Béatrice Lazat began her career in Luxury at Cartier before moving to Christofle. She then joined the L’Oréal group where she embarked on an international career spanning more than 20 years, working successively in the U.K, Hong Kong, Australia and finally China where she was Human Resources Director, L’Oréal APAC, based in Shanghai.
 
Béatrice was appointed Chief People Officer for Kering in 2016 and immediately set about fostering an inclusive culture and collaborative spirit, thanks in particular to the digital transformation of working practices, an emphasis on employee internal mobility and the nurturing of open, stimulating and multicultural working environments. She is also committed to furthering diversity and greater work-life balance within the Kering Group.
 
Béatrice Lazat is a French national and a graduate of ESCP Europe Business School. She also holds an MBA from Georgia State University.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Albert Garriga serves as the Senior Retail Training Manager for Bottega Veneta Americas, and has held that position for about four years. Prior to joining the Kering Group, Albert was the head of training for Celine, Barneys New York in Beverly Hills and worked for The Ritz-Carlton where he started his career and held several leadership roles. Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, Albert has always been passionate about connecting and energizing people to feel empowered to bring their full selves to work while providing tools and support needed to maximize their talents. He is very proud to be an active member of the Kering employee resource group ALL, which raises awareness on LGBTQ issues to achieve equality globally. Albert lives in Los Angeles, California and loves to bike and hike the local hills. When not home, you’ll find Albert traveling the world exploring different cultures, traditions and foods across the continent. 

Jennifer Costa serves as the Senior HR Cost Controller & Business Analyst for Kering Corporate, where she performs the HR cost plan, forecast, and budget and manages the monthly closure validation and variance analysis (actual forecast vs. budget).  ​Jennifer has worked with Kering Corporate for over four and half years where she started in the Internal Audit Department.  She holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s Degree from Rutgers University. ​In her spare time, she loves walking her dog Foxy and enjoys reading on the beach or by the pool.

Laurent Claquin President, Kering Americas. 

President of Kering Americas since 2011, Laurent Claquin has driven the North and Latin American expansion of Kering, a global group of 10 renowned luxury houses including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron and Pomellato. In addition, he was appointed CEO of Tomas Maier in 2017. Mr. Claquin began his work with Kering in 2004, where he served as an advisor to Chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault at Artemis Groupe. One year later, he joined Kering’s Executive Committee and assumed several leadership roles including Senior VP of Communications and Chief of Staff. In 2007, as the head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Claquin created Kering’s first sustainability program and launched the Kering Foundation to end violence against women in 2009. Having started his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse Cooper in 1994, Mr. Claquin’s business acumen and deep passion for the arts landed him senior advisory roles at Jeu de Paume and the Centre Pompidou. Prior to joining Kering, he was named the Chief of Staff for France’s Ministry of Culture and Communications in 2002. A French national, Claquin is Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, a Board member of the French American Chamber of Commerce, and a graduate of ESC Rennes School of Business, Exeter University and Universite Paris VIII. Mr. Claquin currently resides in New York City and is expanding the conversation on diversity and inclusion in the luxury industry

Max studied management and media and has been working in retail management for over 15 years. In Europe he had the opportunity to further develop and strategically manage various markets. In 2020 he was mobilized internally and came to the USA with his family. Now New York is the new home for his daughter (she loves discovering everything new here), his son (who has the best US accent in the family), his wife (who enjoys the city so much) and the dog (who can't get enough to swim in the Long Island Sound).

