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A G E N D A
S P E A K E R S
A T T E N D E E S
W E LC O M E
Welcome to the sixth annual Sourcing Journal Summit. This year, as we welcome you to a new venue, as a brand that’s part of a new media company, there’s lots of new things to talk about in apparel sourcing. That’s why the theme of this year’s Summit is Sourcing 5.0: New Concepts, New Sourcing. What Sourcing 5.0 represents, and what today’s sourcing executives and companies are realizing, is that we need to utilize technology, data and AI to help us become better manufacturers. We can identify how to be faster and which countries to manufacture in. We can change our culture and we can empower our merchants to be more entrepreneurial. But there’s technology out there that can take even more risk out of the decision-making process. To really be able to tap into it, though, we need to have the systems in place, the talent in place and we have to be able to dissect all of this information. A big part of this year’s conference is about understanding not only the power of this data, but how companies are using it to become smarter supply chain executives. During today’s Summit, you’ll hear from the industry’s leading executives on how they’re using data to decode customer lifetime value and deliver on new demands, how they’ve moved sustainability from an ideal to a bottom line benefit, and what sourcing will really look like by 2025. There are three Ds that have come for the supply chain: disruption, digitization and distress. While these words are clearly overworked, we are at a point now where they represent an evolution in the industry. Whether it’s through new technology or new brands stepping in and snagging market share, I’m starting to see a new guild taking over the industry. This is no longer an industry in distress. It’s an industry ripe with innovation. Edward Hertzman Founder & President Sourcing Journal
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AGENDA
8:00 – 8:40
Breakfast + Registration
8:40 –8:45
Opening Remarks
Edward Hertzman, Founder & President, Sourcing Journal Media
8:45 – 9:30
Keynote:
Peter Fader, The Wharton School Frances and Pei-Yuan Professor of Marketing + In Conversation With Google Head of Customer Analytics, Neil Hoyne
9:35-10:15
The Future of Apparel Production —Nearshoring, Automation and Sustainability
Karl-Hendrik Magnus, Partner, McKinsey & Company Colin Browne, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Under Armour Ramesh Fernando,CEO, MAS USA Erika Swan, VP of Product Operations, Reebok
How Sustainability Also Means Profitability if You Do it Right Sanjeev Bahl, Founder, Saitex 10:20-10:50
Mustafain Munir, Director, Cyclo Dana Davis, VP, Sustainability, Mara Hoffman
10:50-11:30
Break + Networking
11:30-12:00
How to Avoid Becoming Collateral Damage in the Trade War
Robert Sinclair, President of Global Supply Chain, Global Brands Group Maristella Iacobello, VP of Customs Compliance & Government Relations, PVH Steve Lamar, EVP, American Apparel and Footwear Association Nicole Bivens Collinson, President of International Trade and
Government Relations, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg
Moderated by: Rick Helfenbein, President & CEO, American Apparel and
Footwear Association
12:05-12:40
Retail Vision: Innovations, Trends + Predictions for the Future
Karen Moon, CEO & Co-Founder, Trendalytics Greg Petro, Founder & CEO, First Insight Isaac Korn, Director of Innovation and Automation, Perry Ellis Melissa Davis Chief Revenue Officer, Afterpay
12:45-1:20
The Companies Taking Your Market ShareÂ
Michelle Cordeiro Grant, Founder & CEO, Lively Patrick Woodyard, Co-Founder & CEO, Nisolo Aman Advani, Co-Founder & CEO, Ministry of Supply Nina Faulhaber, Co-Founder, Aday
1:25-1:55
Voice Wars: The Front Line of Digital
will.i.am, Tech Entrepreneur & Creative Innovator, I.AM+ Chandra Rathakrishnan, Co-Founder & President, I.AM+ John Thorbeck, Chairman, Chainge Capital
1:55-2:00
Closing Remarks
M I N I S T R Y O F S U P P LY
SAITEX
SPEAKERS
AMAN ADVANI
SANJEEV BAHL
Co-Founder & CEO
Founder
Aman Advani, is co-founder and CEO of Ministry of Supply, a clothing brand inventing a new category: Performance Professional - performance dress clothes. The company was founded in 2012 with the mission to incorporate fundamental engineering and performance principles into dress clothing staples, ultimately building a wardrobe that both looks good, and feels comfortable (think Nike meets Brooks Brothers). Prior to co-founding Ministry of Supply, Advani spent four years in management and non-profit consulting with Deloitte and TechnoServe. He holds a BSIE from Georgia Tech, and half an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and was a member of Forbes 30 under 30 list an BBJ’s 40 Under 40 list.
Sanjeev Bahl, an entrepreneur born in India in 1963, has ventured into diverse businesses. The journey began 29 years ago when Sanjeev decided to embrace the world of apparel manufacturing and eventually IT and Healthcare. His apparel venture, SAITEX is a state of the art denim manufacturer in Vietnam. The manufacturing plants are built on environmental impact reduction technologies with a philosophy of creating positive social impact.
