leadership
Elections:
WAAC elections are held each year before the annual meeting via electronic ballot. Elected positions include those of president, vice-president and member-at-large. Nominations close 90 days before the meeting, with an election approximately 2 weeks later. All current members can stand for election and vote.
Questions and nominations? Please contact our Vice-President.
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Monica Shah
Anchorage Museum
President
Casey Mallinckrodt
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Vice-President
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Jodie Utter
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Kathryn Harada
Laura Garcia Vedrenne
Fine Arts Museums of
San Francisco
Gina Watkinson
Arizona State Museum
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Carolyn Tallent
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Chris Stavroudis
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Treasurer & Membership Secretary
Temporary Web and Fulfilments (blame me)
Voting Board Member
Jini Rasmussen
Assistant Treasurer
Rachel Machon
Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin
Wendy Partridge
Christina O'Connell
The Huntington Libraries,
Art Collections &
Botanical Gardens
Susanne Friend
Newsletter Copy Editor
Social Media Liaison
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Mid-Year Meeting Coordinator
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The Western Association for Art Conservation (formerly the Western Association of Art Conservators) was founded on December 4, 1974.
The original founding members included:
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Benjamin B. Johnson
Richard Buck
Thomas Cairns
S. D. Derelian
Gerald R. Hoepfner
Lawrence Hoffman
Perry Huston
Margaret Lecky
Jack Lucas
Susan Nash
Roy Perkinson
Teri Oikawa-Picante
Pat Reeves
David Rinne
Tony Rockwell
George Stout
Ron Tank
Philip Vance
John Wright