Related industry experience: Assistant Sales Manager, Nordstrom; Premium Service Consultant, Los Angeles Football Club LLC; Administrative Assistant, FIDM, Trillium Sports Medicine

VANESSA NEWSOME (DESN)

• B.S., Westwood College A.S., Westwood College Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Related industry experience: Creative Director; Fashion Illustrator; Trend Forecaster; Photographer; Lifestyle Curator, Design Options; Author/Publisher, Electric Fashion Media, Inc.

ROBERT NIO (MFTG)

• B.A., California State University, Long Beach Related industry experience: Senior Designer, ESP Group International, Inc.; Senior Accessories Designer, Target Corporation; Accessories Designer, Lands' End, Inc.; Associate Accessories Designer, Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

BLAINE NOBLETT (BUMT)

• J.D., Southwestern University School of Law B.A., University of California, Berkeley Certificate, University of California, Los Angeles Extension Related industry experience: Senior Corporations Counsel, California Department of Business Oversight; Associate, La Follette Johnson

DEENA NOVAK (MFTG)

• M.P.H., California State University, Northridge B.S., California State University, Northridge A.A., Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Related industry experience: Creative Director, Founding Partner, CNH, Inc.; Production Broker, Industry Consultant, Exporter of used and vintage clothing; Set Designer, Costume and Properties Designer for theatrical productions

ARIANA NUSSDORF (BUMT/GNST/MRCH)

• M.A., University of Southern California B.S., Hobart and William Smith Colleges Related industry experience: Fashion District Resident Director, Downtown LA Neighborhood Council; Private Tutor; Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California; SAT Tutor, Compass Education Group

RUBEN OCHOA (SMED/VCOM)

• B.A., California State University, Northridge Related industry experience: Head of Agency, Vice President, Disruptive Agency; Director, Digital Integrated Marketing, Allison+Partners; Account Manager, Digital Brand Marketing, Burson-Marsteller; Brand Marketing Manager, Nick Chavez Beverly Hills/PPI, Inc.

PAUL OLSZEWSKI (VCOM)

• Creative Director, FIDM Campus Visuals and Special Projects, FIDM Museum & Galleries B.A., California State University, Long Beach Related industry experience: Television Producer, Window Warriors; Director of Windows & Visual Marketing, Macy's Inc.; Window Manager, Bergdorf Goodman; Visual Manager, Neiman Marcus; Freelance Visual Designer, Visual Presentation Consultant

KRISTA OSBORNE (MPDV)

• B.S., Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising A.A., Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Related industry experience: Technical Designer, Fabletics, Young and Reckless, Ambiance Apparel

DIANE PACKER (TECH)

• B.A., Ricks College (BYUI) A.S.A., Ricks College (BYUI) Related industry experience: Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Art Director, Designer; Graphic Designer, Media Services Support, Ricks College

LI PALLAS (SMED)

• M.A., George Washington University M.S., Southern California Institute for Architecture B.A., Prescott College Related industry experience: Story Producer, Guest Lecturer, SCI-Arc Media Channel; Designer & Technologist, The Enneagram in Business, Jonathan Club; Designer, Eckhartz Press; Designer, G & R Publishing, P2P Productions; Art Preparator, MOCA/The Museum of Contemporary Art

LEIGH PENA (COSM)

• B.S., Pepperdine University A.A., Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Related industry experience: Account Manager, Pacific Packaging Components, Inc., Arminak and Associates, Inc.; Consultant, Tober Mei Cre*A*Tive; Packaging Development/Sales, Seacliff Packaging Beauty and Labs; Sales & Marketing Manager, Pure and Basic/Head Organic/Cosway Company Inc.

CHRISTINA (TINA) PEREZ (COSM)

• Director, Beauty Marketing & Product Development, Beauty Business Management M.A., Pepperdine University B.A., California State University, Fullerton Member: CEW, BIW Related industry experience: Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University; Vice President Global Marketing/ Director of Marketing, Markwins Corporation, New Dana Perfumes, Helen of Troy; Director of Trade Marketing, Schwarzkopf & Dep; Marketing Manager, Sola Optical

ANDREW PERSING (DIGI)

• A.A., Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Related industry experience: Motion Graphics Artist, Optimist Inc., Butcher Bird Studios; Production Artist, Yoostar Entertainment Group; Time-lapse Photographer, Greenhaus GFX