collections care, art, cultural preservation, appraising and being a former paralegal, Darlene’s expertise and broad network of colleagues and experts assist her in aiding clients directly or being able to make the right introductions if necessary.

(Emerging Professional)

Museum Textile Services (Professional Affiliate)

Billings Farm and Museum (Emerging Professional)

(Emerging Professional)

Sonia Campagnola is a freelance archivist specializing in contemporary fine arts. She is based in Los Angeles, where she primarily works with artists' studios and private collections.

Princeton University Library (Emerging Professional)

Margaret Canfield is a pre-program conservation student interested in photographs and works on paper. Margaret graduated from Cornell University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History. She has worked as a student employee at the Cornell Library Conservation Lab as well as a variety of intern roles at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Prior to starting her current position at Princeton, she was the ACE Curatorial Fellow at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Park in Cornish, New Hampshire.

Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (Professional Affiliate)

Vermont Historical Society (CCCA Director)

Contact: eileen.corcoran@vermonthistory.org | 802-479-8522

Eileen Corcoran currently serves as Director of Service & Outreach at the Vermont Historical Society, working mainly with local historical societies and museums around the state. She has twenty years of experience working with and for museums and other cultural organizations, including the Vermont Museum & Gallery Alliance, Upstate (NY) History Alliance, the National Museum of the Morgan Horse, and the National Museum of Natural History. She also serves as an independent consultant and contractor specializing in collections care and management. She earned her B.A. in Anthropology at Ithaca College, and her M.A. in Anthropology with a Concentration in Museum Training from The George Washington University. Eileen resides in Waltham, VT.

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College (CCCA Director representing Emerging Professionals)

As assistant registrar at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Kristie coordinates all registration activities for special exhibitions and creates and maintains documentation relating to acquisitions, deaccessioning, digitization, rights and reproductions, art movement, and conservation. She collaboratively re-evaluates cataloging practices toward making data more expansive, accurate, and accessible, working to affirm the relevance of the Hood’s collections to students and faculty across disciplines. Previously, Kristie held curatorial assistantships at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, specializing in works on paper. She is a member of the Hood’s Accessibility Working Group and serves on the Mentoring Program Subcommittee of the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists.

University of Vermont (CCCA Secretary)

Contact: erica@ericadonnis.com

Erica Donnis has twenty-five years of experience working as a museum curator, archivist, and collections consultant. Currently a Congressional Papers Archivist and Associate Professor at the University of Vermont, Erica is part of a team working on the arrangement, description, and preservation of Senator Patrick Leahy’s papers. Her recent independent consulting projects include curating Rail City, a new permanent exhibition for the Saint Albans Museum in Saint Albans, Vermont; assessments of museum, archival, and digital collections for several Vermont collecting institutions; and a historic furnishings plan for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, for which she was a coauthor. Additional publications include A History of Shelburne Farms: A Changing Landscape, An Evolving Vision (2010). Based in Burlington, Vermont, Erica is a graduate of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture (now American Material Culture).

Vermont Division of Historic Preservation (Professional Affiliate)

Michigan State University Museum (Emerging Professional)

University of Southern Maine Franco-American Collection (Professional Affiliate)

Anna Faherty holds an MA in History and a MS in Library Science with a concentration in archives. She is the archivist at the Franco-American Collection, located on the Lewiston, ME campus of the University of Southern Maine. As the solo arranger at the Collection, she: manages volunteers, interns and student workers, provides K-12 and university level instruction on primary sources and Franco-American history in Maine, coordinates community events, accepts archival donations, assists researchers, processes collections, and engages in preventative preservation practices to help meet the Collection's mission to preserve and promote the Franco-American culture and history in Maine. Anna is currently the Secretary of the Maine Library Association (MLA) and sits on the Maine Historical Records Advisory Board (MHRAB). Her historical background is in labor and immigration in the United States from the 19th-early 20th centuries.

Paintings Conservator in Private Practice (Professional Affiliate)

Suki Fredericks is a Vermont-based paintings conservator who has worked in museums and the private sector since 1976. Her private studio serves museums, non-profit organizations, and individuals. Suki conserves paintings from collections throughout the Northeast, either in the studio or on-site, as necessary. Collections include Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Park, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne Farms Inn, Sheldon Museum, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Fleming Museum; Collaborative and mixed media treatments have been with Art Care Conservation, Curtains Without Borders, Washi Paper Conservation, and SLM Objects Conservation. Suki is graduate school and museum trained, with an M.A. in Art History and a Certificate in Conservation from The Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and a member of WAAC, NECA, ICOM, AAM, CCCA.

