Jeanne Atkinson

Professor Jeanne Atkinson has been a global marketing and development consultant working with foreign governments, USAID and its prime contractors, global funding organizations, foreign apparel associations, and individual companies in developing countries to increase their consumer soft goods’ export businesses, for the past 12 years. She continues to be active in this arena. She is the president and owner of Global Marketing Strategies (www.global-marketing-strategies.com). Implementation of global marketing strategies for these clients includes conducting seminars and doing intensive hands-on teaching and training to factory owners and managers on such subjects as 1)managing their businesses, 2) understanding the US and EU apparel markets including compliance requirements and free trade laws, 3) raising manufacturing standards and capacities, 4) developing web-sites, and 5) becoming proactive. She has prepared companies to enter European and US trade shows and has implemented and managed single country sourcing trade shows in the US. Prior to this time period, she held upper level executive positions in small to medium sized fashion businesses. She is active in various institutions related to the fashion industry and women in the workplace including The Roundtable of Fashion Executives. She is a former board member of The Fashion Group International.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address:  Jeanne_Atkinson@FITnyc.edu

Sonja Chapman

Professor Sonja Chapman is a licensed customhouse broker with over 20 years experience managing international transportation logistics and customs compliance for apparel companies. Professor Chapman teaches courses in International Logistics and Import / Export Regulations. In addition, she serves as the department’s coordinator for trade show seminars and is a regular guest speaker at FIT’s Executive Education Program. Ms. Chapman incorporated her own consulting firm, Chapman Import Solutions, Inc. in 2004. The focus of her company is providing reviews of procedures and software systems to integrate and improve logistical operations, as well as ensure customs compliance for small to midsize firms. Prior to establishing her firm, Ms. Chapman served as Director of Logistics and Customs Compliance for Baby Togs, Inc., a large U.S. children’s apparel manufacturer, for 14 years. The U.S. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture appointed Ms. Chapman in 2004, to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Cotton Board. Professor Chapman is a former member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) where she has chaired both their Customs Committee and C-TPAT Best-Practices Committee.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: Sonja_Chapman@FITnyc.edu

Giacomo Corrado

Professor Giacomo Corrado, born in Italy, 1962; admitted to practice as a member of the New York Bar in 1992. Education: University of Bologna, School of Law, Italy (1986); Fordham University, School of Law, New York (1990). In 1995, Giacomo was appointed Vice-Consul of Italy to the U.S., and served for a four year term, while also acting as U.S. legal counsel to the Government of Italy. In 1997, he established his private practice, later named to reflect his partnership, Corrado Montgomery, and since acts as General Legal Counsel exclusively to the U.S. (and international) operations of Fashion companies. Giacomo serves on the Board of Directors of a variety of Fashion Companies, and served as Chief Executive Officer to the US operation of one of his clients. His practice is devoted to assisting mainly European Fashion Brands enter and negotiate the U.S. market, principally from a legal perspective, but most recently also in an increasingly more commercial and executive capacity. Areas of Practice: Commercial Law, with particular emphasis on Sales of Goods, and Licensing of Intellectual Property.

Areas of Practice: Business and Commercial Law, with particular emphasis on sales and distribution of goods, and licensing of intellectual property.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.
Email address: Giacomo_Corrado@FITnyc.edu
 

Juliette Creglia

Professor Juliette Creglia has been in the retail industry for over 20 years and her experience includes buying, product development and global sourcing. She has held positions with B. Altman & Co, Alexander's Department Stores, AMC, Federated, Frederick Atkins and currently with Liz Claiborne. Juliette has traveled the world sourcing a range of products including home textiles, ceramics, stationary, gold jewelry, gemstone jewelry, pearl & jade jewelry in addition to costume jewelry. Recent sourcing trips have included India, Italy, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, and the Philippines. Professor Creglia is a graduate from the ITM Department. 