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Cristina is the Vice President of Human Resources for Kering Eyewear Americas. She joined the Company in 2016 in its HQ in Milan, where for more than 4 years she has been responsible for Global Learning & Talent initiatives, on top of being the Sr HR BP for the Marketing function and the Centralized Channels teams. At the end of 2020 she took on her current responsibility and a few months after she moved to New York City with her husband and 2 little kids. Strong believer of embracing diversity and valuing different cultures, Cristina is also a member of the Kering Eyewear I&D Committee. She has a Master’s Degree in Humanities from La Sapienza University in Rome; she started her career in Italy and before joining Kering Eyewear she worked in Switzerland, Spain and Hong Kong. Her dream is to run the NYC Marathon, but for the moment she only runs behind her kids and her job. She loves hot weather, cooking, gummy bears.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Danielle Hanley joined Kering in May of 2022 as the Talent Acquisition Business Partner for Kering Corporate. Prior to joining Kering, Danielle had been a Talent Acquisition partner for Victoria’s Secret, Blue Apron, and Town Sports International. Danielle has a passion for assessing top talent and matching their skills to the organization as well as advising leaders on creating a luxury candidate experience at Kering. Danielle is an athlete, training and competing in CrossFit, obstacle course racing, and cycling. She also has always had a passion for the fashion industry and live theatre.

Nadia Cruz serves as the Vice President of Talent Division for Gucci Americas and has held that position for the last year.  Nadia joined Gucci in July 2017 and held the roles of Vice President, Retail People, Director, People – Retail and Director HR Initiatives. Previously to her time at Gucci, Nadia held HR positions in the luxury fashion, Giorgio Armani, an Executive Search company, TMP Worldwide as well as the Market Data Software Companies, Prolifics and ILX Systems.  As an HR professional with almost 25 years of experience, Nadia’s is passionate about the elevating the employee experience, finding talent internally and delivering HR support as a strategic business partner to the company leaders and the team at large.  Nadia is proud to work at Gucci where company values encourage its employees to be daring, inclusive, respectful, responsible, trustworthy and changemakers.  Like Gucci, Nadia believe that learning and development are fundamental to us as an organization and individuals.  Nadia attended Pace University, is a mother of a teen, an avid reader and enjoys acquiring new passport stamps as she travels around the world.

Star Melendez has worked in the Human Resources field for over 10 years, and has spent the last 9 with the Pomellato Group where she currently serves as serves as the Human Resources Director for the America’s region.  In this position Star is in charge of all aspects of the HR process starting from recruitment all the way to off-boarding.  During her tenue Star has also helped the Kering Group manage Human Resources for Tomas Maier and Boucheron.  She holds a degree from Berkely College and in her free time you can find her singing either in choir or in competition and participating in community theatre; and when she isn’t doing any of those things, you can mostly find her spending time with her husband and French Bulldog.

Laurent Claquin President, Kering Americas President of Kering Americas since 2011, Laurent Claquin has driven the North and Latin American expansion of Kering, a global group of 10 renowned luxury houses including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron and Pomellato. In addition, he was appointed CEO of Tomas Maier in 2017. Mr. Claquin began his work with Kering in 2004, where he served as an advisor to Chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault at Artemis Groupe. One year later, he joined Kering’s Executive Committee and assumed several leadership roles including Senior VP of Communications and Chief of Staff. In 2007, as the head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Claquin created Kering’s first sustainability program and launched the Kering Foundation to end violence against women in 2009. Having started his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse Cooper in 1994, Mr. Claquin’s business acumen and deep passion for the arts landed him senior advisory roles at Jeu de Paume and the Centre Pompidou. Prior to joining Kering, he was named the Chief of Staff for France’s Ministry of Culture and Communications in 2002. A French national, Claquin is Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, a Board member of the French American Chamber of Commerce, and a graduate of ESC Rennes School of Business, Exeter University and Universite Paris VIII. Mr. Claquin currently resides in New York City and is expanding the conversation on diversity and inclusion in the luxury industry.

Vira Capeci is CEO of the Americas for global luxury brand, Balenciaga, a subsidiary of Kering, S.A, overseeing all brand operations.  She joined the iconic brand in October of 2017 as an exciting next phase in her twenty-five year career across some of the most iconic and successful fashion houses in the industry.

She began her career at Italian fashion group Aeffe S.p.A., owner of the Alberta Ferretti, Moschino and Narciso Rodriguez brands. As a senior executive for Moschino, she split her time between Milan and New York and rose to Vice President of North America, managing sales and promotions for all categories of the brand.