NICOLE BIVENS COLLINSON
Chief Supply Chain Officer
President of International Trade and Government Relations
Colin Browne, a member of Under Armour’s executive team, is currently based in Baltimore where he leads Under Armour’s supply chain and product development. Colin began his career on the factory floor working for Bally Shoes Ltd in the U.K. In 1988 he left the U.K. and joined Reebok in Busan, South Korea, moving with the company to Thailand, China and the Philippines, where he pioneered Reebok’s Footwear and Apparel sourcing. Stints at The Pentland Group, Li & Fung and VF eventually led Colin to Under Armour in 2016. He now holds the position of chief supply chain officer where he leads all aspects of Under Armour’s supply chain.
S A N D L E R, T RAV I S & RO S E N B E RG
UNDER ARMOUR
COLIN BROWNE
Nicole Bivens Collison leads the International Trade and Government relations practice of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., and serves as managing principal of the Washington, D.C., office. She is also a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Nicole has over 25 years of experience in government, public affairs and lobbying. She has drafted and guided the successful implementation of several pieces of key international trade legislation positively affecting the bottom line of many U.S. companies.
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A F T E R PAY
SPEAKERS
DANA DAVIS
MELISSA DAVIS
VP of Sustainability
Chief Revenue Officer
Dana Davis graduated from FIT in New York City in 2003, and immediately co-founded a design label and retail store. In 2010, Dana joined Mara Hoffman to head the company’s production department. In 2012, she became the director of production and design and was integral in the company’s transformation into a recognizable and widely distributed brand. In 2015, Dana was appointed to spearhead the company’s transition towards sustainability. Dana, now the vice president of sustainability, product and business strategy, is an advisor for Fashion Revolution USA and supports organizations such as Fashion Positive, Textile Exchange, CFDA, and the SAC.
Melissa Davis is chief revenue officer of Afterpay US. Afterpay is an innovative digital platform that offers interest-free installment plans for online purchases. Davis most recently served as executive vice president and general manager of ShopStyle, where she helped build the business into one of the leading fashion search websites in the US over her nine years with the company. There, she was responsible for the company’s on-trend management and partnerships with more than 1,000 retailers worldwide as well as for ShopStyle Collective, an influencer network offering proprietary socialshopping technology to more than 14,000 members.
A D AY
THE WHARTON SCHOOL
SPEAKERS
PETER FADER
NINA FAULHABER
Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing
Co-Founder
Peter Fader is professor of marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His expertise centers on topics such as customer relationship management, lifetime value of the customer, and strategies that arise from these data-driven tactics. His research has been published in leading marketing and statistics journals, and he is the author of two books: “Customer Centricity: Focus on the Right Customers for Strategic Advantage” (2012) and “The Customer Centricity Playbook” (October 2018).
Nina Faulhaber is co-founder of ADAY, a direct-to-consumer brand creating consciously designed, versatile essentials. She and her co-founder Meg He wanted to simplify their wardrobes and set a new standard for clothing by fusing minimal, seasonless shapes with technical fabrics and a sustainable supply chain. Prior to ADAY, Nina was a Venture Capitalist at Index Ventures, an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and in a former life a competitive gymnast in Germany. Nina was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in Retail & E-Commerce in 2016 with Meg, and ADAY was named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018.
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MAS HOLDINGS
L I V E LY
SPEAKERS
RAMESH FERNANDO
MICHELLE CORDEIRO GRANT
CEO
Founder & CEO
Ramesh Fernando is the CEO of MAS Holdings USA, a company positioned as one of the world’s most recognized design to delivery solution providers in the realm of apparel and textile manufacturing with a presence in 17 countries across 53 locations, and its headquarters in Sri Lanka. Ramesh is responsible for establishing MAS’ nearshore and onshore presence in the US. He has held several senior roles within the company over the past 14 years. He is a graduate of Warrick University, UK in statics and Economics. Ramesh lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife and their son (soon to be two).
Michelle Cordeiro Grant, founder and CEO of LIVELY, has spent the tenure of her career creating brands and product for some of the world’s largest retailers including Federated, VF Corporation, Limited Brands/Victoria’s Secret and Thrillist Media Group. Grant instantly fell in love with the entire process from concept to customer and realized that her passion was in supporting, creating and developing amazing brands and products.
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AAFA
SPEAKERS
RICK HELFENBEIN
NEIL HOYNE
President & CEO
Head of Customer Analytics
Rick Helfenbein, is president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association and is a strong advocate for a robust U.S. trade agenda. He lectures frequently about politics and international trade and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, FOX, BBC, & Bloomberg.