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address:  Juliette_Creglia@FITnyc.edu

Dr. Christine D’Onofrio has worked as a senior legislative financial analyst for the Finance Division of the New York City Council.  She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research where she concentrated in labor economics.  Her doctoral work includes research on the emergence of the American textile industry; and the cyclical and gendered nature of women’s employment in garment making as well as other manufacturing industries.  Her public policy work includes analysis of the effects of tax policies on household income and public budgets; technological change in emerging urban industries; and employment policies.  Dr. D’Onofrio has taught classes in macro, micro and urban economics, women’s studies, public finance, and research writing.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: christine_donofrio@fitnyc.edu

Pamela Ellsworth

Professor Pamela Ellsworth joined the Klopman division of Burlington Industries as part of a team responsible for product development, marketing, and sales of the division’s products throughout the world. Within three years, the start-up would account for 18% of the division’s profits.  Upon leaving Burlington, she developed and taught a course on global apparel trade at IADT in Chicago and consulted with U.S.A.I.D. on projects in Thailand, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Ethiopia, with the objective of assisting companies in these countries in marketing their apparel and textiles to the U.S. and the European Union. Pam studied at FIT’s department of Textile Technology, Boston’s School of Fashion Design, and received her B.S. from Cornell University in Apparel and Textile Management.  She is currently enrolled in FIT’s Global Fashion Management graduate program.  

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address:   Pamela_Ellsworth@FITnyc.edu 

Melinda Gist-Lorenz

Professor Melinda Lorenz is a global marketing specialist, with broad expertise both in developing global cosmetics brands and in managing global advertising agency networks. Professor Lorenz joins FIT from L’Oreal USA, where she was Director of International Marketing, responsible for building the global business of Maybelline, a color cosmetics brand sold in more than 90 countries. Her international experience includes assignments in Latin America, Europe and Japan. Professor Lorenz earned a Master’s of Business Administration, with a specialty in international management, from the American Graduate School of International Business, popularly known as Thunderbird (in Glendale, Arizona). At Southern Methodist University (in Dallas, Texas) she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: Melinda_Lorenz@FITnyc.edu

George  "Skip" Glenn

Professor George "Skip" Glenn currently serves as Director for Marketing and Business Solutions for Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and has worked on grant, program and curriculum development for New York City Technical College in Brooklyn. Prior to serving CUNY, he worked in national and international marketing and sales of Hydrotherm Systems which manufactures ecologically and employee-friendly biological controls for the textile and manufacturing industries. His international experience has been focused on the development of marketing campaigns for conservation and environmental projects throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Recently, working with a team at Baruch College, he has won Gold Award from the Direct Marketing Association for ING Challenge 2005.  As a member of the ITM department, Professor Glenn works both online and in- class to help students develop stronger entrepreneurial skills in recognizing opportunities in the marketplace and also serves as the department's grants liaison. He earned his Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Sciences from The University of Virginia and is completing his Masters in Marketing at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.
 

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: George_Glenn@FITnyc.edu

Guillermo Jimenez

Professor Guillermo Jimenez is an international trade specialist trained at Harvard University (B.A.) and the University of California -- Berkeley (J.D.). A former Head of Division at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) headquarters in Paris, he has published two books and numerous articles on international trade topics, and has lectured in 35 countries. While at the ICC, he managed the international committees of experts which draft the rules governing letters of credits and Incoterms. He has collaborated with, and addressed meetings of, various inter governmental organizations, including the World Trade Organization, the European Commission, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and the Institute for the Unification of Private International Law. He has previously taught at the University of California -- Berkeley, the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lyon, and the Institute for International Management (Paris). His consulting clients have included I.B.M., the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia, and the Jordan Shipping Association.

Office hours are posted on his door, room B449

Email address: Guillermo_Jimenez@FITnyc.edu

Shireen Musa

Professor Shireen Musa graduated from FIT in 1994 with a B.S. in Marketing and International Trade, earned a MBA from Saint Peter’s College, and is a licensed U.S. Customhouse Broker. After doing an internship at The Donna Karan Company she was offered a position managing import, export and Customs compliance programs . In 1999 she became Project Manager in the Global Supply Chain Organization at Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations. She came back to FIT in 2002 as a part-time adjunct, developed and taught the course IN323 Import/Export Regulations, launched its online version a year later, and in 2005 piloted ITM's Mentoring Program. As a full-time professor since 2008, Professor Musa serves as ITM's liaison to the Admissions Office and is responsible for developing ITM's field of global sourcing mainly through its senior course IN433 Global Sourcing and other elective sourcing courses such as International Corporate Responsibility, sourcing of textile and home products, and sourcing principles for designers.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: Shireen_Musa@FITnyc.edu

