EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Featured on television arts programs – Eye on the Arts, MunCab, CLTV, MetroMix, Truth‑in‑Action

  • ArtTable, Professional Women in the Arts – Nominee, 2011

  • Who’s Who of American Women – 2005–2010

  • Who’s Who in America – 2006–2014

  • Who’s Who in the World – 2006–2014

  • Ellen Lanyon Archives, Archives of America – Smithsonian Institution, 2014

  • CRN Fine Art Services | National (Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles)

  • Fine Art Appraiser and Art Consultant | 2002–Present
    ‍Provide expert fine art consulting, advisory, and appraisal services for museum, public, corporate, and private collections.

  • Pall Mall Art Advisors (now The Fine Art Group) – Los Angeles, CA

  • West Coast Regional Director and Senior Fine Appraiser/Advisor | 2011–2017
    Established professional partnerships and referral networks across the western United States; organized continuing education for wealth advisors; delivered educational programming for estate planners, insurance providers, and estate managers; provided advisory and appraisal services for high‑net‑worth clients nationwide.

  • Haynes Galleries – Nashville, TN
    Director | 2009–2011

  • Tall Grass Arts Association – Park Forest, IL
    Executive Director | 2006–2009

  • National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum – Chicago, IL
    Executive Director | 2004–2006

  • Northern Indiana Arts Association – Munster, IN
    Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services | 2000–2004

  • Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University – Valparaiso, IN
    Associate Curator | 1998–1999
    Assistant to the Director | 1999–2000

EDUCATION

  • New York University – Professional Certificate, Fine and Decorative Art Appraisal, 2002

  • Governors State University – M.A. in Art History, 1997

  • Governors State University – B.A. in Art, 1992

  • Art Institute of Chicago – Internship, Prints and Drawings Department, 1992–1993

CREDENTIALS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • USPAP Certified (since 2002)

  • Certified Fine Art Specialist Member, Appraisers Association of America (since 2003)

  • Member, National Arts Club

  • Planning/Organizing Committee – 2009 National Convention of the Appraisers Association of America

HONORS AND RECOGNITION