Carolyn received an undergraduate degree in art history from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She completed her master's degree in paper conservation at Camberwell College of Arts in London, England, in 2000. After receiving her degree, she worked the following year as an assistant paper conservator at the Tate Britain Museum. Before establishing Works on Paper, Carolyn was an associate paper conservator at the Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts.
Carolyn has been a peer-reviewed Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) since 2007 and recently served as an officer of AIC’s Conservators in Private Practice Specialty Group. She is a founding member of the Collections Care and Conservation Alliance. Carolyn is on the Advisory Committee of the Vermont Arts & Culture Disaster Resilience Network (VACDaRN) and has been a member of AIC’s National Heritage Responders since 2011. She is also a member of the Institute of Conservation, the New England Conservation Association, and the New England Museum Association. Carolyn is part of the team of multi-discipline conservators dedicated to documenting and preserving historic stage scenery, Curtains without Borders.
Carolyn presents workshops and lectures to professional and public audiences on various topics, including the identification and conservation of historic wallpaper and the preservation and conservation of art and archival collections on paper.