Lynn Weglarz

Classes:  Kids Sewing, Beginning Sewing Lynn is a past president and regional representative of the American Sewing Guild in the Pacific Northwest, an author and

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Anna Fort

Classes: Materials Development. Anna Fort (she/her) works as a freelance product developer. She previously held positions in materials development, technical design, and product quality. After

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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

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Annin Barrett

Classes: History of Fashion, Textiles Annin Barrett is an exhibit reviews editor for Textiles: Cloth and Culture, and creative director of Textile Connections symposium. She

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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

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Britta Hellquist

Classes: Draping, Couture, Intermediate Sewing, Tailoring Along with a BFA in Apparel Design, Britta has pursued her interests in historical costuming and fine sewing in

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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

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Elle Heavin

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

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Corazon Reynolds

Class: Working with Production PFI grad Corazon is currently working in the sports apparel industry as a CMT developer at A&K Designs. She works directly

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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

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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

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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

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Karen Spencer

Class: 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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Nancy Simon

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

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Phil Padilla

Class: Digital Illustration Padilla works at Nike as senior men’s apparel color designer. Before that, he was a senior designer / merchandiser at Columbia Sportswear.

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Rianna Aguirre

Classes: Apparel Construction Adrianna (Rianna) Aguirre graduated from The Academy of Art University in 2012 with a BFA in Fashion Design, with a focus on

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Robert LaCosse

A UX Strategist with over 15 years experience, LaCosse is a force majeure offering end-to-end services for digital products. His career spans a wide range

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Stephanie Mendes

Class: Beginning Sewing Mendes studied Fashion Design and Merchandising at the University of Rhode Island, followed by a second bachelor’s degree in Web Marketing at

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Suzi Gurney

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

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Talya Tapley

Classes: Apparel Business Legal Basics. Talya is an attorney licensed to practice in California. Coming from a business and entrepreneurial background, she has operated a

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Tricia Langman

Classes: Textile Design, Sustainable Design Tricia Langman has over eighteen years experience designing for prestigious fashion companies worldwide, including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Halston and

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