Christine Isabelle Oaklander has thirty-five years of scholarly and market expertise in American and European art. After working at the New-York Historical Society and Spanierman Gallery in New York, she earned an MA in art history from Williams College and her PhD in American art history from the University of Delaware. From 2001 to 2006, she was Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Allentown Art Museum, and from 2006 to 2013, she directed the art program at Lehigh Valley Health Network. For thirty years, Oaklander has researched patronage and collections.