Neil Hoyne is acclaimed globally for exploration of paradigm-shifting analytics that fill-in the gaps of our understanding of customer relationships. His work is seen in lectures at Wharton, Harvard and other top business schools, by international demand as a keynote speaker, and in dozens of patents. Yet, it’s as Google’s chief analytics evangelist and head of customer analytics that he’s pushed limits even further; pioneering innovation into customer lifetime value, marketing attribution, dynamic pricing, content personalization, and truly democratized data.
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P E R RY E L L I S
P V H C O R P.
SPEAKERS
MARISTELLA IACOBELLO
ISAAC KORN
VP of Customs Compliance & Government Relations
Director of Innovation and Automation
Maristella Iacobello is the vice president of customs compliance & government relations for PVH Corp. based in New York City. In her most recent position, she is responsible for providing guidance and policy on trade and all customs compliance matters including and not limited to free trade agreements, preference programs, valuation, classification, and labeling requirements globally. She is also a member of several government and trade association committees that support and guide governmental decisions and strategies in the international trade arena.
Isaac Korn is the director of innovation at Perry Ellis International Inc., the Miamibased leading designer, distributor and licensor of high-quality men’s and women’s apparel, accessories and fragrances. Isaac has over 10 years of experience in domestic and global sourcing, product development and quality assurance for apparel, textiles and accessories, and developed an interest in innovation and technologies that led to the creation of his current role at Perry Ellis International.
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AAFA
SPEAKERS
STEVE LAMAR
KARL- HENDRIK MAGNUS
Executive Vice President
Partner
Steve Lamar is executive vice president at the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA). Steve is responsible for the design and execution of AAFA lobbying strategies on a series of issues covering trade, supply chains and brand protection. In these roles, Steve also advises AAFA member companies on legislation and regulatory policies affecting the clothing and footwear industries. Steve is also president of the Washington International Trade Association (WITA), a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing a neutral forum for discussion of international trade policy and related issues.
Karl-Hendrik Magnus co-leads McKinsey’s Apparel, Fashion & Luxury practice in Europe and is an author of the recent report, “The Future of Apparel Production—Nearshoring, Automation and Sustainability.” The report looks at how automation will change the economics of apparel production, and findings indicate the sector could see near-shoring at scale by 2025. Karl-Hendrik has more than 15 years of experience in supporting apparel and sporting goods companies across a range of operational, commercial and strategic themes. He holds a PhD in Supply Chain Management and has studied in St. Gallen, Chapel Hill and Münster.
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T R E N D A LY T I C S
CY C LO
SPEAKERS
KAREN MOON
MUSTAFAIN MUNIR
CEO & Co-Founder
Director
Karen Moon is CEO and co-founder of Trendalytics. Trendalytics is a merchant’s personal data scientist. The Trendalytics platform leverages machine learning to decode consumer demand signals and identify profitable merchandising opportunities. Karen has over 15 years of experience in consumer brands, retail and technology. At Goode Partners, she executed the firm’s investment in SkullCandy (NASDAQ: SKUL) and worked on the turnaround of a luxury specialty retailer.
Mustafain Munir, graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Horace Mann School in New York, started his journey in fashion in 2012 looking into compliance matters in Bangladesh. The trip brought him to SIMCO Spinning & Textiles, a company that was just starting collection, recycling and re-spinning of a fraction of the enormous amounts of fabric waste produced by the T-shirt industry. Mustafain joined SIMCO in 2013 and helped rebrand the product as CYCLO, heavily promoting the sustainability aspect of a recycled yarn.
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SPEAKERS
GREG PETRO
CHANDRA RATHAKRISHNAN
Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & President
Greg Petro, founder and CEO of First Insight, has decades of experience in retail, economics and growing SaaS businesses. Greg has helped build First Insight, a technology company transforming how retailers make product and pricing decisions, into the world’s leading platform for creating differentiated products. Greg has extensive knowledge in the retail and technology industry, having held previous roles at i2/ JDA, Saks, Inc. and Macy’s. He sits on the board of advisors for the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and the University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business.
Chandra Rathakrishnan, co-founder and president of I.AM+, is responsible for the Omega platform (voice operating system) product vision, business strategy, key partnerships and overall operations. He teamed up with Co-founder will.i.am in 2012 to form I.AM+. Chandra started his first company at the age of 21. As a young founder and CEO, he raised more than $13 million in venture funding and formed partnerships with telecommunication and mobile phone companies. Under his leadership, his startup grew from a two-person to a 75-person business before selling its IP in 2007. Chandra has an advanced diploma in Computer Science from Oxford University (UK), and holds multiple patents in the area of operating systems.
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G LO B A L B R A N D S G R O U P
SPEAKERS
ROBERT SINCLAIR
ERIKA SWAN
President of Global Supply Chain
VP of Product Operations
Robert Sinclair, is president of Global Supply Chain, leading supply chain activities for all brands under Global Brands Group (GBG). He joined GBG in 2018.
Erika Swan, oversees product operations, focusing on creating the best Fitness products. Erika reports directly to adidas Executive Board Member Global Operations Gil Steyaert.
