Education
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MPS, Global Fashion Management
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN BFA, Fashion Design
Activities & Affiliations
Part-Time Professor, Parsons School of Design
Adjunct Professor, FIT
Visiting Professor, American University of Paris
Fluent French
Susanna Moyer
Design Expert & Educator
Susanna is an entrepreneurial fashion creative director, business executive and educator. She has managed multi-million dollar brands in the luxury and mass markets, developed business strategies and elevated global design team levels driving business results. As a consultant she specializes in brand strategy, design development and fashion education consulting. As an educator, she focuses on fashion design education, portfolio creation, collection development and career planning.
Her experience in the fashion industry in both women’s and menswear has led her to work for a number of high profile brands including Christian Dior Paris, Liz Claiborne and Hickey Freeman. During 10 years Susanna designed, financed and oversaw all operations of her namesake collection that was sold to Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom’s and over 250 specialty stores.
Susanna is the founder of Global Student Mentorship which provides support for students in creative strategies and portfolio development for a future in fashion. She co-created an after school program for challenged youth at the Manny Cantor Center for Educational Alliance. She serves on the board as the Creative Director for CADA, (Council of Asian Designers of America) and Career Gear, a nonprofit social enterprise whose mission is to empower men to look and feel their best while entering or reentering the workforce.
Susanna is currently a Part-Time Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design and Adjunct Professor at The Fashion Institute of Technology. She has created sustainable and ethical modules as a Visiting Professor at The American University in Paris, and has taught and lectured for LIM College, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), FIDM, Parsons Paris and Wenzhou University.