Sean Ferguson works for the National Endowment for the Humanities in the Division of Preservation and Access as a Senior Program Officer. Previously, Sean served the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) as an Associate Preservation Specialist, providing preservation consultations and trainings to small- to mid-size cultural heritage organizations nationwide. Sean currently serves on the City of Alexandria’s Public Records Advisory Commission and the American Library Association’s CORE Division Preservation Outreach Committee. From July 2018 to June 2019, he also served as NEDCC’s Performing Arts Readiness Emergency Preparedness Consultant for New England, providing emergency preparedness consultations and training to performing arts organizations. Sean also represented NEDCC on the COSTEP MA (Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness in Massachusetts) Executive Committee from May 2017 to July 2019. Sean earned a BA in History at Vassar College, an MLIS from Simmons College School of Library and Information Science, and a Digital Archives Specialist Certificate from the Society of American Archivists (SAA).