Prior to GBG, Robert was president of supply chain solutions at Li & Fung, overseeing all business-related activities for apparel, footwear and hardgoods, as well as sourcing and general merchandise. He joined Li & Fung in 2011 as executive vice president of Lifestyle Brands business unit and was promoted to chief operating officer for LF Sourcing in 2013.
Erika is an experienced leader in the sporting goods industry. She has worked in Operations Strategy, Project Management, Sourcing and Product Development, .
Previously, Robert has held senior positions in various capacities with VF Asia Ltd, the global procurement business unit for VF Corp., and Ralph Lauren Corp.
Erika has been with adidas since 2004. Most recently, she served as VP of Accessories and Gear Sourcing in Hong Kong, managing 64 suppliers across 15 countries. She has also served the company as VP Sourcing Operations Apparel, optimizing production allocation for 300+ mio. pieces of Apparel globally.
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N I S O LO
SPEAKERS
PATRICK WOODYARD Co-Founder & CEO
Patrick Woodyard is the co-founder & CEO of Nisolo, a fashion brand striving to push the fashion industry into a new frontier of social and sustainable responsibility. Nisolo empowers impoverished artisans through job creation by offering quality-driven, superior designed footwear, bags, jewelry and more to consumers around the world. The journey for social good is the forefront of every decision Patrick makes at Nisolo.
AT T E N D E E S PHILIPPA ABELES
GARY BARRACO
CHRISTOPHE BOQUET
SVP Global Sourcing/TD/QA
Director, Global Product Marketing
Sr. Director, Raw Materials
Ann Inc.
Amber Road
Calvin Klein Noth America
DANIELLE ABIGADOR
JULIAN BARTHOLOW
JACQUELINE BODE
Production Manager
Sr. Sourcing Manager
SVP, Sourcing & Production - FRYE
Bonobos
Target
Global Brands Group
GIHAN AMARASIRIWARDENA
DAVID BASSUK
ELLEN BORCHERS
Co-Founder & President
Managing Director
VP, PD & Production
Ministry of Supply
AlixPartners, LLP
Lilly Pulitzer
MARK ANNER
KELLEEN BAUMBACH
GILY BORENSTEIN
Associate Professor
Director, Production & Sourcing
Sourcing Manager
Penn State University
Bonobos
Superior Group of Companies
CLAIRE ARCURI
ANNA BEAULIEU
KARIN BOUDREAU
Director of Sourcing
Senior Director
Director of Product Development
Calvin Klein
Global Brands Group
NIC+ZOE Company
LEIF ARNTZEN
PHILIP C. BERG
AMANDA BRION
VP, Business Development
Chairman, Corporate Department
Director of Fabric R&D
Dynamic Worldwide
Otterbourg P.C.
Bonobos
JENNIFER BACON
CARYN BERRY
COLIN BROWNE
Show Director
Managing Director
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Messe Frankfurt
DZ Group / DUFFY
Under Armour
SANJEEV BAHL
LEIGH BESKIN KARGER
JULIA BURKE
Founder
Sourcing Manager
Marketing Associate
Saitex
Global Brands Group
Inspectorio
MARC BAIN
RANDY BHANIK
JOSEPH BURKS
Fashion Reporter
VP, Production
Sr. Production Manager
Quartz
Global Brands Group
Bonobos
LYDIA BAIRD
NICOLE BIVENS COLLINSON
SHEA BURNS
Fabric R&D Manager
President, International Trade, Gov’t Relations
Director, Business Development
SOPHIE BLAHD
President
J.C. Penney
Klarna
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg
PATRICIA BALTHAZAR Senior Director, Lou & Grey Ann Inc.
MARK BURSTEIN
Sr. Director Supply Strategy
NGC Software
MARGARET BLAKE
Vice Chairman
PVH Corp.
VALENTINA BARBIERI VIALE Production Manager Miroglio Fashion
Sr. Project Manager Macy’s
GERRY BYRNE PMC
KERRY CABAN
CAROLINE COX
Director Customs Compliance
Production Associate
PVH Corp.
Bonobos
TRICIA CAREY
KATHERINE COX
Director Global Business Development, Denim
Senior Product Manager
NIN CASTLE
SVP, Sourcing
NIC+ZOE Company
Lenzing Fibers Inc.
DAVID DABB
Co-Founder
Global Brands Group
BRIAN CHANG
President
Reverse Resources
NESLI DANISMAN
Head of Product Development
Angora Group
PETER CHAU
Executive Director
Jordan Craig
RICK DARLING
VP, International Operations
Li & Fung Limited
SUSAN CHIN
VP, Product Strategy & Sustainability
Dynamic Worldwide
Director, Production Global Brands Group
DANA DAVIS Mara Hoffman
AMY CINTRON
FRANK DELLAQUILA
Sr. Sourcing Director
VP, Production Menswear
Ann Inc.
