Equity & Inclusion Committee

Devon is a Mellon LACE fellow and earned a BA in art history from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in addition to attending the Brooks Institute to study photography. Before starting his graduate studies, he was an assistant exhibition coordinator and a conservation intern at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia. While at the University of Virginia, Devon was also both a collections management and exhibition intern at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection which features one of the best indigenous Australian art collections in the world. During the summer of 2023, he was an intern in book conservation at Emory University's Woodruff Library in Atlanta and has been active in the department's Equity & Inclusion Committee. Devon completed his third-year book conservation internship at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He is currently the Conservator for Special Collections at Cornell University Library.

Nicole is Conservator at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute in Canada, after graduating from the University of Amsterdam Program in Conservation and Restoration.

Lindsey is a Conservation Assistant of Paper & Library Materials at the Winterthur Museum and a pre-program conservation student based in Philadelphia. She is also an artist with a background in printmaking and painting and a passionate advocate for diversity, inclusion, and equity in the arts and beyond. She served as chair of this committee from 2024-2026.

Maria Olivia is an objects conservator and just completed a double Masters from NYU in the History of Art and Archaeology and Art Conservation. Their praxis seeks frameworks that give voice to objects that have been historically diminished or disregarded: from ancient objects whose makers are unknown to Indigenous cultural heritage that has been dissociated from their descendants. They strive to foster decolonial methodologies in the care of cultural heritage, informed by their own bilingual and multicultural identity.

Samantha is a freelance wall painting conservator based in California.

Caroline is a research scientist since 2017 and a research fellow since 2012. Her research is focused on the utilization of protein products in material culture and the development of proteomics methods for the analysis of ancient proteins in cultural heritage. She specializes in the characterization of keratin-based tissues and other textile fibers.

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Margaret (Maggie) Wessling (she/her) is Senior Conservator and Head of Photograph Conservation at the National Gallery of Art, where she has led the photograph conservation program since 2023. Maggie holds a Master of Arts and an Advanced Certificate in the Conservation of Art and Historic Artifacts from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University. She has worked at a range of museums, libraries, and private practices, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Northeast Document Conservation Center, and the New York University Libraries. Maggie has been a dedicated contributor to AIC and FAIC for nearly a decade. She served on the FAIC Collaborative Workshops in Photograph Conservation Committee from 2017 to 2023, serving as Chair from 2018 to 2023. She has been a member of the Education and Training Committee since 2023, serving as Chair from 2024 to 2025, where she shepherded a new initiative for foundational skills training that included the 2025 series on inclusive mentorship practices.

Bonnie is the AIC Communications & Membership Director and liaises with the Equity & Inclusion, Communications, Member Engagement, and Program committees. She also works with the Archaeological Heritage Network and various working groups. 

Nick is the AIC Operations Assistant and liaises with the Equity & Inclusion and Sustainability Committees and the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network.