Staff
Board of Directors
Isaac Facio
President
Conservator, Art Institute of Chicago; Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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L Vinebaum
Co-Vice President / Symposia Academic Chair
Chair, Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Dr. Amber Clifford-Napoleone
Assistant Director of Equity and Inclusion
Professor of Anthropology and Director of the McClure Archives and University Museum at the University of Central Missouri
Eva Labson
Director of Membership and Outreach
Collections Manager, Antonio Ratti Textile Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dr. Christine Checinska
Director at Large for Membership, Outreach and Programs
Senior Curator of African and Diaspora Textiles and Fashion, V&A Museum
Kris Cnossen
Assistant Director of Communications
Textile Conservator in Private Practice, Midwest Textile Conservation LLC
Dr. Vandana Bhandari
Director of Awards and Scholarships
Academician, Administrator, and an Author specializing in the field of Apparel Design, Craft, Indian Dress and Indian Textiles
Dr. Janet Marion Purdy
Assistant Director of Awards and Scholarships
Associate Curator, Textiles, Art Institute of Chicago; Lecturer, Department of Art History, University of Chicago
Kira Dominguez Hultgren
Assistant Director of Volunteers and Membership
U.S.-based Artist and Educator
Melinda Watt
Immediate Past President
Chair and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Curator, Textiles, Art Institute of Chicago
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Task Representatives
Janis Jeffries
International Ambassador
Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
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