I am CEO, founder, and chief retail strategist of Scaling Retail, named Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2019), and WWD's Top 20 Women in Business (2017). We are an international retail consulting and brand marketing agency based in LA and NYC guiding startup, growth stage, and enterprise fashion companies seeking to launch, pivot, or scale. I've worked with the United Nations as well as fashion brands including Rhode Resort, where I acted as interim president. Previously, I was a buyer at Gucci and Barney’s New York and catalyzed sales for nascent businesses within the organizations. I regularly speak at industry trade events SOURCING, MAGIC, the ideas fair TEDxLA, and enterprise events including SAP 500 and American Express Open Forum CEO BootCamp for female entrepreneurs, and am regularly cited in the press including NPR, The Financial Post, Inc., and US News & World Report. I serve on the board of the Los Angeles Downtown Women's Center.