CEO, Mulberry Group

Since September 2024, Andrea Baldo has been Chief Executive Officer of iconic British lifestyle brand Mulberry. He previously served as CEO of the progressive luxury brand Ganni for five years. Before joining Ganni, Baldo was CEO of the Italian leather goods brand Coccinelle and also held the position of general manager at luxury fashion houses Marni and Maison Martin Margiela. Additionally, he has held several top management positions at Diesel. Baldo began his career in strategic management consulting and entered the fashion industry while consulting at Bain & Company in 2000. He earned a degree in economics with honors from the University of Verona and is a graduate of the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Baldo is also a Fellow of Strategic Management at IESE Business School, where he coteaches the MBA course Strategic Management in the Fashion and Luxury Goods Industry. He also writes business cases and technical notes on the luxury industry.

Environmental Activist

At just 19 years old, Nalleli Cobo led a grassroots campaign resulting in the permanent closure of a hazardous oil-drilling site in her community. This site, infamous for its toxic emissions, had inflicted severe health issues on Cobo and her neighbors. Growing up in South Los Angeles, Cobo became an activist at age 9, spurred by the foul odors emanating from the oil well across the street from her home. Enduring headaches, nosebleeds, and heart palpitations due to the pollution, she began attending meetings and rallies alongside her mother, delivering her first public speech on the matter before she was 10 years old. Her oratory skills and unwavering dedication positioned her as a leading voice advocating for a ban on oil extraction in L.A. In March 2020, her work culminated in the permanent shutdown of the AllenCo Energy drilling site and led to criminal charges against AllenCo Energy executives for environmental violations.

As her activism gained momentum, Cobo co-founded initiatives like People Not Pozos and the South Central Youth Leadership Coalition, despite personal adversity and a cancer diagnosis at age 19. Cobo has received numerous accolades for her work, including the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize and inclusion on the 2022 Time100 Next list of future leaders.

Founder and CEO, Coeur

Deanna Crevecoeur is the founder and CEO of Coeur, a purpose-driven company aiming to disrupt the luxury leather goods industry. Coeur offers handbags crafted of farm-traceable leather, exclusively sourced as a byproduct of American farms practicing regenerative agriculture. Coeur partners with American businesses across sourcing, leather production, tanning, and product manufacturing to ensure a transparent, streamlined, and entirely domestic leather supply chain. Crevecoeur graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in Production Management and a minor in Ethics and Sustainability. She was a top 3 finalist in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs in 2025. She has 10-plus years of experience in design, production, and operations management.

Founder, Dana Davis Consulting

Dana Davis is a distinguished authority in sustainable fashion with more than two decades of industry experience and a proven track record of building transformative sustainability strategies. In 2024, Davis founded Dana Davis Consulting, a strategic advisory practice helping fashion brands, innovators, and investors build and execute sustainability and commercialization strategies. Her firm bridges the gap between vision and implementation, guiding companies as they scale responsibly, bring innovations to market, and integrate sustainability across their business operations.

Previously, for over 15 years, Davis played a key role in shaping the sustainability and circularity strategy at Mara Hoffman, positioning the brand as an industry model for responsible design and regenerative business practices. Davis’ expertise spans material innovation, supply chain stewardship, circular design, and strategic growth. 

A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she brings a unique blend of creative vision, technical knowledge, and systems thinking. Davis is a trusted advisor and thought leader committed to driving systemic change and building a sustainable, regenerative future for fashion. She co-chairs the Custom Collaborative board, founded Women in Sustainable Business, and co-founded NY Workforce Development Coalition, initiatives dedicated to collaboration, equity, and building a resilient future workforce.

Fashion Designer,  Andrea Diodati
Assistant Professor, Fashion Design, FIT

Andrea Diodati is an award-winning fashion designer and entrepreneur. After seeing the wasteful nature of her wholesale fashion line, Diodati created a direct-to-consumer brand that used 3D modeling to facilitate customer collaboration. Clients could codesign custom-made dresses that were crafted in New York City using deadstock fabric. Diodati’s industry experience includes designing runway for Anna Sui as well as freelancing for Kate Spade and Alice + Olivia. Presently, Diodati is exploring how digital fashion can replace single-use garment consumption.

