For ten years before establishing her private conservation practice, Rhonda Wozniak held the position of Objects Conservator at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As the museum Objects Conservator, she was responsible for: the maintenance and treatment of outdoor sculpture; all contemporary, decorative, and fine art objects in the collection; and architectural models and historic architectural casts of the Heinz Architectural Center.

This included conservation treatments, preparation of objects for loan and related transport, storage, and exhibit. Rhonda was involved with a plethora of the museum’s exhibits. Some of the blockbusters include: Aluminum by Design: from Jewelry to Jets; Light! The Industrial Age 1750-1900; Fierce Friends, Artists and Animals, 1750-1900; and the 1999 and 2004 Carnegie International exhibitions of contemporary art.

Rhonda Wozniak served as on-site conservator during the 1994 RMS Titanic expedition, which recovered over 700 artifacts from the debris field of the shipwreck. Larger artifacts included items such as a crane arm to one of the ship’s davits used to lower lifeboats, and a set of the ship’s bollards. Smaller items included a ruby-eyed fox tie pin and synthetic ivory hand mirrors.

As the expedition conservator, she was responsible for pre-expedition conservation planning and supplies; operations of the on-board conservation laboratory including stabilization, documentation, and preparation for shipment of all excavated materials; organization of the shipping container; and presentation and handling of artifacts for inspection and film documentation. Rhonda appears in the National Geographic documentary, Explorers of the Titanic, filmed during the expedition.