Lauren Zodel is an assistant chair in the Fashion Design department at FIT, where she oversees the Children's Wear concentration. During her time in the fashion industry, she designed and directed children's products for DKNY Kids, Baby Gap, Calvin Klein Kids, Eddie Bauer, and Tommy Hilfiger Kids. Zodel is listed as coinventor on a patent for a garment created with Montefiore Medical Center. Additionally, she has worked with FIT's DTech Lab as a mentor on projects such as Netflix's Karma's World and YES Network's Off Field Fashion.