Emerging Conservation Professionals Network

Ashley Stanford is currently the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Photography Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). She is a recent graduate from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC), class of 2024, where she majored in photograph conservation and minored in paper conservation. She has completed graduate level internships at MoMA, The Better Image, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and Gawain Weaver Art Conservation. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin in 2015 and completed the bulk of her pre-program training as an Intern in the Paper Conservation Lab at the Menil Drawing Institute as well as additional positions at the MFA Houston, Rothko Chapel, and UT Austin's Landmarks Preservation. She is also an active member of the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network, serving as Chair (2025 - Present), PMG ECPN Liaison (2022-2024), Outreach Co-Officer (2020-2022), and Houston Regional Liaison (2018-2020).

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Amelia J. Hammond is the Assistant Archaeological Conservator at The Mariner's Museum and Park. She is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam's Conservation and Restoration graduate and postgraduate programs, specializing in metals. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, with an emphasis in Archaeology and a minor in Museum from Texas A&M University.

Amelia J. Hammond is the Assistant Archaeological Conservator at The Mariner's Museum and Park. She is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam's Conservation and Restoration graduate and postgraduate programs, specializing in metals. She has a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, with an emphasis in Archaeology and a minor in Museum from Texas A&M University.

Caitlin Green is a graduate fellow (Class of 2026) in the Garman Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State University, specializing in paintings. She holds a Master of Arts in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Bachelor of Arts with dual majors in Studio Art and Art History from Wittenberg University. Caitlin worked as a pre-program intern at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, the Preservation Society of Newport County, and Amann + Estabrook Conservation Associates prior to her graduate studies. Her graduate level internship sites include the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Caitlin currently serves as the Outreach Co-Officer for the Emerging Conservation Professionals Network within AIC and is the graduate intern in paintings conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

Stephanie Gold is a current Graduate Fellow in the Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State where she is specializing in paintings conservation.

Ella Andrews is the Andrew W. Mellon Advanced Fellow in Objects Conservation at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. She received an M.S. in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums and an M.A. in Principles of Conservation from University College London subsequent to a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has previously worked at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Archaeology South-East, and UCL Institute of Archaeology. She has worked as a conservator on archaeological projects in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel/Palestine, Greece, and is currently a member of Middle Kingdom Theban Project in Egypt. Her research interests include Egyptian polychrome surfaces, the use of organic nanoparticles as consolidants, and the identification of pigments through multistep analysis. She is a member of the American Institute for Conservation and the Georgia regional co-liaison for AIC’s Emerging Conservation Professionals Network.

Madeline received her BFA at Pacific Lutheran University in 2015. For several years she worked as a picture framer in local shops while completing chemistry coursework. She moved to the New England area and began working as a preventive care assistant for Historic New England in 2022 where she learned preventive conservation practices and IPM management. In 2023, she worked as a collection care specialist for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. With the Asian conservation department, she prepared works on paper for exhibitions such as Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence, Songs for Modern Japan, Hallyu!: The Korean Wave, re-opening of the Japanese galleries, and regular gallery rotations. As pre-program art conservator she is interested in paper and/or paintings as a specialty. Some skills are framing, hinging, matting, creating enclosures, and making improvements in collection storage. She now works as a paper conservation intern at Williamstown Art Conservation Center and hopes to apply for graduate school in art conservation in the coming years.

Beth is the Senior Conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art and serves on the AIC Board as Director, Professional Education. 

Nick joined us in 2022 as our Operations Assistant. A recent graduate from American University, Nick received his BA in International Relations and Sociology, and is very interested in how conservation can spur unlikely conversations and connections between individuals and communities. He looks forward to interacting with AIC members and becoming more familiar with the conservation community. Relatively new to the field, Nick has held various roles across sectors and institutions such as Columbia University’s Council for European Studies, FreshFarm DC, and American University’s School of International Service. He is excited to bring themes from his past roles, such as sustainability, into the field of conservation. Outside of work, Nick enjoys spending time going on hikes, learning recipes, watching informational videos about geography and history, and all things music.