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Chamber Lunch Forum- To Catch a Thief: International Art Theft & the FBI
9/13/2017
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Event Description
Description:
Lynne McKee spent 8 years at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, as their Art Theft Program Manager, coordinating investigations that resulted in the recovery of more than $300 million in cultural property. She was also co-founder of the FBI's Rapid Deployment Art Crime Team. Join us as Lynne shares the real story of illicit trafficking in stolen artwork through actual FBI cases and undercover operations.
 
Bio:
Lynne McKee is currently the Benton County Fairgrounds Manager.  She holds a BA in Anthropology from U.C. Davis and a MA in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University.  She has worked for a variety of museums including the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los Angeles; Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s historic home in Charlottesville, Virginia; and the National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Institution.  Lynne also worked for the FBI in Washington, D.C. for eight years as their Art Theft Program Manager and co-founded the FBI’s first Art Crime Team.