Recruited by her previous CEO, Marco Gobbetti, an executive at LVMH Inc, Vira was tapped to join Givenchy as Vice President Americas in 2005, where she helped relaunch the brand in North and South America and led their highly successful relaunch under the creative direction of Riccardo Tisci.  In 2008, Vira added the oversight of the Céline relaunch under Phoebe Philo to her portfolio, and was named President of both Givenchy and Céline for the Americas simultaneously.  Her dual presidency of the two influential LVMH fashion houses ended in 2009 when she transitioned to solely manage the rapidly growing Céline brand, where she remained until 2017. During her tenure at Celine, the brand enjoyed unprecedented growth trajectory, and accolades for its business strategy, cultural influence and design superiority in fashion under the creative direction of Phoebe Philo.

Vira is a graduate and active alumnae of Gettysburg College and devotes time to several non-profit organizations, most notably the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, Women in Need, and is an advisory Board member of Aim at Melanoma.org. Vira resides in Manhattan with her husband and 13-year-old daughter.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

My name is Stephan Brown, and I am the Director of Retail Operations for Bottega Veneta, joining the company last November.

I am originally from Boston, Massachusetts, but moved to NYC after college, to pursue a career in dance. Following a 10-year dance career, I transitioned into Retail Management.

I have spent the last 19 years working in luxury retail, managing Operations. This included six years with Louis Vuitton, at the store level in Operations, and the corporate level within Sales Audit. As well it included four years with Stuart Weitzman, as Director of Retail Operations, and over nine years with Loro Piana managing Operations for their Madison Avenue flagship, and more recently as their Director of Retail Operations, N.A.

Jennifer Kim is all about organization and building out processes, which has led her to her career as a Project Manager. Upon graduation from Rutgers University in 2017, she's had a passion for the retail landscape and started her journey in the Retail Development and Visual Merchandising space. Since then, she's returned to her love for developing interpersonal relationships and building culture in the workplace. After receiving her Masters in Organization Development and Leadership, Jennifer found her home in the world of Human Resources. Balancing her love for people and organizing projects, she strives to build successful programming that serves the betterment of company culture.

Joseph Young is the Product Trainer for the Americas at Balenciaga. His career at Kering formerly Gucci Group began in 2004 when he was a top Sales Associate for Bottega Veneta in NYC. After nearly 8 years in sales for Bottega Veneta Joseph became the Manager of Leather Goods Development at a competitor brand. He returned to Kering as a Store Director for Balenciaga where he ran the first Leather Goods Concession in the United Sates at Sak’s Fifth Avenue. Joseph pivoted during the pandemic to run one of three Digital Hubs globally for Balenciaga. Most recently Joseph returned to his passion of training where he is the Product Trainer for the Americas.

Jennifer is the Director of Customer Operations at Kering Eyewear, supporting the organization managing the Customer Service, Sales Support, After Sales, Samples and Portfolio teams for North America. She first joined Kering Eyewear back in 2017 as Trade Marketing Manager, working to build the Marketing department for the newly created Kering Eyewear at that time, transitioning into Sales Operations in 2019.

Jennifer is a highly organized and dedicated manager with experience in Beauty and Luxury Goods, Sales Operations, Trade Marketing, Retail Marketing, Sales and Marketing Integration. With experience working at Shiseido, Grace Beauty, Elizabeth Arden and Safilo. A proven leader with a strong work ethic known to drive results and accountability. Collaborative people manager who inspires and develops strategies for goal setting while cultivating productive partnerships.

I am the BRM Specialist for the East Coast & Midwest and transferred to this role from Bottega Veneta where I was a Retail Operations Coordinator and in November, I will complete 6 years with Kering.

Prior to Bottega Veneta I had a few separate roles in Luxury Retail and Wholesale as well. I started my career working at a Sport Retailer in Brazil, similar to a Foot Locker, from there I managed a skate shop then became an assistant to the CEO & Creative Director to a Luxury Footwear Company, which transferred me to their business operation in NY.

