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Janine heads the Museum Archives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She began her career in archives working on digitization projects for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston over twenty years ago. She initially found her way to the world of digital imaging, and later digital asset management and digital preservation, as an artist who worked extensively with photographic media. After completing her MFA, she went on to further her education with graduate degrees in both museum studies and information science, advancing her commitment to the preservation of cultural heritage materials. 

Matt is the Senior Systems Manager for the National Geographic Society’s Special Collections team. He currently oversees the department’s technology ecosystem, including platforms for managing digital assets, archival collections, and library services. Matt joined the Society in 2019 as a librarian focused on metadata, discovery, and systems. With over 20 years of experience in technology management, he applies technical solutions to integrate the Society’s diverse systems, enhancing the discovery and preservation of its unique history.

Julie McVey is the Director of Digital Archives for the National Geographic Society’s Special Collections team. She joined the Society in 2018 to lead a digital preservation archive initiative and has worked with colleagues to establish in-house digitization workflows, standardized metadata practices, and digital object discovery processes. She currently oversees the digital preservation program and leads technological innovation and responsible use efforts for Special Collections, with a focus on AI, provenance, and authenticity.

Adrianna currently serves as the Vice President of National Geographic Society’s Special Collections, where she leads a team in stewarding archives, media, and research resources that chronicle more than 135 years of the Society’s history and impact in the world. Over the course of her 25-year career, she has focused on employing digital solutions and an audience-focused mindset to expand access to materials of cultural importance.

Nadia is a Content Operations Specialist, a first-time presenter, professional flowchart-organizer, and self-identified artist/photographer. She specializes in design work, metadata, security, rights management, and digital content delivery.  She has quickly adapted to the rapidly changing media environment and implemented automated systems for digital delivery and rights management.

Jezmynne earned her MLIS from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2002.  Her professional career began as a Science Librarian at the Claremont Colleges, where she focused on embedded librarianship and rethinking end to end information service.  In 2010, she took Directorship of the Portneuf Library, where she led a team of pioneers to rethink collections and services.  In 2017 she launched the Information Management program for the Idaho Transportation Department, managing Records, data and information governance, and the ITIL Knowledge Management processes.

Joe was once a simple library book shelver. Now, he has an MLIS, but brings the same joy at navigating taxonomy errors and mending broken things to his DAM position as asset wrangler at the Simplot company. He focuses on metadata and tactical asset management, assisting users in day-to-day navigation of the DAM and finding just the right thing at the right time. When not up to his eyeballs in recently-uploaded pictures of French fries, Joe enjoys reading, gaming with friends near and far, traveling with his wife, and wandering the storm-drenched forests of the Puget Sound.