Membership to the committee can provide opportunities to connect with fellow professionals, build your profile in the field, and develop new skills. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining! There are usually roles available on an annual basis and positions normally last for three years or we can co-opt positions for projects you are maybe interested in helping with.

Ksynia Marko ACR
Following a degree in Textiles at Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, Ksynia worked in the Textile Conservation Department at the Victoria & Albert Museum. In 1975 She was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Scholarship to study tapestry and carpet restoration and conservation techniques carried out in Europe, which influenced her later work.

Beth Gillions
Beth discovered conservation during a childhood spent re-enacting and demonstrating historical crafts at heritage sites. After gaining a History BA through King's College London, Beth has just completed the MPhil in Textile Conservation through the University of Glasgow.

Marina Herriges
Marina holds an MPhil in textile conservation from the University of Glasgow (2020). She has also an MA in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain (2018), and a BA in Art, Conservation and Restoration form the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal (2016).

Terri Dewhurst
Terri has a BAa (Hons) in Fashion Design from Nottingham Trent University. Combining her love of history and textiles, and wanting to utilise her practical skills, she then went onto study the ‘Conservation of Historic Objects’ at The University of Lincoln, graduating with a Masters in 2014.

Maria Pardos
Maria trained in Spain, where she obtained a BA Degree in Paintings (2005-08), Textile Conservation (2010-12) and a MA in Conservation (2014-15). She began her career as a Painting and Objects Conservator and, since 2010, she has focused on Textile Conservation, working at the Valencian Conservation Institute (Castellon, Spain), the Galliera Museum (Paris), The Bowes Museum and The National Maritime Museum Textile Conservation Studios. Between 2016-2018 Maria worked as part of the team at May Berkouwer's studio working as a full time Textile Conservator before taking up a post at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio in Norfolk. She joined the team at Zenzie Tinker Conservation Ltd. between 2019 and 2020, before setting up as a freelance Textile Conservator.

Elizabeth-Anne Haldane ACR
Elizabeth-Anne studied an MA in Conservation from the Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum Conservation Course in 1999. Following this she completed a one-year internship at Glasgow Museums, and worked on contract at the National Museums of Scotland and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco before taking up a permanent post at the V&A in 2002. Elizabeth-Anne took on the role of Lead Textile Conservator in 2021. She is a regular guest lecturer at the Centre for Textile Conservation at Glasgow University, an editor for the V&A Conservation Journal, and so enthusiastic about organising events that this is her second time serving on the committee in this role.

Ania Golebiowska
Ania Golebiowska is a textile conservator based in Brighton. She moved to the UK in 2015 to join Zenzie Tinker Conservation studio after graduating from MA Textile Conservation degree at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

Hannah Sutherland
Hannah gained an MPhil in Textile Conservation from the University of Glasgow in 2016. She completed a Clothworkers/Historic Royal Palaces internship in tapestry conservation, before staying on at Hampton Court Palace in the tapestry and furnishings teams.

Melinda Hey
Melinda has a background in fine art embroidery and after a varied work life graduated with an MA in Conservation of Cultural Heritage from the University of Lincoln in 2019. She has been working in private practice for 3 years and is part of the small team that cares for the textile collection at Burghley House.