From there moved to Luxury Retail, I worked as an administrative assistant at an Alexander McQueen boutique, then a few different roles outside of Gucci Group/Kering, evolving in Retail Management and Retail Operations.

I came back to the group in 2017 as a Retail Operations Coordinator for BV and from there transferred to the rule I am currently in.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Yeanina “Nina” Putnam serves as the Vice President of Inclusion and Diversity for Kering Group and has held that position for about one year. Previously at Walmart, Jet.com, and TJX companies, Nina has long held a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion and is excited to continue to ensure all leaders feel welcome and included at Kering and its houses. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Drexel University and enjoys live concerts and music fests. She also can be found spending her time as a client in most of Kering’s houses as she enjoys shopping for all things luxury fashion. 

Katherine Medida is the Director of Talent at Kering Corporate. A Graduate of George Washington University, Katherine began her work within Human Resources at PVH corp. for 10 years. At PVH, she has worked within the various departments of HR, including, Learning and Organizational Development, Talent Development, Program Manager and Manager with Associate Experience. She is also a licensed Zumba instructor as well as a Mind Gym Facilitator. She also has licenses and certifications as a Crucial Conversations Facilitator at Crucial Learning and DDI Card Sort Analyst.

Manuel Mortera is the Senior Director for the Canada Region at Gucci. His career at Kering began as a Store Director for Gucci in Italy where he led their flagship store. He then made a move to the WW HQ to support the WW Retail Team as a Project Manager for a Year.

At the start of 2022, Manuel was transferred to the United States as a Retail Performance Director for the Americans Region, helping the retail network deliver results and improve their client experience. Most recently, he took on a new position and relocated to Toronto where he will support the Canada region. Manuel is excited for his new chapter in a new country, new role, and new challenge!

Emily Chittenden is Bottega Veneta’s Vice President of Retail for the West Coast. Emily has held this role since June and prior was their Midwest Regional Director. Emily has been with Bottega Veneta since 2017 but as been with the Kering group since 2012. Prior to Bottega Veneta, Emily was with Stella McCartney as their U.S. Retail Manager. Emily’s journey with Kering has been very rewarding and exciting. Her passion is driven by the relationships she has built throughout the organization as well as having the opportunity to lead and work with some of the most talented and dynamic people in the luxury industry. In her free time, Emily enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and hosting events for friends.

As a senior retail executive, Keith Scott’s career has been distinguished by both its breadth and depth. He has worked for several of the world’s leading luxury goods companies including Chanel, Richemont (both Cartier and Dunhill), Giorgio Armani, Versace and Polo Ralph Lauren. He has extensive background in ready-to-wear retail for women and men and in fine jewelry and watches including management roles at Cartier in San Francisco and Chanel Fine Jewelry in New York.  Now, as Vice President of luxury strategy for Gucci, he is excited to share these unique experiences and insights to enhance the luxury experience on behalf of a company he has long admired.​

Keith is known and respected in the industry for his tenacious work ethic, for his ability to satisfy the most demanding clients, and for his in-depth knowledge of luxury as an experience and as a category. But above and beyond all else, he is most proud of his reputation for building and leading highly motivated and high performing teams and for maintaining longstanding relationships with colleagues and clients.​

Keith has worked in the United States and Italy and feels fortunate to have spent significant time in Milan. He is bilingual in English and Italian. Outside of work Keith sits on the board of his cooperative apartment building and he and his husband are avid cyclists. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Williams College, he then attended Middlebury College for graduate study in Italian language.

