| Summary: | Interior designer Courtney Sloane was born in June 1962 in Jersey City, New Jersey. She earned her B.S. degree in marketing from Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick, in 1984, and began her career as retail merchandiser at JC Penney. From 1986 to 1994, she served as specification specialist and specification representative at Formica Corporation /Fabricator Supply. She took postgraduate studies in metal working at Pratt Institute and interior design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, from 1988 to 1989. Sloane launched Alternative Design in 1991, serving as creative director for customized projects. She served as a contributing editor for Essence magazine, production designer for television series America's Top Model, founder of Riley Stone, and marketing manager for RS Furnishings. Sloane later opened a brick-and-mortar store in Jersey City, NJ, called Sloane Square, a lifestyle retail showroom.
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