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Retail alumni are engaged with the Baker Retailing Center throughout their careers.
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Notable Retail Alumni
Laura Alber (C’90)
President, Chief Executive Officer, Williams-Sonoma
Mohammed Alshaya (WG’94)
Chief Executive Officer, M.H. Alshaya Company
Jay Baker (W’56)
Former President of Kohl’s Corporation
Neil Blumenthal (WG'10)
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Warby Parker
Stacey Bendet (C'99)
Chief Executive Officer, Creative Director, Alice and Olivia
Tory Burch (C'88)
Executive Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch LLC
Lara Crystal (WG'09)
Co-Founder, Minibar Delivery
Sebastian DiGrande (WG'96)
EVP Strategy, Chief Customer Officer, Gap Inc.
Tom Edwards (WG'93, W'86)
Executive Vice President, CFO, COO, Capri Holdings Limited
Craig Elbert (WG'09)
Co-Founder, CEO, Care/of
Amy Errett (WG'88)
Co-Founder, CEO, Madison Reed
Roger Farah (W’74)
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Tory Burch
Beth Ferreira (WG'04)
General Partner, FirstMark Capital
Michael Fleisher (C'87)
CFO, Wayfair
Alex Friedman (WG'11)
Co-Founder, LOLA
Richard Galanti (W'78)
EVP, CFO, Costco
Dave Gilboa (WG'10)
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Warby Parker
David Gold (G'07, WG'07)
VP, Global Brand Strategy, Vans
Sam Haddad (WEV’ 93)
President, Haddad Brands
Brendan Hoffman (C’90, WG’97)
Former President, Chief Executive Officer, Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
Denise Incandela (WG'92)
Head of Fashion Group, Walmart eCommerce
David R. Jaffe (W’81)
President, Chief Executive Officer, Ascena Retail Group Inc.
Howard Kahn (C'91)
CEO, Kahn Lucas
William P. Lauder (W’83)
Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board, The Estee Lauder Companies
Ben Lerer (C'03)
CEO, Group Nine Media
Rebecca Matthias (CW’75)
Founder, Destination Maternity
David Pujades (G'08, WG'08)
COO, Revolve
Jeffrey Raider (WG'10)
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Harry’s
Adam Ross (WG'06)
Co-Founder, CEO, Heyday
Pierre Yves Roussel (WG’93)
Chief Executive Officer, Tory Burch LLC
Mark Schwartz (W’79)
President, Chief Executive Officer, Paladin Capital Group Inc.
Daniel Schwarzwalder (WG’72)
Senior Managing Director, Buckingham Capital Management
Steven Silverstein (WG’85)
President, Chief Executive Officer, Spencer’s
Davis Smith (G'11, WG'11)
Founder, CEO, Cotopaxi
Stanley Szeto (WG'96)
Executive Chairman, Lever Style Inc.
David Tisch (C'03)
Co-Founder, Chairman, Spring
Nicolas Topiol (WG'91)
CEO, Christian Lacroix SNC
David Trone (WG'85)
Owner, Total Wine & More
Stuart Weitzman (W'63)
Founder and Former Chairman Stuart Weitzman LLC
Ken Worzel (WG'92)
Chief Digital Officer, Nordstrom; President, Nordstrom.com
Jill Yablon (W'86, G'90, WG'90)
Managing Partner, PROLIFIC VC
Joey Zwillinger (WG'10)
Co-Founder, Allbirds
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