Executive Board Members
John Jones, President, Class of 1988
Since 2005, John has been MR Magazine's fashion director, producing the magazine’s fashion pages and covering all menswear categories as a full-time editor. Prior to his affiliation with MR, John spent most of his career in fashion-related marketing, public relations and advertising. He has worked in-house, for J.G. Hook and Raffi linea uomo, as well as for agencies where he’s represented Louis Raphael, the Italian Trade Commission, Les Copains, N. Peal Cashmere, S.T. Dupont and Eileen West. John is currently kick starting the New York Office for Ken Werks. http://www.apparelinsiders.com/2013/03/ken-werks-hard/
Frank Zambrelli, Class of 1988
Frank Zambrelli is a design and branding chief executive, educator, and sustainability expert with extensive professional experience spanning fashion and retail, and the environmental, social and governance (ESG) implications therein. After more than a decade working for world-class brands, he began the award-winning studio, Design Quadrant, and more recently launched the NYC-based, sustainable luxury brand, 1 Atelier. His extension into academia nearly a decade ago was inspired by a desire to better knit the changing demands of industry to curricula. Frank leads the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, supporting the cross-sector collaboration of industry and education to reduce environmental and social impacts – driving toward a future that considers people, planet and profit. His broad-spectrum experience has followed the pulse of change in the fashion industry, where his work has been instrumental in the success of companies for over 15 years, a roster including Chanel, Calvin Klein, Coach, and many others. He’s a culture creator - whether shaping start-ups for long-term growth or short-term sale – or leveraging his experience to redirect global brands toward more sustainable and regenerative futures. In Frank’s latest venture he joins his former colleagues from the Fair Fashion Center in the formation of an ESG retail practice within Accenture, the multinational professional services company, shaping strategy, digital technology and operations through the lens of sustainability and a more responsible future. A familiar face in digital, broadcast and print media, and on panels discussing responsible business and the acceleration of ESG, his latest work focuses on guiding industries in disruption toward a more equitable and regenerative future in a digitally rebalanced business environment. Frank holds a Bachelor of Science degree from FIT, and a Master of Science from Glasgow Caledonian.
Dr. Donna Iucolano
Donna is an Executive Committee Board Member for the Alumni Association of FIT and the Founder and Principal of Spinach Candy, LLC - a strategic digital business advisory and consulting, interim management and business development company she founded to work with early stage, growing, mature, and even stalled companies. Clients include: 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Jet Blue, Marc Ecko, Reader's Digest Association, and Weekly Reader, among others. Prior to venturing out on her own, Donna spent the majority of her career as a serial entrepreneur, corporate strategist, change agent, and digital business leader, starting and building digital businesses and working on digital business transformation. She has worked in 3 industries including gifting, media/publishing and apparel; and, has held senior executive roles at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Scholastic Corporation, IMP/International Masters Publishers, and New York & Company. Donna holds degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology and Hofstra University.
Gloria Maccaroni, Treasurer
Shortly after graduating with a FBM major , Gloria realized that her real passion was on the manufacturing side of the business not on the retail floor, so attended NYU for a degree in Marketing. After attaining senior marketing roles at Monet Jewelers, Revlon, Terme di Saturnia, Guess Watches, Seiko, and eyewear brands such as Safilo and Alain Mikli, Maccaroni founded the Lazarus Brand Group in 2012. A marketing /branding firm focusing on jewelry and accessories.
Andrea Pincus Esq.
Andrea Pincus is an Executive Committee Member for the Alumni Association of FIT and a partner at Reed Smith LLP, in the Financial Industry Group. A graduate of Yale College and NYU School of Law. Andrea’s commitment to the Alumni Association of FIT and life-long love of fashion comes from her mother Jan Pincus, Alumni Association President from 1995 to 2005.
