As an expert, Renée has shared her knowledge of the art market at venues such as the UBS Private Wealth Management, the Appraisers Association of America, the American Society of Appraisers, New York University International Conferences, and the American Association of Museums. For her expertise, she has been quoted in numerous journals including Forbes, The New York Times, Dow Jones, New York Times Magazine, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, ArtNews, Bottom Line, Art & Antiques, CNN, Town and Country, US News and World Report, and Crain’s. She has also appeared as a featured appraiser on the TV show, "Antiques Show and Sell."

To complement her practical knowledge, Renée retains a Master’s degree in art history from Hunter College/CUNY. She holds a Certificate for American Decorative Arts from the Winterthur Museum and participated in an internship at the Studio Museum in Harlem. She has served as an Executive Member for the Young Collector’s Group at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and was on the Board of Directors of the New York American Society of Appraisers. She is a Member of the Appraisers Association of America, with a specialty in late 19th and 20th century and contemporary art. She is USPAP Certified (Unified Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice).

Her professional experience extends to academia, where she retains an active position as an Adjunct Professor at New York University, specializing in appraisal, museum studies, and art history for modern, contemporary, and emerging art. In the spring of 2005, Renée was appointed as a Lecturer at the Guggenheim Museum, NY, where she gives lecture series in 20th century, contemporary, and emerging art within a global context. Her professional writings have been accepted at scholarly conferences, including the Renaissance Society of America, the Northern California Renaissance Society, the Center for Creative Photography, and the Research Centre at the University of Durham. She has published articles and catalogue essays on various topics including 20th century art, contemporary photography, and women's art and criticism. Her publications have appeared in The Fakebusters, I & II (2004), the ASA Personal Property Journal, the AAA Official Handbook (2003), Chubb Collectors (2003, 2004, 2005) and the scholarly books, The Art of Tracey Emin (Thames & Hudson, 2002) and Skin (2005). She will be featured as an expert in the forthcoming book, The Intrepid Art Collector (Crown, 2006).

Renée has guest curated exhibitions at the 9th Istanbul Biennale, Hunter College Gallery, Makor Center, and many Scope Art fairs. Her curatorial projects feature emerging artists throughout the world and has been reported on by CNN, Crudelia Magazine, Radical/Istanbul, ArtNewspaper, Latin Collector, and Ham & High/London. In her free time, she writes and performs spoken poetry in New York literary groups.