Francesca Casadio

Francesca Casadio is the Vice President and Grainger Executive Director of Conservation and Science at the Art Institute of Chicago since July 2003. Francesca also held various conservation roles within the same institution. Francesca previously worked at The Getty Trust as a Graduate Intern. Francesca obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from Università degli Studi di Milano and is currently pursuing a Docteur Honoris Causa in Chemistry at Sorbonne Université. Additionally, Francesca completed an Executive Leadership Certificate from the Museum Leadership Institute in 2016.