Department of International Trade and Marketing (ITM)

Miho Chung

Miho is currently interning at Marc Jacobs International, playing a role as a communicator among buyers, merchandising, production, planning and logistics teams. She was also a retail management intern at Louis Vuitton, a backstock associate at American Apparel, and a sales associate at FIDM Museum and Galleries in Los Angeles, California. In addition, Miho has volunteered for designers in New York’s fashion week and assisted a student from Mary Mount College in writing an article about the event in her school paper.

She is fluent in English and Korean and has a basic knowledge of Japanese and Chinese languages. Miho also strongly values ITM’s diverse student body, citing it as the best part of the program in addition to its challenging curriculum and world class faculty. She consistently volunteers for the Talking Trade @ FIT guest lecture series and attended field trips to global companies that have been greatly impressed by her intricate knowledge of them.

In her pursuit of different experiences within the campus, Miho applied for and became a finalist in a competition within FIT’s Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology to present a New York retail concept at the World Retail Congress in Berlin.

As she progresses into her career, Miho hopes to work for a multinational company, which conducts business between America and Asia, combining her background in retail, wholesale, merchandising, logistics, planning, sales, accounting, public relations, and marketing.

Kerstin Charlotte Wendel

Charlotte is currently a research assistant volunteer at Lost City Products, an exclusive design house in New York, where she also facilitates sales, marketing, and sample coordination. Prior to this position, she held internship posts at The Foundation Showroom and Tommy Hilfiger and was store manager of a flagship store owned by Peak Performance in Sweden. She is fluent in Swedish and English and has basic knowledge of the German, French, Danish and Norwegian languages.

In her application for the scholarship, Charlotte outlined her deep interest in Asian and Chinese cultures, having already visited the country as a Swedish scholar together with other State University of New York students earlier this year. Because of her keen interest in the region, she is pursuing a minor in Asian Studies while completing her major in ITM. Charlotte hopes to combine her European background, American education, and exposure to Asia to build a strong foundation for a future career in a global company and ably serve as an effective ambassador of ITM and Warnaco.

Charlotte is a highly valued volunteer of the Women in International Trade, assisting primarily in the communications for special events. She also helped to plan FIT’s Falling Whistles charity event, which focused on rehabilitating the former child soldiers in Congo. In addition to being a Presidential Scholar, she is a contributor of the College’s W27 school paper and participated in FIT’s Student Life leadership weekend. She has also volunteered at the Mercedes-Benz fashion week and the Swedish Church.

We hope that you will all join us in congratulating Miho and Charlotte for their well-deserved recognition.