Speakers

James Reinhart is the CEO and Cofounder of ThredUp, one of the largest online resale platforms for apparel, shoes, and accessories. ThredUp is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire the world to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, ThredUp is changing the way people shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for fashion. James’ passion for circularity and the role that education plays in our communities is what drives his vision of reducing the fashion industry’s negative impact on the planet. These values are reflected in his work prior to ThredUp, in which he helped develop one of the nation’s premier public schools, Pacific Collegiate School. James is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School where he earned a joint degree in public policy and business. In his free time, he is an avid golfer, cyclist, and whiskey drinker (just not all at the same time). While a proud New Jersey native and diehard Bruce Springsteen fan, he lives with his wife Michele and three children in Oakland, CA.

Kevin Miller is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of The Fresh Market. As CMO, he has become one of the most awarded marketers in America during his tenure receiving the CMO Innovator of the Year Award from the Millennium Alliance in 2021, was named one of the 30 Most Influential Marketers on LinkedIn in 2022 and The Fresh Market marketing department winning 7 National Marketing Awards across numerous categories in 2023.
Kevin was hired in 2020 as part of the executive management team tasked with turning The Fresh Market business around for an IPO/M&A exit by private equity owner Apollo Global. The strong turnaround results led to the successful acquisition of TFM by Cencosud (a major South American retailer) in 2022. He sits as a member of the executive international steering committee leading the strategic integration of the two companies over the next several years.

Heather Kaminetsky joined Mytheresa in 2021 as President, North America to strategically lead the expansion of the Mytheresa business and brand in the United States and Canada.

Heather’s initial focus was around setting up a fully dedicated customer-facing US team to help execute on the expansion which is a top priority market for Mytheresa. She is overseeing and leading all the brand’s customer-facing activities in the North American market, including Personal Shopping, Communications, and Affiliate Marketing. She is credited with the extraordinary GMV growth of 40.8% in the US for Q4 FY23.

Throughout her career, Heather has worked across Fashion and Digital brands and brings a wealth of consumer-centered experience to this new role for Mytheresa. She has held executive positions in multiple companies which include NET-A-PORTER, where she was Vice President Global Marketing, Borderfree, where she served as SVP Business Management, Barneys New York as Vice President of Marketing and M.Gemi, where she most recently held the role of Chief Executive Officer.

For over 25 years, Angie has created strategies that bring great products into people’s lives. Having worked for major brands such as Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson, and, most recently, Mars Food & Nutrition, she is a seasoned CPG veteran with a focus on innovation.

Julie Bourgeois is a distinguished executive with extensive experience in the global fashion and luxury retail sectors. With notable roles at prestigious companies such as LVMH, Richemont, Nespresso, Khaite, and Jacadi, Julie possesses a unique expertise in both luxury hospitality and lifestyle retail brands.

As the Senior Vice President, Global Head of Retail & Leasing at Four Seasons, Julie oversaw a portfolio of over 100 fashion brands, driving profitability and growth in a luxury environment. Her leadership was instrumental in elevating the retail experience across 130 properties worldwide, resulting in significant revenue increases and enhanced brand visibility.

Previously, Julie served as CEO of Jacadi North America, where she spearheaded the acquisition of Catimini and Absorba, achieving remarkable EBITDA growth and establishing subsidiary profitability for the first time. Her tenure at Khaite as a consultant further underscores her expertise in expanding fashion brands internationally with a focus on omnichannel strategies.

Julie Bourgeois's exceptional ability to drive large teams across the globe and optimize profitability in the luxury hospitality and lifestyle retail sector is a testament to her business leadership and unwavering dedication to excellence.

Ranjan Roy is the VP of Strategy at Adore Me, helping drive the DTC womenswear brand's expansion into innovation and sustainability initiatives. Before Adore Me, he spent time in a variety of media and technology roles, running a content personalization startup and working as a Director at the Financial Times. Ranjan earned his MBA at INSEAD, and is incredibly thankful to work at the intersection of retail + media + technology at a transformative time like this.

Diana got her start in real estate at the age of 17 when she worked after school at a residential real estate brokerage. That inspired a love for the industry that never waned. She earned a Bachelor’s from California State University, Long Beach in Real Estate, Finance, and Law and then went on to earn her MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine University. Before coming to Westfield her career spanned from Land Acquisition to Media Sales and Advertising. She has now been with Westfield for over 10 years having joined as an Assistant General Manager in Los Angeles and progressed through Operations, Asset Management and now holds the title of Vice President for Westfield World Trade Center.

Patrick is a sports management executive currently serving as the Head of Partnerships of LaLiga North America, a joint venture between Relevent Sports, a multinational media, sports, and entertainment group, and LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight soccer competition.

Previously, Patrick served as the Global Partnerships Director based in Madrid, Spain. In this position, he was responsible for creating and executing the international sales strategy, business development, sourcing and closing commercial partnerships around the globe.

Prior to joining LaLiga, he spent 5 years as the National Sales Manager (North America) for Generation adidas International, an international platform for adidas USA and Canada partners to interact and collaborate with adidas clubs and partners internationally.

Preceding his time at Generation adidas International Patrick served in various positions abroad including posts at the United Nations Office for Sport Development and Peace, based in Geneva, Switzerland and Business Development at Soccer Express, based in Toronto, Canada.

Alisa Valencia Gowing is a creative marketing and communications leader with over a decade of experience building world-class social media and influencer programs for brands like Slack, InVision, and Skechers. Alisa is now working with Lyra Health, the leading workforce mental health care company, to transform access to life-changing mental health care globally.

