Jeff Gennette is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Macy’s, Inc. which includes the Macy’s, Bloomingdales, and bluemercury brands. While Gennette started his career at Macy’s in the stores, he is a fashion merchant at heart and is committed to ensuring that the next generation of designers have access to higher education.

Gennette has been CEO of Macy’s, Inc. since March 2017 and assumed the role of chairman in February 2018. Gennette previously held the role of president of Macy’s, Inc. from 2014 through August 2017. Prior to that, he was the chief merchandising officer of Macy’s. In this role, Gennette oversaw Macy’s merchandise assortment and marketing strategy – both in stores and online. When he transitioned to the role of president, he continued to oversee the merchandising division and gained oversight for Macy’s private brands, which play a vital role in delivering fashion, quality and value to Macy’s customers.

Gennette began his retail career in 1983 as an executive trainee at Macy’s West in San Francisco. He held positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president and division merchandise manager for men’s collections, and senior vice president and general merchandise manager for men’s and children’s. In 2004, Gennette was appointed executive vice president and director of stores at Macy’s Central in Atlanta. From February 2006 to February 2008, Gennette served as chairman and chief executive officer of Seattle-based Macy’s Northwest. Gennette returned to San Francisco from February 2008 to February 2009 as chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s West.

Gennette is the chairman of the NRF Foundation Board of Directors and a member of the NRF executive committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Partnership for New York City, and the Board of Advisors of The 30% Club.

Angela Ahrendts DBE was most recently Senior Vice President, Apple Retail based in Cupertino, CA. During her five years, she integrated Apple’s physical and digital businesses to create a seamless customer journey for over a billion visitors a year. Under her leadership she redesigned the stores and recrafted the roles for 70,000 globally. She also reimagined the retail experience with the launch of a transformative educational program focused on coding, music creation and the arts.

Prior to Apple, Angela relocated to London to join Burberry where she served as Chief Executive Officer for nearly nine years. She led the company through a period of phenomenal global growth repositioning Burberry as a global luxury brand. Her unique leadership style and focus on culture, values and purpose resulted in tripling the business and quadrupling the share price. During her tenure, she was a member of the UK’s Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council, and named Honorary Dame Commander of the British Empire.

Prior to Burberry, Angela spent 25 years in New York serving as Executive Vice President, Liz Claiborne Inc., where she oversaw the acquisition and integration of over 25 brands. Earlier in her career she was President, Donna Karan International at the height of their global expansion and IPO.

Angela is currently on the Board of Ralph Lauren Corporation., Airbnb, Inc., and WPP plc. She is also on the non-profit Boards of charity: water, and the HOW Institute for Society; and in January 2021 became Chair of the Board, Save the Children International. She is a member of the Global Leadership Council of the Oxford University Saïd Business School and the BritishAmerican Business Advisory Board.

Angela has consistently been recognized by Forbes, Fortune and the BBC as a Top 100 Global Executive. In 2010, she has was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humane Letter from her alma mater, Ball State University. In 2019, Angela was honored with an Indiana Living Legends award.

Kerby Jean-Raymond is a Black Artist and the founder of fashion label Pyer Moss.

He entered the fashion industry at age 14 under an apprenticeship with designer Kay Unger. After years as a Designer and Pattern Maker, Jean-Raymond launched Pyer Moss in 2013, a celebrated label he describes as a “timely social experiment" that intersects fashion, the arts, and activism to produce thought-provoking storytelling as cause for sociocultural change.

In the short time since its creation, Jean-Raymond’s Pyer Moss has amassed support from press, industry professionals and consumers from around the world. Pyer Moss continues to redefine itself every season with collections and seasonal drops that combine debate, theatre, nostalgic themes and social commentary; all while using collaboration with artists and brands as a medium to further the dialogue around distinct themes.

Throughout his storied career Jean-Raymond has accumulated commendations for his many interests. As a fine artist, Jean-Raymond’s sculpture “Aquos” was featured at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. He has also served as Director on several critically acclaimed film projects with other talented artists and musicians. In 2018, Jean-Raymond won the top honor at the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Awards. The following year, 2019, he was named Footwear News Person of the Year and listed on TIME’s 100 Next list credited as an emerging leader shaping the fashion industry and the future. In 2020, he was awarded Harlem Fashion Row’s Designer of the Year and CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year.

Jean-Raymond has consistently used his creativity and expanding platforms to raise awareness on social justice issues such as racism, police brutality and mental health, and to combat corporate interests that have a history of appropriation and suppression. Through Pyer Moss’ Exist to Resist platform Jean-Raymond has amplified the messages of those marginalized by society and uplifted the voices of non-profit organizations including Innocence Project, Rock the Vote, and The Marsha P. Johnson Foundation while also donating to each cause. In 2020, Jean-Raymond partnered with Kering to launch Your Friends in New York, a platform designed to empower the next generation of innovators and creators.

For the past four years, Jean-Raymond has worked with Reebok on the groundbreaking Reebok by Pyer Moss collaboration. In 2020, Jean-Raymond became Global Creative Director for Reebok where he provides creative leadership across all design disciplines.

Grammy nominated artist and innovator Travis Scott is undeniably one of the most creative visionaries in the world. Travis is one of the top hip hop artists of this generation from the release of his first album “Rodeo” to the astronomical triple platinum album “Astroworld” and the “JACKBOYS” compilation album. Travis Scott created the original song “The Plan” for Tenet, the new sci-fi action spectacle from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, and produced by composer Ludwig Göransson, Wondagurl and Scott. Travis is also the CEO of his own label, Cactus Jack, which is home to Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, and Chase B. Beyond music, Travis has paved his own way as one of the most sought out talent for brands, earning partnerships with Playstation, Fortnite, McDonald’s, Byredo, Nike, and more! In addition to working with other brands, Travis founded his own agave spiked seltzer brand CACTI as his own beverage venture in partnership with Anheuser-Busch. In 2020 Travis founded the Cactus Jack Foundation where he has partnerships with the Parsons School of Design to create his own fashion program, launched his own HBCU Scholarship Program and partners with the city of Houston and other organizations for several Cactus Jack Foundation Emergency relief drives, including the launch of a Houston Winter Frieze Emergency Relief food Program serving 50,000 people across 30 zip codes throughout the year impacting 100,000 people.

CACTUS JACK FOUNDATION - The mission of the Cactus Jack Foundation is to empower and enrich the lives of youth by providing access to education and creative resources to ensure long term success. The foundation believes the youth should not be prevented from attaining their lifetime goal and is committed to extending educational opportunities to all, regardless of their circumstances to achieve their dreams.

Born in Uruguay, Gabriela Hearst grew up on her family’s ranch, Santa Isabel in Paysandu, surrounded by horses, cattle and sheep, where the notion of luxury meant things were beautifully crafted and made to last. In Fall 2015, Gabriela launched her eponymous label with the aim to create a brand that reflects a slower pace and process: where things are made with care and detail, where tradition is more important than trend, where there is a purpose to every piece. Gabriela’s commitment is to make a strong and modern collection without compromising her ethics and key values, taking into consideration where materials come from and who is making them: luxury with a conscience or in other words, “honest luxury”.

Gabriela is the winner of the 2016/17 International Woolmark Prize for Womenswear and the 2018 recipient of the Pratt Institute Fashion Visionary Award. She was nominated in 2017 for the CFDA Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent and in March 2018 received a nomination for the CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year. In 2018, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Save the Children. In December 2020, Gabriela Hearst was named the new Creative Director at Chloé.