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W E L C O M E

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 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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M C K I N S E Y & CO M PA N Y

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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FIRST INSIGHT

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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SPEAKERS

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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

Google

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

MARYELLEN SEIBEL Sr. Director of Global Sourcing, ATS/ ATFS Apparel Ann Inc.

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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Himatsingka America

TRACEY GREENSTEIN Business Reporter WWD

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ALLISON KRAMER

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JENNIFER HALLIDAY VP, Business Development Silk, Inc.

MICHAEL HARARI Founder & CEO ColorZen

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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

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ALBERT KUMAH Manager, PVH Supply PVH Corp.

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JONATHAN LANGMAN SVP

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CAROL LAPIDUS Partner RSM US

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CELESTE LILORE Director of Industry Engagemen Textile Exchange

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TERRI OLANO

VP, Global Sourcing

Business Development Manager

ROSEMARY MANCINO

MIKE OVED

Mamiye Brothers, Inc.

AsiaInspection

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Vice President

Global Brands Group

The Oved Group

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YILING PAN

Director of Business Developmen Modern Testing Services

Associate Editor Jing Daily

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SONIA PARK

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Zumiez

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DONNA PERRI

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VP, Global Sourcing

Exenta

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MITCHELLE PINTO

EVP

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TIM REID

Director, Strategic Global Sourcing

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PajamaGram/Vermont Teddy Bear

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JOHN ROBINSON

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East Africa Trade and Investment Hub

CATHERINE SALFINO Lifestyle Monitor Editor Cotton Incorporated

LUCIANA SCRUTCHEN Assistant Professor of Fashion Parsons School of Design

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SUI SHUM Sourcing Manager

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Noi Solutions LLC/ Grey State Apparel LLC

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LIZ WISLER VP, Supply Chain Eileen Fisher

ARTHUR ZACZKIEWICZ Executive Editor WWD

JAMES ZIMMERMAN Sourcing Director Target

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