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2026 Speakers

Candan Erenguc 
COO
Anthropologie

Patrick Walsh  
COO
Knitwell Group (Ann Taylor, Chico’s, Talbots)

Stephanie Unwin
President
Veronica Beard

Ken Ohashi
Brand CEO, Brooks Brothers & Nautica
Catalyst

Tanya Golesic
CEO
Mackage

Jed Berger
Global President & CEO
Kenneth Cole Productions

Natasha Fishman
CMO
Marquee Brands (Martha Stewart, Isotoner, Stance)

Jeremey Tahari
CEO & Creative Director
Elie Tahari

Assaf Ronen
President HFG & CEO
HelloFresh

Hartmut Kraft
President
Silhouette

Mariam Naficy 
Founder & CEO,
Arcade | Founder & Chairman, Minted

Sunny Jiang
CEO & President 
Eyebuydirect

Carrie Gross
Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder
Dr. Dennis Gross

Jess Burns
SVP, Global Marketing & Communications
rag & bone

Rene Federico  
Head of Marketing, U.S.
Primark

Kiera Ganann  
SVP, Head of Merchandising
The Children’s Place

Molly Delp
Chief Growth Officer
NuFACE

Katherine Kim Choroco 
SVP, Digital & Marketing
Vince

Dan Manioci
SVP, Global Consumer Engagement & Digital Marketing 
Parlux (Eilish & Paris Hilton Fragrances)

Andy Trojan
VP, Demand & Supply 
Ariat

Rachel Lockett
VP, Marketing
MAC Cosmetics

Mike Jacobs
Chief Growth Officer
Consortium Brands (Draper James, Outdoor Voices, Jonathan Adler)

Carley Caldas
SVP, Marketing & Creative
eos Products

Colleen Waters
VP, Ecommerce
Steven Madden

Brett Bone
Chief Strategy Officer
Simple Modern

Mimi Ruiz 
VP, Ecommerce
Columbia Sportswear

Neha Kovach 
Global Head, Omnichannel CRM, CX, Clienteling, & Data Insights
David Yurman

Jack Jia
Founder & CEO
Musely

Joe McCambley
CMO
Saatva

Nilofer Vahora
CMO
amika

Katia Unlu 
Chief Commercial Officer
Boll & Branch

Lisa Zlotnick
Head of Brand PR
SHEIN

Dave Knospe
VP, Marketing
New Belgium Brewing

Dina Fierro 
VP, Global Consumer Engagement
K18 Hair

Kim Dao  
VP, Marketing
Every Man Jack

Amy Sullivan
VP, Buying & Private Brands
Stitch Fix

Amy Barber 
Head of Brand
Loop Earplugs

Brittany Meeks
VP, Ecommerce Retailers – Amazon & Pure Play
Olaplex

Victoria Vaynberg
CMO
Nanit

David Baker
CRO
Beekman 1802

Katie Omstead 
President
Lo & Sons

Laura Cantor
VP, Marketing & Ecommerce
New York & Company

Andrew Bleiman 
EVP, North America 
Tractive

David Cost 
CDO
Rainbow Apparel

Erwan Le Berrigaud 
CMO 
NEST New York

Carney Nir 
VP, Global Ecommerce & Digital Experience
Orveon Global (bareMinerals, Laura Mercier)

Jake Galtere
CMO 
Naturium

Ana Gerst 
VP, Brand Marketing & Communications
Hiya

Chantel Arlyn Oh 
Director, CX 
Dolls Kill

Declan Duggan
SVP, Sales & Distribution
BERO Brewing

Willa Bennett
Editor-in-Chief
Cosmopolitan and Seventeen

Daniel Washburn
Director, Ecommerce
Pressed Juicery

David Katz
EVP & CMO 
Randa Apparel & Accessories

Drew Cook
President, Business Ops & CFO
PACT

Adrianna Barrionuevo Brach
Executive Editor & On-Air Correspondent
NBC News

Dara Golush
SVP, Marketing
Quip

Manuel Neto 
VP, Global Analytics & Data Science

John Scheer
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Herman Scheer

Peter Stern
Chief Growth Officer
Horizon Sports and Experiences

Matthew Merrilees
CEO, North America
Global-e

Kristen Classi-Zummo
Executive Director, Apparel Advisor
Circana

Sonia Lapinsky
Partner, Managing Director, Head of Fashion Retail
AlixPartners

Tommy Kowalski
VP, Digital Commerce
HeyDude and Crocs

Meredith Diehn
SVP, Marketing
goodwipes

Simeon Siegel
Senior Managing Director
Guggenheim Securities

Bill Carrig 
CEO
Little Words Project

Andy Chiu
CEO
Versed

Alan Smith
President
Ernesta

Ann Marie Ippoliti 
SVP, Digital Commerce, Consumer Marketing, & Global Analytics 
Michael Kors

