My service efforts extend beyond my
university, college, and department
into the greater design community.

University Service | College & School Service | Department Service | Professional Service

University Service

  1. Planning committee for SHED/Performing Arts Building Costume Shop, 2021-present.

  2. Planning committee for SHED Textile Space, 2020-present.

  3. Panelist, Pathways to RIT: Art and Design Edition, 2022.

  4. RIT Admissions video interview and recording, 2020.

  5. Co-Advisor, RIT’s Biodesign Challenge, 2019-2020.

  6. Co-Author & Lead, edX Design Thinking offering – Prototyping & User Feedback, 2018-2019.

  7. Committee Member, ARCHIVFEST Conference planning committee, 2017-2019.

  8. Advisor/Consultant, RIT Saunders Summer Startup program, 2016-2018.

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Select College & School Service

  1. Portfolio Reviewer, National Portfolio Day Boston, 2023

  2. CAD Represetative for Pathways to RIT Webinar, 2023.

  3. Organizer, RIT involvement in Fashion Week Rochester, 2021-2022.

  4. Organizing Board Member, VCDS Beyond Fashion Event, 2021-present.

  5. TT Industrial Design Faculty Search Committee Member, School of Design, 2020-2021.

  6. Design and Fabrication Committee for the Massimo and Lella Vignelli Distinguished Medal, College of Art & Design, 2020.

  7. Fabrication Processes Instructional Support Specialist Search Committee Member, College of Art & Design, 2020.

  8. Portfolio Reviewer, MFA National Portfolio Day, 2020.

  9. Operations Manager Search Committee Member, College of Art & Design, 2019.

  10. Fab Lab Specialist Search Committee Member, College of Art & Design, 2020.

  11. Tour Guide, School of Design Accepted Student Open House, 2017-2019.

  12. Co-organizer & event moderator, Women In Design industry panel, 2019.

  13. Portfolio Reviewer, National Portfolio Day NYC, 2017-2018.

  14. Portfolio Reviewer, School of Design Open House & Portfolio Review, 2017.

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Select Department Service

  1. Program Director, Industrial Design BFA, 2023-present.

  2. Organizer, RIT ID Alumni Outreach, 2022-present.

  3. Program Co-Director, Industrial Design BFA, 2022-2023.

  4. Co-Organizer, T-Minus, 2022.

  5. Faculty Advisor, IDSA RIT Student Chapter, 2019-present.

  6. TT Industrial Design Faculty Search Committee Member, School of Design, 2020-2021.

  7. Presentation on Industrial Design to graduate engineering students, 2021.

  8. Represented ID department for RIT’s Girls in STEM Saturday workshop, 2020.

  9. Collaborated with CAD Facilities and Wegmans distribution center to help secure the donation of three pallets of organic, anti-microbial jersey for Soft Studio use, 2019.

  10. Traveled to Vignelli storage barn to retrieve Vignelli clothing, prototypes, and additional artifacts, 2019.

  11. Project Advisor & Judge, T-Minus Project: Ugandan Water Project, 2019.

  12. Established and equipped Soft Studio Lab space in Booth 4340, 2018.

  13. Donation Acquisition, eight child-size and three adult-size Wolf dress forms from Cornell University, 2018.

  14. RIT ID Soft Studio at WantedDesign IC exhibit exposed RIT ID to 15,000+ attendees at NYCxDesign, 2018.

  15. Donation Acquisition, 8 new half-scale dress forms and one new full size child form from Alvanon, 2017.

  16. Portfolio Reviewer, Thought at Work Conference, 2016-2017.

  17. Materials library development with Graham Carson, 2016-2017.

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Select Professional Service

  1. Textile Council member, NYSAR3, 2023-present.

  2. W4R: Women for Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, and Rethinking Strategies for Managing Materials Member, 2022-present.

  3. Raw Materials & Equipment Committee Member, TAPPI, USA, 2019-present.

  4. Board of Advisors, ThermApparel LLC, Rochester, NY USA, 2016-present.

  5. Consultant, Textile Printing & Product Design, Rochester, NY USA, 2011-present.

  6. Director, SewGreen@Rochester Board of Directors, Rochester, NY USA, 2021-2023.

  7. Team Mentor & Judge, Kent State Fashion/Tech Hackathon, Kent, NY USA, 2019-2022.

  8. STEM Volunteer, Lima Primary Maker’s Faire, Lima, NY USA, 2019.

  9. Invited Juror, 100 American Craftsmen Show, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY USA, 2019.

  10. Demonstrator & Volunteer, Lima Primary Maker’s Faire, Lima, NY USA, 2018.

  11. STEM Volunteer, Creekside Nursery School, Honeoye Falls, NY USA, 2018.

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