Advisory Board

An impressive roster of industry leaders

FIDM's Advisory Board is the créme de la créme of industry and community leaders. Their continuing involvement plays a vital role in keeping our curriculum ahead of the curve. This exceptional group of people is comprised of top professionals in their fields, and their commitment to FIDM is unwavering.

The Board's imaginative leadership ensures that we're tapped into changing industry and community needs, giving FIDM an edge in planning for the future. Check out these names. Be impressed. We are.

James Acheson: Costume Designer
Clarellen Adams: V.P., Industrial Relations
Showplace Square
James Arthurs: President, Gerber Technology, Inc.
Leroy Baca: Sheriff, County of Los Angeles
Wilkes Bashford: Owner, Wilkes Bashford
Trisha Biggar: Costume Designer
Pierre Cardin: Designer, Pierre Cardin
Don Chang: President/CEO, Forever 21
William E. Conner, III: President/CEO
William E. Conner & Assoc., Ltd.
Giovanni di Pasquale: Academia Internazionale Koefia
Diane von Furstenberg: Chairman/President
Diane von Furstenberg
James Galanos: Designer, Galanos, Inc.
Michael Gould: Chairman, Bloomingdale’s
Tim Gunn: Chief Creative Officer
Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Steven Hirsh: Cooper Design Space
Jon Jerde: Jerde Partnership
Tom Julian: President, Tom Julian Group
Norma Kamali: Designer, OMO Norma Kamali
Karen Kane: Designer, Karen Kane, Inc.
Lonnie Kane: President, Karen Kane, Inc.
Tom Kennedy: Senior Vice President
Fossil
Timothy Leiweke: President/CEO
Anshutz Entertainment Group
Sally Sirkin Lewis: President/CEO, J. Robert Scott
Linda LoRe: President/CEO
Frederick’s of Hollywood
Terry Lundgren: Chairman/President & CEO
Federated Department Stores
Bob Mackie: Elizabeth Courtney Costumes
Maurice Marciano: Chairman of the Board, Guess Inc.

Jessica McClintock: President, Jessica/Gunne Sax, Ltd.; Executive Director
California Fashion Association
Ellen Magnin Newman: Ellen Newman Associates
Andrea Pfister: Designer, Andrea Pfister Shoes
Zandra Rhodes: Zandra Rhodes (UK) Ltd.
Rhodes House
Alex Roldan: Alex Roldan Salon
Dr. Richard Schulze: Founder
American Botanical Pharmacy
Fred Segal: Owner, Fred Segal
Henry J. Sillam: Jewelry Designer
Emanuel Ungaro: Designer, Ungaro
Roel Vossen: Managing Director,
Frontline Clothing, Ltd.
James R. Watterson: Consultant
Jacqueline West: Costume Designer
Clive Wilkinson: President
Clive Wilkinson Architects