Developing, scaling, and realizing advanced retail concepts.

Chad Lundeen's impact on the retail-tech experience stems from his ability to expertly integrate design, customer experience, and brand strategy in a physical space. Through his career as an architect, amassing vast retail design experience from Vornado Realty Trust to Sonos, he has transformed Saatva’s retail store development over the past two years. Lundeen has demonstrated a true talent for creating an environment where these elements seamlessly converge, resulting in an astounding 10x growth in revenue and 2x in local brand awareness.

His approach to retail tech doesn't focus solely on technology itself, but rather on the strategic combination of aesthetics, customer experience, and brand education. Lundeen's genius lies in his capacity to understand that retail tech is part of a holistic, immersive journey that starts from when a customer enters a physical store to the lasting impressions they carry away.

Allyssa Kaiser joined luxury fragrance brand NEST New York in 2021 as their Senior Director of Performance Marketing, where she was responsible for driving new customer acquisition and revenue growth. In 2024, she was promoted to Vice President of DTC + Performance Marketing. In this role, she oversees their online flagship, www.nestnewyork.com, as well as Amazon, and is also responsible for performance marketing across the organization, including supporting the brand at key retailers. Allyssa was also named a "Leader to Watch in 2024" and recognized for her and her team's achievements in digital media.

Christian has spent over two decades leading world-renowned experiential projects for brands like NASA, Coca-Cola, and Ford, including brand homes, flagships, tours, museums, cultural attractions, and global expo/event pavilions, from strategy and design through production and opening day. He has spoken at top industry events, including three encore appearances at SXSW, Cannes Lions, and The Experiential Marketing Summit. He is a Forbes Agency Council contributor, LEED Accredited Professional, former SEGD (Society of Experiential Graphic Design) Board Member, and a veteran of the US Navy.

Shraysi Tandon is the co-founder and CEO of Kidsy - an e-commerce company that sells off-price baby and kids items from all the leading brands. Kidsy partners with retailers and liquidation companies to purchase their overstock, open-box and customer returned items and sells them to consumers across the U.S. Prior to founding Kidsy, Shraysi was a business reporter at Bloomberg TV, CGTN and ABC News. She also directed the award-winning, New York Times Critics Pick feature documentary 'Invisible Hands' which uncovered child labor and child trafficking in the supply chains of some of the world's largest companies.

Jonathan Yaffe is the CEO and Co-Founder of AnyRoad, the leading experiential marketing platform that powers the data for over 400 brands, including Anheuser-Busch, Ben & Jerry's, Budweiser, Diageo, Michaels, and The North Face. Jonathan began his career in experiential marketing at Red Bull and holds a degree in Cognitive Science from the University of California Berkeley. Under his leadership, AnyRoad has raised $72M from a16z, BlackRock, and Marc Benioff (Salesforce CEO) and has curated the magic behind countless experiences for 50 million guests.

Poonam Goyal is Sector Head and Senior Equity Analyst for North American E-Commerce at Bloomberg Intelligence. With more than 18 years of equity research experience, Poonam covers leading e-commerce and athleisure brands at Bloomberg Intelligence including Amazon.com, Wayfair, eBay, Etsy, Revolve, ThredUp, RealReal, Rent the Runway, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, VF Corp and Lululemon. She frequently appears as a guest on TV and radio outlets worldwide where she discusses her research and industry insights. Ms. Goyal started her career following Steel and Service Center companies at Goldman Sachs Investment Research Group and then transitioned over to Retail.

Shambo, with more than 17 years of experience in Marketing and Advertising, combined her business acumen with a passion for empowering Black women in the digital space by founding BLACK GIRL DIGITAL, INC. in 2016, one of the first in the space. This agency was created to tackle the significant disparity in payment between underrepresented influencers. BLACK GIRL DIGITAL is a respected influencer marketing agency committed to closing the pay equity gap in the industry, a goal that has yielded positive results.

Thomaï Serdari is Associate Professor of Marketing and Director of the Fashion & Luxury MBA at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. She is also the editor in chief of the journal Luxury: History Culture Consumption. Concurrently, she heads her own consultancy and helps clients launch, grow, and successfully manage luxury brands. She leverages her training in business, design, and cultural criticism to provide clients with cultural insights that help build brands and future value. Her business practice is dedicated to futureproofing companies across luxury industries with novel frameworks she developed based on design, the humanities, and business methodologies.

She received her MBA from the Leonard N Stern School of Business with a specialization in corporate and quantitative finance, her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU and a degree in architectural engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

After a 20-year career operating at world-class organizations such as Apple, Starbucks, Warby Parker and Outdoor Voices, Rebekah Kondrat launched rekon Retail™ to build omnichannel environments for digitally native brands. She and her team of retail operators bring expertise and execution to brands that want to expand physical retail, adapt to a new set of customer expectations, and drive revenue and multi-channel customer acquisition through their stores.

Neil is Managing Director of GlobalData’s retail and consumer division – a practice that was born out of the retail analyst firm Conlumino he founded in 2011, which was subsequently acquired by GlobalData.

In his role he oversees the development of the company’s proposition and its research output. He also works with major retail clients worldwide to help them understand the retail, shopper, and market landscapes – advising them on how best to develop, evolve and implement business strategies.

Prior to his current role, Neil worked for the John Lewis Partnership where he was involved, among other things, in the planning and relocation of new stores, the development of the ecommerce business, and the creation of technical and information systems.

Neil lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and in Maui, Hawai’i.