Alexandra M. Ruggiero has been an Independent Consulting Curator since 2022, primarily working with The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York and The Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago. In 2023, she was the Interim Department Head, Curator of Collections & Exhibitions at The Rockwell Museum—A Smithsonian Affiliate in Corning, New York.

Previously, Alexandra enjoyed a decade of curatorial experience at The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) where she worked on projects and research that spanned the history of glass. From 2019 to 2022, she was Curator of Modern Glass with responsibility for acquisitions, exhibitions, and research of the museum’s glass collections from 1825–1945. At CMoG, Alexandra was a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team and with her colleagues, undertook an Equity Audit Survey and report of the museum, crafted the museum’s Equity Statement, and wrote the museum’s Land Acknowledgement. 

She earned an MA in the History of Decorative Arts through the Corcoran College of Art + Design and Smithsonian Associates, Washington, D.C. and a BA in Art History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.