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Résumé

Work
Experience

2025 - present

Contract Manager, Collections
Art Institute of Chicago

  • Serving as interim registrar providing full coverage for acquisitions, long-term loans, and outgoing loans across five curatorial departments.

  • Manage loan agreements, acquisition documentation, and object movement for a diverse range of departmental collections.

  • Serve as primary point of contact for lenders, donors, conservators, curatorial staff, and registration colleagues.

  • Handle all correspondence on behalf of the registrar on leave, ensuring continuity of relationships and workflow.

  • Continue working within the museum’s proprietary database, building on expertise developed during the gallery renovation project.

2025 

Contract Registrar
Art Institute of Chicago

  • Coordinated the safe handling, documentation, and movement of artwork in preparation for major gallery renovations, working both on-site in Chicago and remotely.

  • Managed packing operations for 120+ objects, ensuring adherence to museum standards for art handling and preservation.

  • Collaborated closely with conservators, curatorial staff, and professional art handlers to assess condition and determine appropriate packing and crating specifications.

  • Maintained accurate records in the museum’s proprietary collections management system, rapidly mastering the platform to meet project timelines.

2024 - 2025

Registrar
Faith Ringgold Estate

  • Managed comprehensive inventory of 2,000 works across two locations.

  • Built and maintained a detailed collection database using Collector Systems software, rapidly mastering the platform and collaborating with the vendor to configure fields and workflows optimized for estate management as project scope evolved.

  • Cataloged a diverse range of media including quilts, prints, drawings, sculptures, masks, and dolls, documenting titles, dimensions, mediums, condition, and digital images to appraiser specifications.

  • Partnered closely with the appraiser to generate custom data exports tailored to appraisal requirements, maintaining flexibility as documentation needs shifted throughout the process.

2024 - 2025

TMS Database Specialist
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

  • Created & maintained object and loan records for new acquisitions, exhibitions, and loans in accordance with NMAfA's TMS standards & Smithsonian guidelines.

  • Updated & verified object locations as part of museum-wide inventory project, ensuring accuracy of collection tracking across storage areas.

  • Supported provenance research initiative by creating new constituent records and linking existing records to object records, strengthening collection documentation.

  • Prepared and imported digital images into Smithsonian DAMS with proper metadata and linking protocols to ensure integration with TMS collection records.

  • Provided informal training and technical support to new and existing TMS users across the museum.

2023-2024

Exhibition Registrar
Japanese Art Society of America

  • Initially hired to coordinate shipping for the touring exhibition "Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan," role expanded to serve as lead registrar overseeing logistics and installation for all three venues: Asia Society & Museum, New York; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

  • Managed end-to-end logistics for 200+ works and 50+ lenders (museums & private collectors) across back-to-back venue installations with compressed timelines.

  • Negotiated and finalized loan agreements, coordinated packing & shipping with lenders & receiving institutions, and arranged courier travel from multiple locations to ensure safe artwork transport.

  • Provided on-site installation and deinstallation oversight at all three venues, conducting condition reporting, troubleshooting logistics challenges, and serving as primary liaison between JASA leadership, venue registrars, exhibition teams, and traveling curators.

  • Managed shipping and installation budgets across three venues, balancing cost efficiency with professional handling standards to deliver successful exhibitions.

2023

Contract Registrar
Studio Museum in Harlem

  • Created workflow and tracking process for photographing over 1,200 works from the permanent collection

  • Collaborated with staff to refine existing policies and procedures for art handling and viewing requests, incoming art, & location tracking

2015 - 2022

Senior Associate Registrar for Collections
Harvard Art Museums

  • Developed & implemented policies and procedures relating to the permanent and long-term loan collections.

  • Compiled & maintained legal documentation and physical histories of the permanent collection including all related records and reports.

  • Served as liaison with numerous University Offices including: Offices of General Counsel, the Governing Boards & Insurance Carriers.

  • Developed & implemented comprehensive collection inventory plan

  • Led Collections Management’s digital initiative intended to replace paper transactions wherever possible.

  • Responsible for all digital files, including but not limited to non-studio quality object images and scans of all paper records.

  • Supervise assistant registrar for collections and perform all related staff performance evaluations and goal setting for the department.

  • Oversaw the registration elements of two major and seven minor exhibitions including domestic and international loans, working directly with curators, artists and lenders.

2010 - 2015

Associate Registrar for Collections
Harvard Art Museums

  • Facilitated acquisition and deaccession projects, including preparing agendas and coordinating acquisition meetings, correspondence, contracts, shipping and maintaining appropriate files.

  • Assessed object condition, produced reports & consulted with conservators as needed.

  • Advised TMS Administrator on collections management features and development.

2007 - 2010

Assistant Registrar 
Harvard Art Museums

  • Processed outgoing loans through internal review, oversaw packing, shipping, and installation logistics. 

  • Conducted condition surveys for paintings & coordinated large-scale furniture packing for museum renovation.

Education

2003

Boston College
Bachelor’s Degree

Major in Art History 

Minor in French 

Skills
& Expertise

  • Domestic, international and virtual courier

  • Member of ARCS (Association of Registrars & Collections Specialists).

  • Attended numerous professional conferences related to registration methods & legal issues in museum administration.

  • Useful Technologies: TMS by Gallery Systems, Collector Systems, Basecamp for Project Management, All Microsoft Office Products, All Google Suite Products, Slack

Notable Exhibitions
& Press

Over the course of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to support a wide range of exhibitions — from major international tours to deeply researched, collection-based shows. A few highlights:

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