Pratt School of Information (Emerging Professional)

Works on Paper, LLC (CCCA Vice-President)

Contact: carolyn@works-on-paper.net | 802-460-1149

Carolyn Frisa received her M.A. in Paper Conservation from Camberwell College of Arts in London, England in 2000. She established Works on Paper, LLC, a private practice conservation studio in southern Vermont in 2008, and specializes in the conservation of artistic and historic works on paper, wallpaper and photographs. Prior to entering private practice, Carolyn worked as an associate paper conservator at the Northeast Document Conservation Center and Tate Britain. She has been a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) since 2007, is one of the Vermont team members for the AIC National Heritage Responders, and currently serves on the board of the New England Conservation Association.

Saint Michael's College (Emerging Professional)

Dr. Alexandra Garrett is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Saint Michael's College (Colchester, VT). She is an early Americanist who specializes in women, gender, business, slavery, and Virginia in the revolutionary and early national eras. She is currently a board member for the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum and is an elected member of the Research/Historical Committee for Gov. Phil Scott's Vermont's 250th Anniversary Committee (which will honor the American Revolution in 2026). She has secured over $100,000 in grant and fellowship support from humanities institutions to aid her research.

(Professional Affiliate)

Vermont Historical Society (Professional Affiliate)

(Professional Affiliate)

Ethan Allen Homestead Museum (Emerging Professional)

Angie Grove is the Executive Director of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum in Burlington, VT. Angie has a background in public and nonprofit education and tourism and she enjoys cycling, backpacking, and reading novels.

Owner, Arts Management Services LLC (Professional Affiliate)

For over 40 years I've served museums, artists, and corporations in the care of contemporary sculpture including packing, shipping, installation, and restoration. I also specialize in the restoration of gravestones, decorative plaster, antique tile, and ceramic art. My clients include the Guggenheim Museum, Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Walker Art Center, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Denver International Airport, the State of Vermont, and US embassies around the world.

Owner, Herman Silver Restoration & Conservation. (Professional Affiliate Emeritus)

The CCCA Board is sad to report that Jeff died in 2023. His obituary can be read here.

I have been working in silver since 1976. I graduated with a BFA degree in silversmithing and jewelry making from Maine College of Art. Upon graduating, Gorham hired me as a designer, sample maker, and technical illustrator. I then worked at a smaller company creating ecclesiastical and specialty ware prior to starting my own business in 1984. I have garnered an international reputation for honest advice and quality craftsmanship with special attention to surface finishing. As a sole-proprietor I have restored, reconstructed, and hand finished everything from everyday disposal-damaged and dishwasher-dulled flatware to major surgery on historically important tankards, tureens, and tea services made by Revere, Storr, Bateman, Gorham, and Tiffany. As an environmentalist, I use the safest, non-toxic, products available in one of the best equipped restoration workshops in the world. In 1989 I founded the Society of American Silversmiths to preserve and promote this beautiful art form.

Old Sturbridge Village (Professional Affiliate)

Dartmouth College Library (Professional Affiliate)

Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village (Emerging Professional)

Bob Hunt earned a BA in History and Elementary Education at Northern Vermont University in 1975. He had a forty-year career in teaching and administration. Since retiring from education he has worked for the Old Stone House and Historic Village in a variety of capacities, starting as Education Director in 2015. Currently her serves as Associate Director of Operations and works with the Collections Team that includes the museum registrar, Darlene Young and the Associate Director of Interpretation, Dr. Spencer Kuchle. Bob also works closely with the Buildings and Grounds Committee and the Collections Committee in addition to working with volunteer tour guides and research requests from the public. He also works closely with the Education staff and Molly Veysey, museum director. When not spending time at the museum he enjoys travelling, collecting Americana and spending time with his grandchildren.

Middlebury College and Bixby Memorial Free Library (Emerging Professional)

Anna Hurd (they/she) is a current graduate student in Simmons University's Master's of Library and Information Science Program with a concentration in Archives Management. Anna is currently working as the Eugene Exman Papers Archival Fellow at Middlebury College Special Collections and curates social media content for the archives and special collections at Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes. She has held previous processing and outreach internships at the Bixby Memorial Free Library and the Massachusetts General Hospital Archives. In addition to her professional background in libraries and archives, Anna has a Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Vermont and has particular interests in book history and 17th and 19th-century New England literature. She currently lives in Vergennes with her partner, her cat Marlowe, and her many houseplants.

New Mexico Military Institute (Emerging Professional)

Ohio University (Emerging Professional)

Haley Kean is a Multimedia Artist and curator with a passion for connection through ephemera. Haley received her MFA in Printmaking from Ohio University in 2023. During her time at Ohio University she has served as Arts Librarian Assistant in conjunction with her TA-ship. Previous to pursuing her MFA, Haley spent time as a Curatorial Fellow for the Art Collective: For Freedoms. She has participated in exhibitions both locally and nationally.

