Monica E. Stokes is a Fine Art Consultant and Project Associate at DeGroot Fine Art since May 2024, with a diverse background in marketing, communications, and arts management. Previous roles include Marketing & Communications Consultant and Director at Crooked Tree Arts Center from June 2023 to August 2024, and Strategist at Oneupweb from May 2021 to May 2023. Monica also served as Galleries Associate at Crooked Tree Arts Center from June 2019 to May 2021, and as Exhibit and Development Manager at the International Museum of Surgical Science from September 2017 to February 2019. Early career experience includes working as a Museum Educator at the Art Institute of Chicago from October 2016 to January 2018. Monica E. Stokes holds a Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, completed in 2016.