 She is a founding board member of Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids] (DIFFA), has served on the board of the Partnership for the Homeless, for which she created the "Furnish a Future" program, and also played a part in creating The Heart Truth's Red Dress Initiative for Women's Heart Disease.She chaired the "Sidewalk Catwalk" exhibition in the Fashion District, an outdoor display of 32 mannequins created by leading designers in summer 2010.Mallis is President of her own international fashion and design consultancy, Fern Mallis LLC, which she left IMG to form in 2010.