Katrina Orsini works in the Education Department at the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum. Previously, Orsini was a Smithsonian Fellow at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in the Textile Department and has taught at the New York School of Interior Design and Parsons School of Design at The New School. Orsini founded Connecticut’s Hartford Fashion Week and served as its Executive Director from 2014 – 2019. She is currently working with GWU students, faculty, and administration to build the University as the epicenter of sustainable fashion in the DMV area.