Conferences, Panels & Events

The David C. Copley Center for Costume Design, UCLA, Founding Director (2009-Present)
Costume Designer’s Guild, Local 892, President, (2001-2007).
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Executive Committee, Costume Designers Branch (2001 - Present).
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Founding Governor, Costume Designers Branch, (2013 - 2018).
Library of Congress, National Film Preservation Foundation, Board of Directors (2014 - Present).

Costume Designers Guild/UCLA Anderson (2023), The Business of Costume Design: Measuring the Value of Vision and its Economic Impact, Panelist and Co-Host
Black Women Film Network Summit (2022): It’s the Hair, Make-up and Costume For Me, Panelist
Critical Costume (2018), University of Surrey, England, Co-Presenter
Critical Costume (2015), Aalto University, Finland; Keynote Speaker
Stockholm University, Sweden (2015), Exploring the Intersections of Fashion and Film Studies; Speaker.
Textile Society of America, Biennial Symposium, (2014), Saving the Day: Groundbreaking Design and Textiles for Science Fiction and Fantasy Film, Panel Organizer and Moderator.
World Stage Design (2013), Cardiff, Wales, Keynote Speaker.
The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), Washington, DC (2009), The Business of Show Business Symposium, Panelist.

Sketch to Screen, Founder and Panel Moderator, TFT and the Copley Costume Design Oscar Celebration, (2011 - Present).
Dorothy Richards Costume Educators Luncheon,

Founder and Moderator (2014 - Present).

Costume Designer-in-Residence, Creator and Moderator, UCLA Mentorship Program, (2015 - Present).
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences/David C. Copley Center, Moderator, Costume Designer Panels: Paris, France (2017), Madrid, Spain (2018), Rome, Italy (2019), Australia & New Zealand via Zoom (2021), and Mexico City, Mexico (2022).
The Hidden Thread: The Untold Story of Jewish Costume Designers in Hollywood, Co-Creator and Moderator (2019).
Black Dress and Culture Series, Creator and Co-host (2021-2024).
Cinema Muto, Pordenone, Italy, Founder, Annual David C. Copley Center Lecture on Silent Film Costuming, (2022 - Present). www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/
Critical Costume 2024, Host, UCLA, Los Angeles Critical Costume is an international platform to promote research and practice on the interdisciplinary study of costume. The principal activity of Critical Costume is a biennial conference and exhibition. The purpose of the organization is to support practitioners and researchers to debate the status of costume within contemporary and historical cultures. www.criticalcostume.com