Eileen Pappas is a designer and graduate of Parsons the New School for Design with several years of industry experience in New York City. Over the course of her studies, Eileen completed a variety of professional internships at Donna Karan Collection, Stoll FTNY, St. John Knits, and Gigi Burris Millinery, and produced knitwear for Billy Reid and Simon Miller. Her greatest honor was winning the 2012 CFDA Geoffrey Beene Design Scholarship Award. Eileen has worked as a knitwear designer at numerous brands across a wide range of markets and price points, including White + Warren, 10 Crosby Derek Lam, Ellen Tracy, Design Nation for Kohl's, as well as handknit development for Donna Karan Collection and private label work for Anthropologie. Having absorbed and grown the skills of her numerous work experiences, Eileen now focuses on educating others in design while building her artisanal jewelry practice.