Gail Ostergren is a research specialist with Getty Conservation Institute’s Buildings and Sites department, where she works with a number of projects including the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative, the Eames House Conservation Project, and the Los Angeles African American Historic Places Project. Gail earned her PhD in history at UCLA. She serves on the historic preservation commission in West Hollywood, CA, and is a founding board member of the Docomomo US/Southern California chapter. She is one of the authors of the Eames House Conservation Management Plan.