DAM New York 2023

With over a decade of experience in digital asset management and digital collections, Grace brings a strong visual aesthetic to her role as an information professional. Grace joined the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in 2021 as the inaugural Global Digital Asset Manager and has since transformed the non-profit’s access to their wealth of media assets, increasing both the visibility and value of IFAW’s 50+ years’ worth of photo and video content.

Previously, Grace led the stewardship of unique digital resources as Head of Digital Collections at James Madison University Libraries. Grace also created and taught a university course on digital curation and has published in the Journal of Digital Media Management on her work developing an open-source digital media management application used to teach art history.

Grace is an active member of the DC-area DAM community.