Owner, Kerschner Museum Conservation Services, LLC (Professional Affiliate)

Richard Kerschner is the principal of Kerschner Museum Conservation Services as well as Conservator Emeritus at the Shelburne Museum where he served as Director of Preservation and Conservation from 1982 until his retirement in 2015. He has extensive experience in preventive conservation and conservation project management and is recognized nationally for his expertise in collections-based practical and sustainable environmental control for museums in historic structures and LED lighting for museums. A graduate of Bucknell University, Richard holds a Masters Degree and Certificate of Advanced Study in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and is a Fellow and past treasurer of the American Institute for Conservation and Fellow and past Council member of the International Institute for Conservation. He is the Coordinating Conservator for the relocation and conservation of The Lost Mural in Burlington, VT, and consults for the World Monuments Fund’s Qianlong Garden project in China’s Forbidden City.

San Jose State University (Emerging Professional)

Jennifer Kim is a current graduate student at San Jose State University studying Library and Information Science. She currently works as a Library Specialist in a public library, but hopes to obtain an internship in a cultural heritage institution. Prior to pursuing her MLIS, Jennifer worked in collections for nearly a decade, but not that kind of collection—debt collection! She knew this was not the career for her and that a career change was in order. She looks forward to gaining experience in collections care and conservation in order to educate the community and to expanding her support network in order to pay it forward to the next generation of conservationists!

Provincetown Art Association and Museum (Emerging Professional)

Madeleine is the Collections Manager and Registrar at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, where she oversees all elements of collections, preventive conservation, and exhibitions. She received a B.A. from Barnard College in Art History and Economics and an M.A. in Museum Studies (Collections Management) from The George Washington University. She has previously worked in the collections and conservation departments of the Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, MA) and the GWU Textile Museum (Ashburn, VA and Washington, DC).

School of Library and Information Sciences, Simmons University (Emerging Professional)

Anna Libertin (she/her) is a current graduate student at Simmons University studying Library and Information Sciences with a concentration in Archives and Record Management. Prior to jumping into the world of libraries and archives, Anna worked in marketing, leading communications initiatives at national news media companies as well as progressive advocacy organizations and nonprofits. In every role, Anna’s efforts centered on ensuring that our stories—and our histories—are more intentionally accessible to our community.

Anna has a background in English language and literature and graphic design and her interests include all things book history, collective memory, and cultural heritage. She currently lives in Burlington, Vermont with her partner and two unruly cats.

Ellington Historical Society , Squam Archives Center (Emerging Professional)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington and Simmons University (Emerging Professional)

Keene State College (Director)

Rodney Obien is an associate professor and Head of Special Collections & Archives at Keene State College. He teaches in the M.A. programs in History and Archives. Obien holds a M.S. in Library Science from the Catholic University of America. He has held archival and museum positions at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, SUNY Buffalo, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Obien currently serves on the boards of the New Hampshire Historical Records Advisory Board, the Northeast Document Conservation Center, and the Collection Care & Conservation Alliance.

Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, Maine (Emerging Professional)

Vermont State Archives & Records Administration (CCCA Director)

Contact: rachel.onuf@vermont.gov | 802-622-4092

Rachel Onuf is the Director of the Vermont Historical Records Program, based at the Vermont State Archives & Records Administration. She serves as a Director of the Collections Care & Conservation Alliance, a co-lead of the Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster and Resilience Network (VACDaRN), and as a member of the Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance and the NEDCC Advisory Committee. Rachel received her BA from Swarthmore College, an MA in Library & Information Science from the University of Michigan and an MA in American History from the University of Virginia. Past jobs include serving as Roving Archivist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Director of Archives at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. She taught as an adjunct for Simmons College School of Library and Information Science and worked as a consultant for many years. She lives on a sidehill farm near the village of East Orange.

(Professional Affiliate)

Michele Pagan is textile conservator in private practice in East Dorset, VT. A Vermont native, she left VT for 45 years after graduating from UVM, and is recently returned with her husband John. She enjoys "preserving history one piece of fabric at a time", and doing historic house research on local homes. She is presently engaged in researching East Dorset Village, as part of a nomination as a Vermont historic district.”

Vermont Historical Society (Emerging Professional)

Graduate Library and Archives Conservation Education Consortium Fellow, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (Emerging Professional)

Woodstock History Center (Professional Affiliate)

Matt received a MA in American and New England Studies from the University of Southern Maine. He has worked for over 22 years in several historical organizations including the Remick Country Doctor Museum & Farm, Sandwich Historical Society, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum and currently the Woodstock History Center. He has been the Executive Director of the WHC for almost 10 years and loves local history, research, and education. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Windsor Central Innovation Fund, chair of the Town of Woodstock Historic Preservation Commission, board member of the Green Mountain Perkins Academy, museum professional in The Vermont Historical Society’s League of Local Historical Societies & Museums (LLHSM) Mentors Program, member of the Vermont Curators Group, member of the Collections Care and Conservation Alliance, and member of the New England Museum Association.

