Lisa Ackerman is currently an associate conservator in the Objects Conservation Department at the Art Institute of Chicago where she is focused on wooden architectural elements, furniture, decorative arts and objects associated with the European and Asian collections. She joined the Art Institute as a two year project conservator, restoring a late 17th century Gibbons overmantel and has stayed on permanently. She previously spent 3 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City working on wooden objects for the renovation of the British Galleries. Lisa was the WAG Program Chair for the 2019 AIC Conference and is also currently serving on the Nominating Committee. She received her M.A./C.A.S. in Art Conservation from Buffalo State University in 2017 with a specialization in objects and a focus on furniture, frames and wooden artifacts, and associated materials. She also completed the ICCROM International Course on Wood Conservation Technology in Oslo, Norway in 2016. Lisa has held internships at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. She has been employed by The Met, the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., Fine Wood Conservation in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Period Furniture Conservation in Jersey City, N.J.