Global Brands Group
SARAH CLARKE
SHEILA DEMORRE
EVP Supply
Sr. Manager Sourcing
PVH Corp.
Talbots
MEGAN CODY
MARY ANN DOMURACKI
Senior Manager, Business Strategy
Managing Director
HBC
MMG Advisors, Inc.
STEPHANIE COHEN
ANDREAS DORNER
CFO
Regional Commercial Dir. Textiles E&A
Operation Warm
Lenzing Fibers Inc.
MICHELLE CORDEIRO GRANT
BRIAN DOWD
Founder & CEO
Vice President
Lively
Tradewind Finance
VICTORIA COSTA
RALPH EHINGER
SVP Supply Chain
Senior Regional Director of the Americas
Talbots
Alvanon
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AT T E N D E E S ALLAN ELLINGER
NINA FAULHABER
CARRIE FREIMAN
Senior Managing Partner
Co-Founder
Director of Sustainability
MMG Advisors, Inc.
Aday
Reformation
REBECCA ELLIS
VERONICA FAY
JAMES GABRIEL
Sample Coordinator
VP, Production
President, Footwear Division
Bonobos
Global Brands Group
Global Brands Group
KEVIN ENDRES
DAVID FEIG
MARIA GADOSKY
Consultant
Sr. Key Account Manager
Senior Director Raw Materials
Inspectorio
Asia Inspection
PVH/The Underwear Group
BRYAN ESHELMAN
HOWARD FELLER
CHRISTINA GAL
Managing Director
Managing Partner
Sr. Production Manager
AlixPartners
MMG Advisors, Inc.
Spanx
EMILIO ESTEVEZ
PRIYAN FERNANDO
SARAH GALVEZ
Director of Business Development
Chairman
Manager, Public Relations
Stenn International
Brandix Lanka Ltd
Cotton Incorporated
DAVID EVAN
TOM FINN
THOMAS GAMBINO
Partner
SVP, General Manager, Operations
President
PETER FADER
ELIZABETH FISCHER
CARL GAMBINO
VP, Production
VP, Special Projects
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP
Frances and Pei-Yuan Professor of Marketing The Wharton School
LIZ FAKHOURY Director Target
CHANTELLE FANDINO Marketing Specialist Messe Frankfurt
SEDIQA FAROUQ Sourcing Manager Perry Ellis
FARRUKH AWAN SVP, IT Applications Global Brands Group
PMC
Joes Jeans
Dynamic Worldwide
Dynamic Worldwide
HERBERT FLORES
LAURENE GANDOLFO
Director
EVP
Guess?, Inc.
Macy’s
CAROLINE FOLEY
YEN GAO
SVP, Supply
Sr. Director of Sourcing
PVH/Calvin Klein
SanMar
DAVID FORSBERG
MURALI GOKKI
Sourcing Manager
Managing Director
Target
AlixPartners
JESSICA FOTSCH
MARISOL GOMEZ
Vice President
Director, Marketing
HBC
NGC Software
BRITTANY FREDERICKSON
JEREMY GORDON
Director
Assoc. Manager, Product Development
Macy’s
Ann Inc.
AT T E N D E E S SHELLY GOTTSCHAMER
JERRY HERTZMAN
ALEXANDRA IVANCEVIC
Chief Sustainability Officer
SVPI, Head of Managed Assets
Marketing Director
Outerknown
IDB Bank
Klarna
GEORGE GROBAR
MARA HOFFMAN
JUSTIN JACKOWSKI
COO
President & Creative Director
Compliance Manager
PMC
Mara Hoffman
Design Resources, Inc.
JOE GROVES
PHILIP HOROWITZ
NANCY JOHNSON
Regional Sales Director
VP, Sales
EVP
Centric Software
Star Garment/Komar Brands
Macy’s
ED HAMLIN
DEBBIE HOROWITZ
DENISE JONES
Regional Vice President
VP, Sourcing
Sr. Sourcing Manager, The Underwear Group
SAMANTHA HARMON
DON HOWARD
Director
Executive Director
Logility
Perry Ellis
PVH/Calvin Klein
qb.
Alvanon
VAUGHN JORDAN Deputy Director
Cotton Council International
GUS HARRIS
MALVINA HOXHA
Director of PD and Design
Business Development Manager
Mizzen and Main
Lenzing Fibers Inc.
MATT KADEN Managing Director MMG Advisors, Inc.
RB HARRISON
NEIL HOYNE
Chief Operations Officer
Head of Customer Analytics
Macy’s
HANA KAJIMURA Sr. Analyst, Sustainability Allbirds
JIM HAYWARD
JESSICA HUBER
CEO
Vice President
Applied DNA Sciences
Splendor International
ARCHANA KALRO Sr. Director Supply PVH/Calvin Klein
JONATHAN N. HELFAT
MARK HUDSON
Partner
VP, Global Marketing/ Communications
Otterbourg P.C.