Christine Pomeranz

ITM Chair

Professor Christine Pomeranz was an international banker for twenty years, most recently with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“ANZ”) as Senior Vice President and Regional Head of Structured Trade Services-Americas, arranging financing solutions for multinational companies, commodity traders, financial institutions, and large corporations in North and Latin America. Prior to joining ANZ, Christine was a relationship manager at The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in New York, providing trade finance services to middle market customers primarily in the apparel and fashion industry. She started her career at Citibank in the Philippines and New York as account manager in the International Financial Institutions Division. Professor Pomeranz has taught at New York University and World Trade Institute of Pace University. As the faculty coordinator of the ITM Advisory Board, she organizes guest lecture series, field trips, career development programs, and fund raising activities to enhance the students’ professional development. She earned her Master of Business Administration degree with majors in Finance and International Business from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University in 1998. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree major in Business Administration with honors at Assumption College in Manila, Philippines in 1980.
 

See office hours; also posted on her office door, room B452.

Email address: Christine_Pomeranz@FITnyc.edu

Shona Quinn

Professor Shona Quinn’s work is focused on the application of industrial ecology in the fashion industry, examining how the industry can increase profits through sustainable methods. Ms. Quinn has over 10 years of experience with leading fashion companies including Calvin Klein, Anne Klein and Federated Department Stores. She has extensive sourcing experience, including travel to over 25 countries. Her research linking product development to sustainability initiatives is backed by her knowledge of core components of the fashion business – fabric research, product development, merchandising and buying. Professor Quinn received a Bachelor of Science Degree in International Trade and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from Yale University. She is an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she teaches “Global Sourcing in the Textile Industries” and is developing a new course titled “International Corporate Responsibility.”

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: Shona_Quinn@FITnyc.edu

Donna Sharp

Professor Donna Sharp has more than 25 years of international business experience having held positions in operations, logistics, sales, marketing, finance and executive management and holds an undergraduate degree in International Studies from Fordham University and a Masters Degree in Advanced Management and Finance from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She has trained students and professionals worldwide on a wide range of business topics including International Business, Import/Export Management, Global Logistics Management, Logistics Technology, Cargo Security in a Post 9/11 Environment, Sales & Marketing Techniques, and Trade Policy. At the World Trade Institute, where Donna served as the Executive Director for 5 years, she developed courses and seminars for entrepreneurs and seasoned professionals, including a comprehensive online curriculum for international trade management and international taxation. She serves on the World Bank's Global Trade Facilitation Committee, the Board of Directors of the Organization of Women in International Trade and the Advisory Board of FIT's Department of International Trade and Marketing (ITM). She is appointed by the Secretary of Commerce of the United States to the New York District Export Council to assist small and medium sized businesses with their export expansion. She is a member of the American Business Council for DOHA, the Washington International Trade Association, the Council of Logistics Management, The Traffic Club of New York and U.S. b Mexico Chamber of Commerce. In 2001, Donna received the International Service Award from the Manhattan International Development Corporation for her efforts in spearheading the organization of World Trade Week and served as the Chairperson for World Trade Week in New York City for four consecutive years.

Office hours held in the classroom after each class.

Email address: Donna_Sharp@FITnyc.edu

Patrick Yanez

Professor Patrick Yanez is an economist who teaches international trade and global marketing. He has taught at NYC Technical College, Kingsborough Community College (CUNY), and Marymount Manhattan College. He is a former president of the NY Computer Society and former system operator (SYSOP) of METRO-BBS, one of the first electronic bulletin boards in New York City. Prior to his current faculty appointment at FIT, he served as the Director of the Business & Industry Training Center at NYC Technical College (CUNY) where he developed training programs for the NY/NJ Port Authority at the World Trade Center, the New York State banking industry, IBM, NY Telephone, General Motors, Bear Stearns, Mount Sinai Medical Center, AT&T, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Teachers Insurance Annuity Association (TIAA), Jamaica Hospital, the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, The Depository Trust Company, and various other private and public institutions. As an Associate Editor of Business Latin America, a trade publication of Business International Corporation owned by The Economist, he covered Brazil and provided economic analysis on Latin America. Professor Yanez has authored courses on global marketing, international logistics, and college seniors’ field trips focusing on fashion, textile, and apparel aspects of regional trade agreements, such as the European Union, NAFTA, CAFTA, MEFTA, ASEAN, APEC, and MERCOSUR. Professor Yanez served two terms as ITM Chairperson from 2001 until 2007.

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Office hours are posted on his door, room B453

Email address: Patrick_Yanez@FITnyc.edu