Jonathan Scheer is the president and CEO of J. Scheer & Co., a firm specializing in conservation cleaning and preservation of wedding gowns, modern couture, and historic costume. Mr. Scheer has studied conservation science and care of museum collections at the Smithsonian Institution's Conservation Analytical Laboratory, the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation. He is a graduate of Union College where he was awarded a B.A. in history.

He has contributed his expertise in conservation cleaning treatments to textile collections exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Musee des arts decoratifs at the Louvre in Paris and The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. He co-authored a paper on conservation cleaning treatments with Kathleen Kiefer, Visiting Textile Conservator at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, which was presented at the North American Textile Conservation Conference in March of 2000 and published in the conference journal. He has been guest lecturer at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, and at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has served as conservation cleaning consultant to the conservation staff at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tapestry Conservation Laboratory at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and The Museum of the City of New York. His firm’s services are recommended by fine couture and bridal salons throughout the country. He is a member of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, the Costume Society of America, Fashion Group International, and The Bridal Council.