Sue Wiggins, Chairman and CEO
President and Founder of art4business and ArtSouth Inc., Ms. Wiggins is a lifelong entrepreneur. She has assisted with the development of art collections at countless corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, hospitals and universities. She is a pioneer in the field of art consulting with 25 years expertise. A member of National Association for Corporate Art Management and a board member of the Philadelphia Print Center, she has lectured extensively on art in the corporate environment. A graduate of the University of Alabama (BA, 1972) with studies in communications and art history, she also designed and implemented special programs for the University's Peace Corp department.
   
Heather Gibson, COO - Team Leader
Ms. Gibson, the Chief Operating Officer at art4business, has seventeen years experience in art business management. She has actively consulted on $5-million projects including Wyeth, McGraw-Hill and IBM where she supervised major acquisitions projects, framing and installations. In addition, she has directed all of art4business' major disposition projects. Ms. Gibson managed the implementation of art4business' SKU SmartArt art asset management system. Her specialties include large scale art collection management, art appraisal, condition assessment and art handling.

Ms. Gibson has a BA from the University of Delaware (1988) and is USPAP (Uniform Standard Principles of Appraisal Practice) certified (1998). She is continuing her coursework in art appraisal.
Carrie Cook, Project Manager
Ms. Cook has been with art4business Inc. for six years, working in a variety of roles from Slide Registrar to Project Manager. She has managed several acquisition projects from inception to installation and has specific skills in research, art handling and installation. She has a broad knowledge of contemporary artists throughout the United States.

Ms. Cook has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Christine Fields, Associate
Ms. Fields recently joined art4business as an Associate. Her responsibilities at art4business include the coordination of all shipping, art handling and framing. Her attention to detail provides the continuity required to maintain a seamless flow of work between artists, clients and vendors.

Prior to Art4Business, she was working in the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the Data Center and helped out when needed with the Dali exhibit. She has volunteered at the Zirkle Gallery in Harrisonburg, Virginia planning openings and working directly as an assistant to the artists.

Ms. Fields graduated from James Madison University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History.
Morgan Pinkstone
Ms. Pinkstone joined art4business Inc. after five years working in non-profit arts and cultural organizations, including Perkins Center for the Arts and International House Philadelphia. Her previous experience includes preparing exhibitions and events, artist relations, writing and editing promotional materials and coordinating volunteer efforts. As an associate at art4business, Morgan manages inventory for Cigna’s corporate collection, produces marketing content and serves as liaison to art4business artists.
Monika F. Brodsky, Consultant
Mrs. Brodsky has more than thirteen years experience in art business management. As a Boston-based consultant, she has been involved in the inventory, project coordination and installation of art for several New England clients including IBM, Cigna, and Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP. As a previous primary project manager for Novartis Pharmaceuticals in New Jersey, her work included redefining the focus of their original collection for a 500,000 square foot research facility as well as curating art programs for numerous internal company divisions. In addition, she arranged the solicitation of venues for a traveling illustration exhibition and its related transportation coordination, conservation and framing. She has also supervised art installations, art audits and the coordination of research projects. She was previously the primary facilitator of the SmartArt inventory system for art asset management, documenting the fine art holdings of many major corporations around the country.

Mrs. Brodsky has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania.

UK Personnel

Evi Baniotopoulou, Art Consultant

Evi has eleven years' experience within the art museum and heritage fields in the UK and Europe. She has collaborated for a number of years as a freelance consultant/ researcher on multinational projects funded by the European Union. In the UK she has worked with, amongst others, the University College London Museums and Collections, the Royal Academy and the Tate, where she was Assistant Curator in the Collection. She has been involved in the curation of many contemporary art exhibitions, both in the UK and Europe and has lectured on contemporary art and exhibitions. She has also acted as a freelance researcher for the Museums Association and the Policy Studies Institute.

Evi holds a BA (Hons) in Archaeology and Art History from the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece and masters degrees in Modern Art and Theory from the University of Essex and in Museum Studies from University College London.

She is working with art4business as a freelance associate.

Elpiniki Psalti, Art Consultant

Elpi has ten years' experience working with Museums in the UK and Greece. Her role has included curatorial support for a major London Museum project, collections inventory, gallery de- installation, object storage organisation and planning.

She has a BA (Honours) in History ad Archeology and an MA in Managing Archaeological Sites.

Alison Foster, Art Consultant

Alison is a museum professional, specializing in the area of curatorship, with MA degrees in Museum Studies and Archaeology and Anthropology. She has diverse museum and gallery experience, from collections management and care, exhibition research and installation, communication and interpretation, educational and administrative duties to outreach work and training.

She recently worked for BTC Co (a consortium of International partners including BP) where she was involved in revising the Cultural Heritage Management and Transition Plans for the move from the construction to operation phase of the BTC pipeline project to ensure the protection of archaeological sites, monuments and other items of cultural heritage in the vicinity of the pipeline right of way.

She is working with art4business as a freelance associate.

Abigail Hampton, Art Consultant

Abigail Hampton has 5 years experience in arts administration and project management. She has worked for several high profile arts organizations, including The British Museum and the Heritage Lottery Fund. From 2002-2005, Abbie worked at the Wellcome Trust as an assistant curator and project coordinator for their contemporary art and science exhibitions programme. She recently delivered an interactive exhibition in collaboration with the V&A.

Abigail has a BA from The University of Manchester and a Masters degree in museum and gallery studies from University College London.

She is working with art4business as a freelance consultant.

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