Marie Driscoll has been teaching as an Adjunct Professor since 2018 at Baruch College, CUNY, FIT and Parsons, The New School.
As a professor she mentors students, brings industry leaders to the classroom and had advised graduate Finance students in 2024-2026 in the CFA Research Report Challenge. In 2025, Advised the Baruch team that won the Regional Competition, advancing to the Semi-Finals, representing the local CFA Society New York.
A great big merci beaucoup to Claire Le Néel for her incredibly insightful conversation with Parsons School of Design - The New School's Fashion Retailing & Buying class, back in December 2025. Claire's discussion highlighted how deeply “invisible” operational choices shape the luxury experience, from localized e-commerce to cautious use of AI and new entry points for younger clients.
Super thanks to Leila Jalai for coming in October 2025 and sharing her experience, bringing her connected retail vision to Parsons School of Design - The New School, for my Fashion Retail class. Operations is often the unsung hero of the best retailers, uniting what consumers want to buy (and where) with allocation, assortment planning, finances, and demand planning all the way back to supply, material planning and raw material sourcing.
Great to have Jen Jackson join Parsons Fashion Retailing & Buying class in Novemebr 2025 and share her insights on building brands and making fashion democratic at Walmart. She definitely made a few fashion converts among the students who loved her fashion and were shopping walmart.com before she left.
Amazing conversation with Malique Morris of The Business of Fashion when he visited Parsons School of Design - The New School in October 2025, to discuss all things digital, social, and retail with a focus on his Case Study, The New Rules for Getting Acquired.