Wenatchee Valley College (Emerging Professional)

National Willa Cather Center (Emerging Professional)

I am originally from Crete, NE which is southwest of Nebraska's capital of Lincoln, and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney with a Bachelor's Degree of Science in History in December of 2021. Museum Collections Associate at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska is my first professional museum position. My interests include presidential history especially FDR and Teddy Roosevelt, Both World Wars, American Civil War, and Automobile history.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Emerging Professional)

Patricia is the Collections Manager at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, where she is responsible for the long-term planning for, safety of, and access to the Museum’s collection of objects and archives. She holds a BA in Archaeology, History, and French from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA. Patricia has also worked in collections management for Channel Islands Maritime Museum in Oxnard, CA, and currently serves as the Artifacts Steward for the Bixby Memorial Free Library’s artifact collection in Vergennes, VT.

Williamstown + Atlanta Art Conservation Center (Professional Affiliate)

Julie A. Reilly, Executive Director of the Williamstown + Atlanta Art Conservation Center, is an objects conservator, conservation educator, and nonprofit administrator having worked at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Winterthur Museum, the Nebraska State Historical Society Ford Conservation Center, KANEKO, Omaha by Design, and the Intermuseum Conservation Association.

San Jose State University (Emerging Professional)

(CCCA Treasurer)

Leslie Rowell is a freelance archivist, serving organizations in the care, management, and accessibility of their archival and 3-D collections. She currently works with the Bread and Puppet Theater, the Greensboro and Stowe Historical Societies, and private collections. Previously as archivist for the Unitarian Church of Montpelier Records Project, the Old Stone House Museum, Sterling College, and field interviewer for the Vermont Historical Society Vermont 70s Project, she has guided all facets of collections work, including the processing and management of photographic collections, digitization, digital assets management, records management, and implementing environmental controls. She has completed 21 credits toward her MS degree in the Simmons University Master of Library and Information Science: Archives Management Concentration program.

Champlain College, Miller Information Commons (Emerging Professional)

My name is Celia Russell. I am originally from Cumberland Center, Maine and have spent the last several years in Vermont. After receiving my BA in English and Secondary Education from Saint Michael’s College, I decided to pursue a career in library science. I started out volunteering at the local library in my hometown in Maine where I helped with a project transcribing local Civil War records, sparking my interest in archival studies. I went on to work as a Library Assistant in a 7th-12th grade public school for four years, and have spent the past two years working at the Champlain College Miller Information Commons on the Access Services team. While in my current position I have been fortunate to be able to observe special collections at work and help with a few projects. I completed my MS-ILS online at the University at Buffalo in May of 2021 and am excited to use what I have learned to benefit the field of library science, especially in the area of special collections and archives. I love learning more about history through various artifacts and the stories that they tell and hope to learn all I can to help preserve these stories for others.

Brazoria County Historical Museum, Texas (Emerging Professional)

Blue Schuler is a current graduate student in the Library Science program at North Carolina Central University, with a concentration in Archives and Records Management. They are the Library and Archival Manager at the Brazoria County Historical Museum, in which they are the solo arranger for both the library and archival collections. The main goal of their work is to decolonize the narrative, as well as bring a voice and spotlight to the underserved and underrepresented communities that reside in the Gulf Coast region of Texas, particularly the Black, Latine, and Asian populations. Outside of library and archives work, Blue holds a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from Adelphi University, and has a particular passion for reading and writing dramas and poetry.

(Emerging Professional)

Advanced Museum Services

Zephyr Preservation Studio, LLC (Professional Affiliate)

Zephyr Preservation Studio, LLC offers a full range of conservation services by Sarah C. Stevens, a textile conservator with 20 years of experience. We offer the highest-quality conservation and preservation of your antique, historic and special textiles. Our services aid institutions and private collectors/owners in the care and handling of their textiles so they can be enjoyed now and in the future.

Goddard College (Emerging Professional)

Juls Sundberg is Goddard College's Technical and User Services Librarian. They hold a B.A. in Theatre and History from UVM, and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University’s iSchool. Previously, they have worked as a Metadata Librarian, a Local History Librarian, an Archivist, and a Cataloger. Their professional interests include digital preservation, critical cataloging practices, and information justice.

Fleming Museum of Art (Professional Affiliate)