Stephanie Hornbeck is Chief Conservator at the Field Museum. From 2010-2017 she was Director of Conservation at Caryatid Conservation Services, her Miami-based private practice specializing in the professional care of three-dimensional objects. From 2010-2012,she served as Chief Conservator of the Smithsonian's Haiti Cultural Recovery Project. From 1998-2009, she was Conservator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Stephanie specializes in ethnographic, contemporary, and decorative art objects.