Executive Director, FIT DTech Lab

Michael Ferraro serves as the executive director of the Design and Technology Lab (DTech) at FIT, where he oversees industry partnerships and collaborative programs for the college. The DTech Lab is a vital part of the FIT Center for Innovation, a bridge between academia and industry. Its mission is to advance the business objectives of industry partners by leveraging emerging technologies and innovative creative direction. Ferraro is a creative technologist, researcher, artist, and educator whose career spans computer animation, software development, virtual reality media production, fashion, retail, fine art, entertainment, and higher education. Before joining FIT, he spent 12 years at Lehman College/CUNY as an associate professor in the digital media program of the art department. In 2015, he collaborated with students to win a NY Emmy for Graphics and Animation Supervision for a series of PSAs titled “Best of the Bronx.” Before his tenure at Lehman, Ferraro founded Possible Worlds, an innovative real-time animation studio that worked with clients such as Warner Bros., MTV, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. In the 1990s, Ferraro created large-scale virtual worlds shown in contemporary art centers around the world. In the mid-1980s, he co-founded Blue Sky Studios and served as system architect of the Academy Award-winning CGI Studio Renderer and production animation system. He created his first computer-generated image in 1969 and continues to produce them today.

Program leader in fashion business, Istituto Marangoni London

Sennait Ghebreab is program leader of the fashion business BA (honors) at Istituto Marangoni London, bringing a globally informed perspective to fashion education with a focus on sustainability, cross-cultural branding, and academic innovation. She leads the strategic development and delivery of international curricula, workshops, and research-based projects, bridging industry relevance with responsible leadership. Her industry experience includes roles at Burberry, working with international buyers across EMEA markets, and collaborations with Matthew Williamson, Pringle of Scotland, and Joseph. Sennait is also a fashion journalist and intercultural communicator, contributing to Vogue Italia since 2022 on fashion, sustainability, African fashion weeks, and cultural identity. Her interview with Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on citizenship reform was widely noted.

Ghebreab has lectured as a visiting professor in Italy, France, the U.S., Thailand, China, and Taiwan, underscoring her commitment to global academic outreach. Her achievements include a 2022 Positive Leadership Award (U.K.), 2021 Talented Young Italian Award under 40, and membership on the board of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the U.K., promoting international collaborations in fashion and entrepreneurship. Her 2023 book, Responsible Fashion Business in Practice (Routledge), presents a model for ethical branding and sustainable retail.

Merging Eritrean roots with Italian heritage and international experience, Ghebreab exemplifies intercultural leadership, championing sustainability, inclusion, and social responsibility across academia, journalism, and institutional work.

Strategy Consultant, CG Consulting
Adjunct Instructor, Fashion Institute of Technology

Caroline Gordon has been an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology since 2018, teaching in both the Schools of Business and Technology and Art and Design. She is also an active member of the FIT Sustainability Council and a co-chair of the college’s annual Sustainability Conference. Gordon has worked in the fashion industry in New York City for 20 years across multiple American brands, including Ralph Lauren, Ann Taylor, and Hill House Home. She has experience in women’s wear and children’s wear, with a focus on buying, planning, and wholesale sales.

In addition to teaching at FIT, Gordon runs a consulting company, CG Consulting, helping small and sustainable companies scale their business. With inside relationships around the industry and experience in sales and buying, CG consulting has helped numerous clients from around the country reach their annual goals and shape the foundation of their company for growth. Gordon is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania, serving as co-chair for her graduating class at the Penn Fund. Gordon is also an active member of the Jay H. Baker Retail Initiative at the Wharton School, aimed at mentoring students and networking retail professionals.

