Beth Gardiner is an art historian focusing on the trade of Asian export art during the 16th and 17th centuries. Previously, she was the director of a charity for children called the London International Gallery of Children’s Art, where she later served as a trustee. Before leaving New York City for London, she worked at NBC News, where she was a producer for Dateline NBC and won a National Headliner Award. She received her MA from Sotheby’s Institute in London and her AB from Duke University in Art History. At Duke she was awarded the Edward Beneson Prize funding a photo documentary on deaf education in mainland China. Gardiner and her husband, Will, have resided in London for the last 16 years and they happily spend their summers in Bar Harbor, where she serves as chair of COA’s board of trustees.