Elissa Liotta
AAFD, Fashion Institute Design and Merchandising
Classes
Browzwear
Liotta has had a variety of professional experience in apparel, including performance and sportswear, both men’s and women’s. That includes more than...
Amber Shrewsberry
BS, Union University
Classes
Beginning Sewing, Cosplay & Costume Design
Shrewsberry first learned to sew to make clothes for their Beanie Babies. Originally a physics teacher, their passion for education and costuming...
Kat Millett
BA, Oregon State University; MBA, Southern Oregon University
Classes
Flats & Techs
Millett is excited about anything technical and loves a challenge. She began her career over 25 years ago as a sample sewer...
Anne Stone
BA, Lewis & Clark College
Classes
Patternmaking
After years of sewing as a hobby, Anne discovered patternmaking and fell in love. She won a garment design contest while completing...
Austin Lingelbach
BS, University of Oregon; MBA, Portland State University
Classes
Overseas Production, E-Commerce Concepts
Lingelbach has worked in the industry for more than a decade, all with Nike. He currently works as the strategic sourcing manager...
Joshua Buck
BFA, Art Institute of Portland
Classes
Optitex Computer Patternmaking
Artist, Designer, and Patternmaker. They have worked in technical design at Nike for the last ten years in several categories, including NikeLab...
Elle Heavin
BFA, University of Las Vegas
Classes
Couture Techniques
Passionate about the craft of needle and thread since as far back as she can recall, both with her own line, and...
Corazon Reynolds
AAS, Portland Fashion Institute; Advanced Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons and Shaw Academy
Classes
Working with Production, Beginning Sewing
PFI grad Corazon is currently working in the sports apparel industry as a CMT developer at A&K Designs. She works directly with...
Dana Ditto
BS, Colorado State University
Classes
Inside the Fashion Industry, Sourcing, Textiles
Ditto has more than 20 years of apparel industry experience across Sourcing, Costing, Planning, Merchandising and Sales. After graduating with a bachelor...
Jena Nesbitt
BS, Illinois Institute of Art
Classes
Visual Merchandising, Fashion Buying & Merchandising
Director of product strategy at Pine Crest Fabrics, Nesbitt has more than 10 years of experience as a product designer, creative director,...
Karen Spencer
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; JD, Harvard University Law School; MBA, Stanford University
Classes
Apparel Business Plan
As a trainer and counselor, Spencer consults and works hands-on with start-ups, non-profits and established businesses on business strategy, business development, marketing...
Kel Jackson
BA, MA, Art Institute of Portland; PhD, Royal College of London
Classes
Fashion Illustration
Kel Jackson is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher passionate about product design. Jackson started her color design career as part of a...
Kimmy Schenter
BA, CalState Northridge; MS, University of California Davis
Classes
Color Theory
Kimmy Schenter graduated from California State Northridge with a bachelors in fashion merchandising and design then with a masters from University of...
Lisa Silveira
BFA, Art Institute of Portland
Classes
Intermediate and Advanced Sewing, Special Classes
With an educational background in Architecture and Apparel Design, Lisa Silveira loves to solve complex design problems. Her clothing line Wandering Muse...
Liza Rietz
BS, Lewis & Clark College
Classes
Innovative Design
In 2001 Liza Rietz made her first footprint in the land of apparel by creating fresh new designs. Many personalities come to...
Mary Iris Gray
BA, North Carolina State University
Classes
Industrial Machine Sewing, Leatherworking
Mary Iris Gray has been sewing for 15 years and loves sewing as much today as when picking out her first pattern....
Rianna Aguirre
BFA, Academy of Art University
Classes
Apparel Construction, Intermediate Sewing
Adrianna (Rianna) Aguirre graduated from The Academy of Art University in 2012 with a BFA in Fashion Design, with a focus on...
Stephanie Mendes
BS, Franklin University; BA University of Rhode Island
Classes
Beginning Sewing, Couture
Mendes studied Fashion Design and Merchandising at the University of Rhode Island, followed by a second bachelor’s degree in Web Marketing at...
Suzi Gurney
BA, Western Business College
Classes
Beginning Sewing, Intermediate Sewing
Gurney is passionate about fashion and sewing. She’s worked behind the scenes in the fashion industry for over two decades as operations...
Tricia Langman
BFA, University of Brighton
Classes
Textiles, Textile Design, Sustainable Design
Tricia Langman has over eighteen years experience designing for prestigious fashion companies worldwide, including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Halston and Donna Karan,...
