The LIM Fashion Education Foundation, or LIM FEF, will present Jennifer Foyle, president and executive creative officer for American Eagle and Aerie, and Michele Parsons, chief merchandising officer of Kate Spade, with the organization’s first “Fashion Forward” awards.

Foyle and Parsons can be honored at an event celebrating LIM FEF’s forty fifth anniversary on May 10 at 6 p.m. at a rooftop location in Latest York. The evening will feature a cocktail party and a silent auction.

Foyle and Parsons are being recognized for his or her commitment to empowering the subsequent generation of retail leaders. Each women serve on the LIM FEF board of directors and have shown their dedication to the nonprofit organization’s mission to lift and administer funds for scholarships and academic enhancements that profit LIM College students.