Credentials 

EDUCATION

• Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Course Completion 2016-2018
• Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA) – Course Completion 2014
• Moscow University: Graduate Studies in Fine Art and Art History, Summa Cum Laude – Moscow Russia 1985-1990
• Kutuzov Prospect High School – Moscow Russia 1975-1985

PARTIAL LIST OF AFFILIATIONS AND CLIENTS

• Dr. Drake Duane Estate Collection (Scottsdale, Arizona)
• The Huntington Library & Research Center/ Art Collection (Pasadena, California)
• Estate of Baroness Ms. Jaqueline De Verteuil (France & USA)
• The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Research Department  (Sarasota, Florida)
• The Getty Museum & Research Institute (Los Angeles, California)
• Law Office of L. Richard Mabery (Prescott, Arizona)
• Sotheby’s New York – 1334 York Ave, New York, NY 10021
• Sotheby’s San Francisco – 1 Sansome St #750, San Francisco, CA 94104
• Christie’s New York – 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
• Christie’s Los Angeles – 336 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
• Bonham’s  Los Angeles – 7601 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
• Bonham’s New York – 580 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022
• Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 345 Camino Del Monte Sol Santa Fe, NM 87501
• Altermann Galleries (Scottsdale, Arizona)  7172 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
• Gerald Peters Galleries (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 1005 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501
• Gerald Peters Galleries (New York, New York) 24 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075
• Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (Chicago, Illinois) 1338 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
• Jacksons International Auction House (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
• ChildHelp USA (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Ken & Randy Kendrick (Owners Arizona Diamondbacks)
• Corporate Art source (Montgomery, AL)
• Al Molina, Molina Jewelry (Phoenix, AZ)
• Dr. Brad & Cris Lafferty Collection (Washington DC)
• Erin Brown Collection (Atlanta, GA)
• Roberta Kuhne, “I am” interior design
• Frick Museum Research Library – 10 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021
• Sergei Sikorsky Helicopter Inc.
• The Estate of Caesar DiOrio (New York, NY & Scottsdale, AZ)

MEMBERSHIP

• Certified Member: Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA)
• Certified Member: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
• Certified Member: Foundation for Appraisal Education
• Member: Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC)
• Member: The Getty Museum & Research Institute (Los Angeles, California)
• Member: The Oxford Club
• Member: Goldwater Foundation/Institute (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Member: Phoenix Art Museum League (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Past Member: Oil Painters of America Association (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Past Member: Western Academy of Women Artist

SELECTED SPEAKING/ LECTURER ENGAGEMENTS

• West Valley Museum (Surprise, Arizona)
• 5 Art Circle (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Phoenix Public Library (Phoenix, Arizona)
• Rotary Club (Scottsdale, Arizona)
• Metropolitan Club (San Francisco, California)
• Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix/ Mega Israel Event
• Desert Highlands Country Club (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Terraces Retirement Community (Phoenix, AZ)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

• Arizona Governors Arts Award / Arizona Commission on the Arts Nominee, 2006
• Arizona Governors Arts Award / Arizona Commission on the Arts Nominee, 2008

EVENT PARTICIPATIONS

• 65th Annual Concourse d’Elegance (Pebble Beach, California)
• Art Basel 2015 VIP (Miami, Florida)
• Art Monaco 2015 VIP (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
• Palm Beach Art & Antiques Show 2015 (West Palm Beach, Florida)

SELECT SEMINAR AND CONTINUED EDUCATION

• Art and Legacy Planning: Appraisal and Authentication Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
• Estate Tax Repeal/Impacts to Your Estate Plan by Quarles & Brady LLP Law Firm  (February 2017 )
• The Oxford Club, online Education, Tax & Estate Planning

PUBLISHED WORKS

• “The Hidden World of Soviet Impressionists 1940-1960: The Kohn Collection” by Elena Von Kohn

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

• Phoenix Home and Garden, AZ Magazine
• Art of the West, Magazine
• Arizona Republic, AZ Magazine
• Southwest Art, Magazine
• Art and Antiques, Magazine
• LUXE, Magazine