CBX Software
RICK HELFENBEIN President & CEO AAFA
Macy’s
MADISON HYNES Sourcing Associate PVH Corp.
YAIRA HEREDIA Sr. Sourcing Manager Global Brands Group
LIZ HERSHFIELD Chief Supply Chain Officer Bonobos
GEORGE KANATT Manager - Quality Assurance, Production
JOHN KERNAN Managing Director
Cowen and Company, LLC
MARISTELLA IACOBELLO VP, Customs Compliance & Government Relations PVH Corp.
EMILY KERRIGAN Director, PVH Supply PVH Corp.
MOHAMED KHAN
DEBBIE KRAVITZ- BAIL
SVP, PD & Production
Product Director
Global Brands Group
SAL KHONA President
Pacific Wave Inc.
Macy’s
CAT LACANLALE Associate Production Manager Bonobos
ALEX KIM
STEVE LAMAR
VP, Sourcing
Executive Vice President
J.Crew Group Inc.
AAFA
JUREE KIM
MELISSA LANTZER
Director, Strategic Sales
Sr. Production Associate
NGC Software
Bonobos
JEESUNG KIM
SUSAN LAPETINA
PR Associate
SVP, Education and Corporate Marketing
Lively
AAFA
ELIZABETH KING Vice President Cotton Board
REBECCA LAUTH Order Management Specialist Bonobos
SUSAN KLAPKIN Director of Sourcing
Dr. Leonards Healthcare Corp
JIM LAVERTY VP, Sales
Bamboo Rose
JAN ROGERS KNIFFEN CEO
J Rogers Kniffen World Wide
ROBIN LENGE Owner
Motivo Designs
ILIYA KOFMAN Associate Sourcing Manager Global Brands Group
SETH LENNON Communications Manager WRAP
JESS KOHN Sr. Manager, Speed PVH Corp.
SHARON HIUWAN LI SVP, Merchandising & Global Sourcing Design Resources, Inc.
CLARE KOLAR Sr. Sourcing Manager Target
MIRIAM LIEBERMAN Vice President
Terramar Sports/Lamour Group
ISAAC KORN Director of Innovation and Automation Perry Ellis
SHARYN LINDBLAD Sourcing Director J.C. Penney
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PAUL MAGEL
LAWRENCE MIKUTA
Sr. Sourcing Manager
President, Applications & Technology Outsourcing
SVP, Production & Sourcing, Accessories
Target
CGS
ERIC LINXWILER Sr. Vice President CBX Software
FRED MAGNER
WAYNE MILANO
Regional Director of the Americas
SVP Global Sourcing and Technical Design
Alvanon
MATT LIPPERT Vice President Nike
Belk
KARL- HENDRIK MAGNUS Partner
McKinsey & Company
SHARRIE LISTER BOOKER VP, Product Development and Production CORKCICLE
Global Brands Group, Accessories
NICK MOLNAR Co-Founder & CEO Afterpay
KATIE MANNING Director of Production & Sourcing Bonobos
FERNANDO MONCAYO CASTILLO Managing Director Inspectorio
LAURIANNE LISTO
CLAIRE MARKOFF
EVP
Associate Manager Strategy
Global Brands Group
PVH Corp.
KAREN MOON CEO & Co-Founder Trendalytics
ROBERT LOOP
ERIKA MARSH
Partner
Global Sourcing Manager
Nexgen Packaging, LLC
prAna Living
JAY MOORE Production Associate Bonobos
CHRISTOPHER LORUSSO
JESSICA MASCIALE
SVP, Global Sourcing
Sourcing Manager
Global Brands Group
Perry Ellis
SETH MORRIS President
Star Garment Group, Division of Komar Inc.
MICHELLE LU
MICHAEL MASIEJCZYK
VP, Supply - Speedo
Sr. Production Manager
PVH Corp.
Global Brands Group
PETER MUDGETT Sales Director Bamboo Rose
JEFFREY LU
MARK G. MCGOVERN
VP, Global Sourcing
Senior Account Executive
The SG Companies
NGC Software
STEFANO MULASSO Supply Chain Director Miroglio Fashion S.R.L.
ALLISON LUCCI
JOE MELLACI
Senior Business Development Manager
Business Development USA Impactiva S. de R. L.
Asia Inspection
SETH LUNDAHL Sourcing Director Target
MUSTAFAIN MUNIR Director Cyclo
ALEXANDRA MENAKIS Sr. Sourcing Manager Target
JUDY MURRAH CIO
Applied DNA Sciences
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LAURA ONGARO
GREG PETRO
EVP Strategy
Editorial & Brand Director, International
Founder & CEO
JARED ORR
Senior Sourcing Manager
Global Brands Group
First Insight
PMC
SHARMISHTHA NATH VP, Sourcing Perry Ellis
KRISTEN PFEISTER
Associate
Target
JILL ORSINI
DVP, Sourcing & Production
Cowen and Company, LLC
MELANIA NICE Director of Sourcing PVH Corp.
