
Ajay Chadha
Ajay Chadha Class: Materials Development Chadha possesses two decades of materials industry experience in polymers, fiber spinning, textiles, leather,and metals. With a master’s from North

Anne Stone
Classes: Patternmaking. After years of sewing as a hobby, Anne discovered patternmaking and fell in love. She won a garment design contest while completing her

Austin Lingelbach
Class: Overseas Production, E-Commerce Concepts. Lingelbach has worked in the industry for more than a decade years, all with Nike. He currently works as sourcing

Joshua Buck
Class: Optitex Computer Patternmaking Artist, Designer, and Patternmaker. They have worked in technical design at Nike for the last ten years in several categories, including

Dana Ditto
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

Daniel Roeder
Class: Product Development Daniel Roeder has worked in the industry for more than 20 years. Currently in product integrity operations at Nike, he is responsible

Jena Nesbitt
Classes: Visual Merchandising, Fashion Buying & Merchandising. Director of product strategy at Pine Crest Fabrics, Nesbitt has more than 10 years of experience as a

Kel Jackson
Class: 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
Kimmy Schenter graduated from California State Northridge with a bachelors in fashion merchandising and design then with a masters from University of California Davis in

Lisa Silveira
Classes: Apparel Construction, Intermediate Sewing, Special Classes With an educational background in Architecture and Apparel Design, Lisa Silveira loves to solve complex design problems. Her

Liza Rietz
Class: 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
Class: Industrial Machine Sewing Mary Iris Gray has been sewing for 15 years and loves sewing as much today as when picking out her first

Nancy Simon
Class: Adobe Illustrator, Flats & Techs Owner and head designer at Get Sushi Designs, LLC., a Portland based apparel and accessory design company specializing in

Rianna Aguirre
Classes: Apparel Construction, Intermediate Sewing: Pants & Jeans, Jackets Adrianna (Rianna) Aguirre graduated from The Academy of Art University in 2012 with a BFA in

Suzi Gurney
Classes: Beginning Sewing, Knits & Activewear Gurney is passionate about fashion and sewing. She’s worked behind the scenes in the fashion industry for over two

Tricia Langman
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