Dana Hork
CEO & Founder
Beers With Friends

Elizabeth Coleon 
VP, Go to Market
Photoroom

Josh Payne
Founder & CEO
Coframe

Blake Imperl
SVP, Marketing
Digioh

Paul Benigeri
CEO
Archive

Leigh Sevin
Co-Founder
Endear

Marie Driscoll
Adjunct Professor
The New School & FIT

Bharath Gaddam
CEO & Co-Founder
DATA POEM

Lee Sterling
CMO
Simon

Marko Bon
President
Domaine

Leslie Ann Hall  
CEO & Founder
Iced Media

Colin Daniels 
Founder
It’s Colin Daniels

Christine Russo
Creator 
What Just Happened

Woodrow Levin
CEO & Co-Founder
Extend

Rick Watson
CEO & Founder 
RMW Commerce

April Guidone
COO
SMAC Entertainment (Michael Strahan™, WEAR by Erin Andrews, Snoop Doggie Doggs)

Ann Gehan
Ecommerce & Retail Reporter 
The Information

Richard Kestenbaum 
Partner | Triangle Capital
Contributor | Forbes.com

Serge Moreau 
VP, Technology
Tommy John

Jesse Goldstine
Chief Retail Officer
MoMA Retail

Jeremy Goldman
VP, Insights 
RETHINK Retail

Jonathan Wu
CEO 
Cavalry

Kevin Smith
Director, Digital Marketing
Melin

Ethan Cohen 
GM
Proxima

Gaurav Pant
Chief Insights Officer
Incisiv

Melissa Rosenfield
Writer
In Fine Print

Jessica Binns 
Editorial Director 
Berns Communications Group

Jill Manoff  
Editor-in-Chief
Glossy & Modern Retail

Glenn Taylor
Logistics Editor 
Sourcing Journal

Seth Yassky
Head of Partnerships Marketing & Commercialization
Proximo Spirits (JOSE CUERVO, Bushmills, GRAN CENTENARIO)

Cathaleen Chen 
Editor & Reporter
The Business of Fashion

Sheena Butler-Young
Senior Correspondent
The Business of Fashion

Zoe Soon 
VP, Experience Center
IAB

Suzy Davidkhanian
VP, Content, Retail Practice Lead
EMARKETER

Arielle Feger 
Senior Analyst, Media Content
EMARKETER

Laura Kennedy
Retail & Commerce Strategy Advisor

Brian Lange
Co-Founder & CRO
Future Commerce

Courtney Spritzer
Co-Founder & Co-CEO 
Entreprenista

Yiqi Wu
CEO & Founder
Aimerce

Aviv Frenkel 
CEO & Co-Founder
Moonshot AIAimerce

Bryan Brennan  
Sr. Account Executive
Vibe.co

Matt Skai
Operating Principal (Marketing, Consumer, Business Operations) 
L Catterton (Birkenstock, iFIT, Tod’s)

Michael Janiak 
Co-Founder
Pattern

Renee Halvorsen 
CMO 
Marine Layer

Jack Riker 
SVP
ShopMy

Lauren Sherman
CMO
Ruggable

John Bourne
CEO
Holderness & Bourne

Eric Ford
Director, IT
Holderness & Bourne

Patrick Muyal 
Chief Customer Officer, Retail & CPG
SAP

Jamie Burkes 
Manager, Customer Success
Nosto

Julia Winn 
Head of Product
Proxima

Anton Naumenko
VP, Engineering
ThredUP

Kristin-Marie Pernicano
Principal
KmP Consulting

Josip Begic
CEO
Lebesgue

Ian Patterson 
Co-Founder
Remark

Haley Crawford 
Marketing Correspondent
The Business of Fashion

Julia Waldow
Senior Reporter
ModernRetail

Michael Klein
Industry Marketing Director
Talkdesk

Danil Saliukov
CEO & Co-Founder
Insense

Jess Jacobs
CEO
Coterie

Kevin Gould
Co-Founder
GLAMNETIC

Bill Catania 
Founder & CEO
OneRail

Corrin Silver 
Vice President, Digital Commercialization
FedEx

Jamie Martin
Sr. Director, Operations
Boll & Branch

Mary Berko
Marketing Director
Kase

Heather Boesch 
Partner
IDEO

Caroline Tell
Founder
Tell&Co

Maoz Lakovski
Chief Business Officer 
Similarweb

Juan Carlos Peña
Sales Director
Insense

Samantha Critchell
VP, Corporate Communications
E.L.F. BEAUTY

Bryan Ginberg
Founder & CEO
Doze Bedding

Dave Haller
Founder
drugs for plants

Fiona Simmonds
Co-Founder
Pinkie

Jessica Davidoff
Founder
Cob

Alex Morel
Co-Founder
Andiem

Sarah Tam
Chief Merchant Officer
Rent The Runway

Mary Bemis
Founder
Reprise Activewear

Teja Urankar
Founder & CEO
Butter Be Kind

Kailin Noivo
Co-Founder & President
Noibu

Ciana Abdollahian
Head of Customer Marketing
Klaviyo

Tom Eschbacher
Head of New Business Sales
Intuit Mailchimp

Connor Swegle
Co-Founder and CMO
Priority Bicycles

Bryan Mahoney
Co-Founder & CEO
Chord

Daren Hull
COO
Sèchey

Sana Clegg
Co-Founder
Pinkie

Noah Maffitt
Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer 
Product Genius

Dan Pelosi
NYT Best-Selling Cookbook Author and Food & Lifestyle Creator

Alicia Barreto
Director, CRM & Retention
Bogg Bag

Lynda Fisher
Chief Revenue Officer
Rowan

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