LEIGH PLACEK
Director, Advertising
HBC
RONNIE OVED
Director
Cotton Incorporated
HAYATO NISHI Sr. Business Development & Sales Shima Seiki USA
RYAN POOLE
President
AlixPartners
EBRU OZAYDIN
Senior Director Technical Design
Oved Apparel
DR. AXEL NITSCHKE Strategy& Principal PwC
NIDHI PURI
SVP, Sales and Marketing
PVH Corp.
CAMILLE PALMER
Merchandising Director
Artistic Milliners
ERIC NOE President
Buhler Quality Yarns
MUHAMMAD RAFHAN
Senior Technical Designer - 3D
Indus USA, Inc
ROXANE PARADIS
Director, Supply Planning
PVH Corp.
BRIAN O’CONNOR VP, BlueCherry CGS
SAMAN RALAPANAWE
Assistant VP Sourcing
PVH Corp.
HITESH PATEL
Co-Founder & President
GBG Canada
EMILY OLAH Managing Director Olah Inc.
CHANDRA RATHAKRISHNAN
Senior Sourcing Manager
i.am+
JOSH PATOPOFF
Senior Production Manager
Target
ANDREW OLAH CEO
Olah Inc.
YOSBANIS RICARDO
Chief Merchandiser
Global Brands Group
JAY PENSKE
Director, Supply
Mizzen and Main
AMBER OLESEN Sourcing VP
Global Brands Group
EMMA RICHDALE
Chairman & CEO
PVH Corp.
SHARON PEREZ
VP, Global Sales
PMC
LENKA OLIVIER Sr. Director of Sourcing Perry Ellis
CHARLES ROMANO
Business Development Manager
Dynamic Worldwide
MICHAEL PERROTTI
Director of Production
Lenzing Fibers Inc.
KRISTINE OLSON VP, Sales and Business Development WTS
VP, Strategic Operations & Sourcing Lands’ End
BARBARA ROONEY Global Brands Group
ALEXIS RORKE
JESSICA SCHLAGETER
Senior Director of Sourcing
Sourcing Manager
Calvin Klein
Perry Ellis
ANDREW ROTONDI
GUIDO SCHLOSSMAN
VP, International Operations
President & CEO
Dynamic Worldwide
Synergies Worldwide
JUDITH A. RUSSELL
GLEN SCHNEER
President
Vice President
Markethink
La Lame Inc.
MONICA SACHDEV
TJ SCHRAUFNAGEL
Senior Production Manager
Sales Director
Bonobos
Bamboo Rose
ADNAN SAEED
LISA SCOTT
Sourcing Director
SVP Global Sourcing and Production
GBG Canada
Kahn Lucas
SACHIN SAMDANI Sr. Director Global Supply PVH Corp.
DICK SANFORD CEO
Operation Warm
JANET SARGENT Sr. Director, Sourcing Strategy, QA, & Testing Ann Inc.
DAVID SASSO VP, Sales Buhler Quality Yarns
BRIAN SATHER CEO
JEAN - MARIE SCUTARI VP, Business Development and Marketing Southern Textile Network-SAC
TOMMY SEE Director of Product Marketing CGS
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JANET SELTZER Founder
JS BrandBuilding
Blacksmith International, LLC
MINHEE SEOL- PARK
TED SATTLER
SVP of Global Sourcing and Production
Senior Advisor
Alex Apparel Inc.
HEBE SCHECTER
Sr. Production Manager
WRAP
President and CEO
ROHIT SHARMA GBG Socks, LLC
Kaltex America
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JIM STRAMM
RICHARD TOBIN
Executive Director of Marketing
Strategic Account Executive
Director Sales & Marketing
Applied DNA Sciences
Logility
Kaltex America
CHARLES SHEPPARD
JOSE R. SUAREZ
JEFF TREXLER
VP, Global Sourcing
CEO
Attorney & Associate Director
JENNY SIM
ABIGAIL SULLIVAN
VP, Global Sourcing
Sr. Operations Manager
Superior Group Of Companies
Impactiva S. de R. L.
Fashion Law Institute
Foot Locker, Inc.
Inspectorio
JULIA TURNER Marketing Manager
Cotton Council International
ROBERT SINCLAIR President
Global Brands Group
EILEEN SMALL Market Development Consultant Messe Frankfurt USA
JESSICA SMITH Sr. Sourcing Director – Loft/ LOS Apparel Ann Inc.
MARK ANDREW SUNDERLAND
JESSICA UR
Director, Textile Product Science
Sr. Manager of Production Planning
ADA SUNESON
EVP, Sourcing
PVH Corp.
Thomas Jefferson University
CAROL VALONE
VP, Technical Services
Global Brands Group
PAOLO TARTAMELLA
VP, Product
PVH Corp.
