Fashion and apparel industry professional with more than 30 years of experience, she serves as an expert witness in disputes involving fashion business operations, product development, branding, and retail commercialization. For more than 5 years, she has provided expert services that include consultations, preparation of expert reports, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters addressing trademark, copyright, trade dress, trade secrets, patent infringement, chargebacks, and related commercial issues. Case listings reflect retention by plaintiffs, defendants, and respondents in federal and state proceedings within the apparel sector. Her opinions are informed by more than 30 years of executive and consulting experience in apparel entrepreneurship and operations.

Her professional background includes founding and operating apparel ventures, launching retail operations, and developing structured financial methodologies focused on profitability and cost control. Product development work has involved technical design, garment construction, sourcing, merchandising strategy, and production procedures for both domestic and international markets.

She has also consulted through international trade initiatives, including projects associated with the International Trade Center/World Trade Organization and United Nations programs, advising manufacturers on U.S. market entry, merchandising, costing, and distribution strategies. These engagements provide context for evaluating supply chain practices, licensing structures, commercialization strategies, and standard-of-care issues in competitive fashion markets.

Beyond consulting, she founded and led an educational nonprofit dedicated to apparel industry business training and workforce development, and has served in advisory capacities for university fashion programs. Academic appointments have included Associate Professor and faculty roles in fashion design, production procedures, and curriculum development. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Fashion Design and a teaching certificate. Professional involvement has included appointment to a federal export advisory council and service on industry advisory boards, reflecting experience with export considerations and international apparel trade practices.