Laura Gaylord Resch serves as Assistant Preventive Conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Prior to working in Cleveland, Laura worked in collections management at Tudor Place Historic House and Garden in Washington, DC and for preventive conservator Wendy Jessup in Arlington, Virginia. Laura obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delaware with majors in Art Conservation and Art History and minors in American Material Culture Studies and Fine Art. Laura serves the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) as a member of several groups, including the Materials Testing and Standards subcommittee of the Materials Working Group, the editorial committee of Storage Techniques for Art, Science, and History Collections website, and as Chair of the Preventive Care Network.