As most retail professionals, Kenetha did not plan to dedicate my career to a life in this business. She began my retail journey, working part time in the evenings, and on the weekends. Mainly to get a discount in order to buy suits for my full time job. She discovered over a course of a year, that she was developing an obsession with retail. At 24 years old, Kenetha quit her full time job, and landed her first leadership role. By 25 sje was leading a store team of about 20 employees.  As a new leader, She quickly had to understand how to build a team that all worked towards a singualr focus. In addition, it was important for her to understand all roles and to become an “expert” in those roles, in order to gain buy-in and hold the team accoutable. Starting from a role in sales, allowed her to keep the client top of mind, as her grew my career, and the value to building relationship. Fast forward to 2019, Kenetha joined Gucci as the Store Director of 5^th Avenue. From there, moved into a Metro role, where she had the opporutnity to partner with the New York City stores. She moved to San Francisco as the Market Director for Northwest & Hawaii in 2022. Just recnetly, Kenetha have been appointed to Market Director-Southeast.

Krissy Segall, Regional Vice President South at Balenciaga. I have been fortunate to work at Balenciaga for 8 years and 5 months. My career trajectory has been a journey of growth and dedication. I embarked on my career as a Store Director at Intermix, where I spent 7 years honing my skills and steadily progressed to District Manager. My journey at Balenciaga started in 2015 overseeing the Miami Market. In 2017 I was entrusted with the responsibility of managing Texas, and in 2021 we expanded our presences into Georgia and in 2022 I was promoted to Regional Vice President South. My passion for retail is deeply rooted with my commitment to people development and growth, as well as cultivating a sense of community with my teams and our cherished clients.

Terrence Charles is the Vice President of Special Events, North America, for Gucci. Prior to Gucci, Terrence was the Executive Director of Events and Brand Partnerships for Hearst’s fashion titles: ELLE, Harper’s BAZAAR and Marie Claire, as well as co-partner of Allied: an ERG whose mission is to support BIPOC employees and make sure there is equal and fair representation and opportunity at the company.

Prior to Hearst, Terrence was an independent consultant whose clients included HAVAS Worldwide, Town & Country, and Artsy.net, among others.

Terrence has held various positions in Creative Services & Marketing departments for lifestyle and media brands such as Tory Burch, Vanity Fair, TSE Cashmere and Ralph Lauren, was an on-air personality for The Learning Channel's "Date Patrol” and a board member of UN Women NY chapter from 2021-2022.

I was born in Colombia. My family's roots are in agriculture. I was exposed early on to our minerals, textiles, animals, arts and coffee. From an early age, these influences sparked a passion within me for arts, leading me to embark on a remarkable career journey that transitioned from the canvas to the world of fashion. throughout my career I have been privileged to work with esteemed artist such as Fernando Botero and Koons. At the iconic house of Louis Vuitton, I had the honor of representing the Objets Nomades collection during the Prestigeous art Basel. I had the incredible opportunity to learn firsthand from the visionary Virgil Abloh, absorbing his mission and creative essence. Taking my expertise to Burberry, I proudly served as the Ambassador for the Burberry Foundation East Coast. In my quest to make a positive impact, I joined the Foot Forward Foundation, dedicating my efforts to donate used uniform shoes to those in need. Through my years in this industry, I have come to understand that evoking deep emotions in my audience is the key to their unwavering support and loyalty. Here, at Pomellato, I discovered that each piece is not merely an accessory, but a vessel of sentiment, a conduit of memories, and a storyteller in its own right. Pomellato has shown me that the connection between jewelry and the human heart exceeds anything I have ever experienced in the world of fashion.

Steve Chu is the Market Director for the Southwest Region, who is an innovative and people-focused retail leader. He is an involved leader who invests in developing outstanding teams that consistently surpass corporate objectives. By training the team in effective client-development skills, building valuable relationships, and fostering a client-focused culture, he led his region to deliver consistent exponential sales growth. 

Steve truly believes high-level performance are delivered through people and is committed to recruiting and developing exceptional talent that support business growth and client satisfaction. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Marketing from California State University, Fullerton and speaks fluent Mandarin and conversational Spanish.

Store director for the Alexander McQUEEN Miami Design District. Experienced 17 years in Retail, exercising  a unique approach to leading teams to success, incorporating a wholistic view that develops relationships with his staff and clients so they feel heard, seen and appreciated.