JANA VAN’T GROENEWOUT
US Correspondent
Macy’s
DELROSE TAYLOR
Production Associate
Lineapelle
KIMBERLY SMITH GM Apparel Everlane
GEORGE VASILOPOULOS
Sr. Director of Sourcing
Bonobos
BUDDY TEASTER
VP of Production
PVH/The Underwear Group
CATHERINE SNEE VP, Sourcing Talbots
TANIA VEGA
President
Global Brands Group
ALICE TEPPER MARLIN
Sr. Manager Sourcing
Soles4Souls
RICHARD L. STEHL Board Chairman Otterbourg P.C.
DAWN VENDEN
Founder & President Emerita
Lands’ End Business Outfitters
KRISTA TERWILLIGER
SVP, Global Sourcing
Social Accountability International
ANNE MARIE STEPHEN Founder Kwolia
JOHN STILLWAGGON President
Tradewind Finance
JERRY VERMA
Marketing Manager Asia Inspection
CHF Industries Inc.
JOHN THORBECK
Sr. Director Inventory Management
Chairman
KIMBERLY VORONOV PVH Corp.
Chainge Capital
MAUREEN STORCH
IRFAN WAHID
SVP, Membership
Commercial Counsellor
AAFA
Consulate General of Pakistan
AT T E N D E E S KIMBERLY WALLIS VP, Sales and PD Leverstyle
KATIE WHITCOMB Sourcing Director, Soft Home Target
TESSA WILKES Public Relations Jonesworks
LAURA WITTMAN SVP
Global Brands Group
LEN WOLF SVP, Global Sourcing, Footwear Global Brands Group
PATRICK WOODYARD Co-Founder & CEO Nisolo
TAMMY WU Director
Guess?, Inc.
DESIREE ZAPPA Inventory Planning Manager PVH Corp.
DONNA ZHANG RM Director PVH Corp.
LUCIA ZHOU Supply Strategy Calvin Klein
KRISTA ZUBER Director
Cowen and Company, LLC
PAULA ZUSI Global Operations Advisor Advent International
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Zumiez
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MIssissippi Trading, Inc
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GREGORY GIMBLE Creative Director Va Bien
CHRIS ANN GODDARD President CGPR LLC
ALYSSA GREENFIELD Marketing Manager, Content & Social Media Datacolor
DAVID GREENSTEIN CEO
Himatsingka America
TRACEY GREENSTEIN Business Reporter WWD
JEREMIAH GRIFFITHS President & Founder Agartha Studios
SHELLY HABINSKY
ALLISON KRAMER
President
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Nature Project
JENNIFER HALLIDAY VP, Business Development Silk, Inc.
MICHAEL HARARI Founder & CEO ColorZen
ALICIA HART Marcomm Manager Avery Dennison
JENNIFER HIGGINS VP, Business Development ColorZen
FINN HOLM - OLSEN Trade Linkages & AGOA Consultant East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
ELENI DELIMPALTADAKI JANIS VP, Partnerships NYCEDC
JEHAN JAYASURIYA Director, Emerging Brands MAS Intimates Pvt Ltd
JASAUEN JOHNSON Director
Guess? Inc.
BART KENNEDY Vice President Nanotex LLC
MANPREET KHURANA SVP Sourcing & Quality Assurance United Legwear & Apparel Co.
RON KLEIN Principal
Strategy& PwC
Basic Resources
ALBERT KUMAH Manager, PVH Supply PVH Corp.
BENJAMIN LAM President
Welltex Apparel
JESSICA LAMENDOLA Senior Manager Production HBC
JONATHAN LANGMAN SVP
AlixPartners
CAROL LAPIDUS Partner RSM US
STEFAN LARSSON Businessperson Apparel Industry
MARY KAY LEE Director, Product Portfolio Harley-Davidson
LILY LEE Senior Production Manager HBC
CELESTE LILORE Director of Industry Engagemen Textile Exchange
MANDY LO Corporate Communication Manager Hong Kong Trade Development Council
CURTIS LOUIE Marketing Manager
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
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TERRI OLANO
VP, Global Sourcing
Business Development Manager
ROSEMARY MANCINO
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Mamiye Brothers, Inc.
AsiaInspection
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Global Brands Group
The Oved Group
PAUL MARCHAND
YILING PAN
Director of Business Developmen Modern Testing Services
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SONIA PARK
Production Associate
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Zumiez
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Strategic Account Director
VP, Global Sourcing
Exenta
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MITCHELLE PINTO
EVP
Director Sourcing
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Target
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Director, Strategic Global Sourcing
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JOHN ROBINSON
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Alvanon
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QuadPay
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Affirm
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Head of Strategic Fashion Partnerships
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Setlog Corp.
East Africa Trade and Investment Hub
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LUCIANA SCRUTCHEN Assistant Professor of Fashion Parsons School of Design
IRIS SHASHA Director, Product Development Harley-Davidson
SUI SHUM Sourcing Manager
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Maggy London International
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Noi Solutions LLC/ Grey State Apparel LLC
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