The CFDA is proud to present the second annual Fashion Leadership Conference, which will once again be held at the Hearst Conference Center on April 11. The industry-facing event will feature leading experts from across the country, who are creating a substantial social impact on the people and communities that support the fashion industry.

Topics that will be discussed include Inclusion & Diversity in Retail, Designing for Disability, What Was Once Waste is Now Fashion, Fashion Servicing the Community, Health & Well-being and Gender Non-Confirming in Design. To open the morning session, we will be joined by Laurent Claquin, President of Kering Americas, to highlight the company’s commitment to empowering women in the workplace and sustainability.

The Leadership Conference will also feature Taryn Bird, Director of Social Impact at kate spade new york; Journalist and Writer Keah Brown; Author and HBFIT Founder Hannah Bronfman; Kate Daly, Executive Director of the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners; No  Sesso Founder and Head Designer Pierre Davis and Co-Director Arin Hayes; Girlfriend Collective Co-Founder Quang Dinh; Jeannine D’Onofrio, EVP Global Supply Chain & Executive Lead Adaptive at Tommy Hilfiger; Editor Tyler Ford; Goop Executive Beauty Editor Jean Godfrey-June; Matter Unlimited Managing Director Alexandra Gordon; Gabriela Hearst, Founder and Creative Director of her eponymous label; Ffora Founder and CEO Lucy Jones; Self Editor-in-Chief Carolyn Kylstra; Model and Disabilities Advocate Jillian Mercado;
Scott Miller, Director of Business Development of Sustainable Apparel Coalition; Tyler Rutstein of Style Collaborations at Adidas; Naadam CEO and Co-Founder Matthew Scanlan; Runway of Dreams Founder and CEO Mindy Scheier; Whembley Sewell, Executive Editor of them.; Phluid Project CEO and Founder Rob Smith; Jill Standish, Senior Managing Director, Global Retail, at Accenture; Colleen Wachob, Co-CEO of MindBodyGreen, and KOTN Creative Director and Co-Founder Mackenzie Yeates.

For more information on the event, please email network@cfda.com