Planning Council Members
Laurence Baach, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Rachel Baum, Associate Professor, History of Art
Sherry Brabham, Treasurer and Vice President for Finance and Administration
Joyce F. Brown, President
Robin Burns-McNeill, Chair, FIT Board of Trustees
Judith Byrd, Member, FIT Board of Trustees
Brooke Carlson, Interim Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Sean Cormier, Associate Professor and Chair, Textile Development and Marketing
Justine De Young, Associate Professor, History of Art
Roberta Elins, Professor, Marketing Communications, and President, United College
Employees of FIT (UCE of FIT)
Keith Ellenbogen, Associate Professor, Photography
Michael Ferraro, Executive Director, FIT DTech Lab
Yasemin Jones, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
Tardis Johnson, Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success
Saumya Joshi, President, FIT Student Government Association (2022–2023)
Jacqueline Jenkins, Interim Executive Director of the Center for Continuing and Professional
Studies
Stephan Kanlian, Professor, Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management, and
Vice President for Adjunct Faculty, UCE of FIT
Jennifer LoTurco, Deputy to the President
Philips McCarty, Vice President for Advancement and Executive Director of the FIT
Foundation
Elizabeth Peek, Member, FIT Board of Trustees
Deirdre Quinn, Member, FIT Board of Trustees
Troy Richards, Dean, School of Art and Design
Robin Sackin Litwinsky, Assistant Professor, Fashion Business Management
Ajoy Sarkar, Professor, Textile Development and Marketing
Theanne Schiros, Professor, Science and Math
Christie Shin, Associate Professor, Communication Design Pathways
Asta Skocir, Professor, Fashion Design—Apparel
Carli Spina, Librarian and Head of Research and Institutional Services, Gladys Marcus
Library
Calvin Williamson, Professor, Science and Math, and President of the Faculty Senate
Lauren Zodel, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design—Art