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Katelynn Averyt
Disaster Response Coordinator
SCRI Team
Katelynn Averyt is the disaster response coordinator at the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative where she manages SCRI’s research data related to cultural heritage under threat and coordinates emergency response field work and deployments for domestic and international cultural heritage disaster missions. Prior to her work at the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, Katelynn was the development coordinator at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library and deputy director at the Helen Day Art Center in Vermont. She received her M.A. in Art and Museum Studies from Georgetown University and her B.A. in Classics from The Catholic University of America.