The co-lab career stories Podcast
1) Mackenzie Perna - Co-Founder, Sun & Sol
Mackenzie Perna has spent over a decade shaping how global brands tell their stories online. A community-first marketer and strategist, she built her career at Red Bull and TikTok, where she launched ...Show More
2) Nancy Herrmann - Founder and Creative Director, Jane & Co Design
Nancy Herrmann is the Founder and Creative Director of Jane & Co Design, a boutique studio crafting strategic, sensory brands for female founders in beauty, fashion, and hospitality. Her career spans ...Show More
3) Marisa Glick - Senior UX Designer, Amazon
Marisa brings 15+ years of UX design experience to Amazon, where she helps shoppers leverage Prime benefits across thousands of sites. She co-chairs the Luxury Education Foundation's Alumni Executive ...Show More
4) Advika Aggarwal - Brand and Marketing Consultant
Advika is a marketing and e-commerce leader who drives growth and builds brands across the full product lifecycle from concept to global scale spanning travel, fashion, and lifestyle. She’s shaped exp...Show More
5) Kabir Awatramani - Publicist
From luxury goods to longevity, Kabir has spent 15 years shaping culture at the intersection of fashion, film, wellness, and health innovation. After early stints at VOGUE and ELLE, he spent nearly a ...Show More
6) Anne Whiting - Communications and Sustainability Expert
Anne Whiting works across communications and brand marketing, copywriting, journalism, sustainable fashion design, ethical fashion activism, supply chain and product development expertise, anti-greenw...Show More
7) Marijo Mena - Global Sourcing & Merchandising Expert
Marijo Mena has 20 years of experience in sourcing, product development, and merchandising, from Blue Man Group and entertainment products for LOST and Grey's Anatomy to 15 years in corporate retail w...Show More
8) Natalie Marten - Retail Expert
Natalie Marten brings 25 years of fashion industry experience across luxury brands and mass retailers. She served as Brand President for Tumi Apparel and Kashwere Apparel at David Peyser Sportswear, l...Show More
9) Sarah Sclarandis - Founder, SCLARANDIS
Sarah is the founder of SCLARANDIS, a sustainable, high-quality footwear brand. Her passion began in childhood in Torino, Italy, and led her to study shoe design in the UK and train with master shoema...Show More
10) Abbey Rachel Garay - Shoe Designer and Developer
Abbey Rachel Garay (Liebman) is a New York-based shoe designer and developer with a background in both concept and craft. A Cornell Textiles graduate, she’s held design and development roles across st...Show More