Founder and CEO, Keel Labs

​​Aleks Gosiewski is the co-founder and CEO of Keel Labs, where she leads the commercialization of Kelsun, a seaweed-based fiber. An alum of the Fashion Institute of Technology with a background in fashion design and business, she brings a systems-driven approach to building sustainable materials companies. Her pioneering work at the nexus of science and design earned her a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30.

Marcie Greene is an adjunct assistant professor in FIT’s Fashion Business Management program. With over 20 years of experience in fashion merchandising and a strong commitment to sustainability, Greene actively shapes the next generation of environmentally conscious industry leaders by teaching sustainability and developing core business curricula. She holds a BFA from the University of Michigan and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in sustainable fashion at the Sustainable Business Management School (SUMAS). In addition to her teaching, Greene serves on FIT’s Sustainability Council and has been honored with the President’s Award for Faculty Excellence.

Strategic brand leader, founding member Lonely Whale

Emy Kane is a fractional chief of staff and impact strategist: She helps brands, sustainability leaders, and philanthropic principals turn vision into action. A founding leader and former executive director of Lonely Whale, she helped develop and launch the viral #StopSucking plastic straw campaign and led multiyear partnerships with companies such as Tom Ford Beauty, Tommy Hilfiger, and Bacardi Limited. Kane’s work bridges strategy, culture, and execution, translating complex environmental and social issues into campaigns that resonate widely. She has collaborated with global talent—Shawn Mendes, Jason Momoa, Adrian Grenier, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Amanda Gorman, to name a few—and now guides impact strategy and partnerships that help bold ideas reach new audiences and move them to action. Kane’s work and thought leadership have been featured at Global Citizen and SXSW, with media coverage in the Los Angeles Times and The Economist Impact.

Founder and CEO, Alternew

Nancy Rhodes is a fashion and sustainability leader with nearly 20 years of experience across design, retail, and circular innovation. Currently, Rhodes is the founder and CEO of Alternew, an AI-powered platform helping brands and consumers navigate fashion care and repair through trusted service providers, personalized guidance, and actionable data. Early in her career, Rhodes spent 17 years designing footwear for brands such as Kenneth Cole and Beyoncé’s House of Deréon, with products sold in premium and mass-market retailers. That experience gave her a firsthand view into how fashion is made, sold, and scaled, and where value breaks down after the point of sale. Through years of working across global supply chains, Rhodes saw how little infrastructure exists to support care, repair, and fit, despite their impact on returns, loyalty, and product longevity. That gap then became the focus of her work, which continues today at Alternew. Rhodes holds a master’s degree in sustainability from IE New York College (IENYC) and has been named a top retail expert by RETHINK Retail. She has shared insights on circularity and supply chains with Bloomberg TV, Vogue Business, and Sourcing Journal.

Co-founder and CEO, Beni

Kate Sanner is the co-fouder and CEO of Beni, an AI-powered search and discovery platform transforming how people find and buy secondhand fashion. With over a decade of experience in brand building and product innovation, Sanner is focused on making shopping more intentional and building a world with less waste and more style.

Eric and Jane Nord Chief Conservator, Cleveland Museum of Art

Sarah Scaturro is the Eric and Jane Nord Chief Conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Previously, she was the head of the conservation laboratory in the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the textile conservator and assistant curator of fashion at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Scaturro has curated eight exhibitions on fashion and textile history at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Most recently, she cocurated the 2025–2026 exhibition American Printed Silks, 1927–1947 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. She has an MA from the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice program and an MPhil and a PhD from Bard Graduate Center in decorative arts, design history, and material culture. Her work, which focuses on the intersection of fashion, textiles, and conservation, has been covered by numerous media outlets, including Vogue, The New York Times, The Guardian, Dressed: The History of Fashion podcast, and many more. Scaturro is a professional associate of the American Institute for Conservation and an elected fellow of the International Institute for Conservation. She serves as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation and a trustee of the Association of Dress Historians.