Advocates
Our advocates are leaders in their respective fields and represent a wide range of creative disciplines. From fashion and art to technology and science, they each bring expertise and knowledge to drive our mission forward, ensuring a dynamic community that fosters creativity and innovation.
Alexis Nasard
CEO, Swarovski
Ana Guzman Mora
Executive Director, Conservation International
Anyango Mpinga
Fashion Designer & Founder, Free as a Human Foundation
Burak Çakmak
CEO, Fashion Commission, Ministry of Culture
Charles Brigham
Senior Account Executive, ESRI
Charlotte McCurdy
Design Lecturer, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), Stanford University; Founder, Charlotte McCurdy Research
Chirlie Felix
Managing Director, FSG
Christiane Arp
Chairwoman, Fashion Council Germany
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Head of Vienna Biennale for Change
Clare Brooke
CEO, Blue Marine Foundation
Craig Robins
CEO & President of Dacra
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder, Parley for the Oceans
Daniel Grushkin
Chief Strategist at TomTex, Founder of Biodesign Challenge and Cofounder of Genspace
Daniela Fernandez
CEO & Founder, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Emma Cherniavsky
CEO, UK for UNHCR
Fernanda Simon
Director, Fashion Revolution Brasil
Frank Beadle De Palomo
President & CEO, Mothers 2 Mothers
Geetha Murali
CEO, Room to Read
Giovanna Engelbert
Creative Director of Swarovski, International Editor and Fashion Consultant
Greg Lynn
Owner & Founder, Greg Lynn FORM
Jimenez Lai
Founding Member of Bureau Spectacular
Jimenez Lai
Principle, Bureau Spectacular
John Bartlett
Assistant Professor of Fashion Management and Director of Industry Partnerships and Special Projects, Parsons School of Fashion
Jonathan Baillie
President of Natural Slate
Joseph Schwarzkopf
General Manager, Uribe & Schwarzkopf
Kerry Bannigan
Executive Director, Fashion Impact Fund
Kristine Tompkins
President & Co-Founder of Tompkins Conservation
Laurence Carr
CEO, Laurence Carr Inc.
Laurie Adams
CEO, Women for Women International
Lili Hollein
Director & Co-Founder of Vienna Design Week
Linda Kamau
Linda Kamau, Founder & Executive Director, AkiraChix
Lucie Brigham
Chief of Office, United Nations Office for Partnerships
Manouchehr Shmsrizi
Co-Founder of RetroBrain R&D, Blockchain-NGO Kryptos, and gamelab.berlin
Maria Cornejo
Founder & Creative Director of Zero + Maria Cornejo
Marisa Schiestl Swarovski
Chair, Swarovski Foundation
Marko Brajovic
Architect, Creative Director, Researcher & Founder
Matthew Needham
Artist & Curator, Fashion & Sustainable Lecturer
Maya Penn
Environmental Activist, Artist, Animator, Eco-Designer
Mehr Husain
Author and Sustainability Advocate, ZUKA Accessories (UN Department of Economic and Social affairs) and ZUKA Books (UN Publishers Compact).
Mimma Viglezio
Creative Consultant, Editor & Broadcaster
Nadja Swarovski
Founder, Swarovski Foundation
Pasquale Coppolella
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Stella McCartney
Pedro Andrade
Brazilian Fashion Designer
Philip Lim
Creative Director & Co-Founder of 3.1 Philip Lim
Prabal Gurgung
Designer & Founder of Shikshya Foundation Nepal
Rathna Ramanathan
Head, Central Saint Martins University
Rosanna Hu
Founding Partner of Neri&Hu Design & Research Office
Runa Ray
Fashion Environmentalist Designer
Sara Kozlowski
Vice President of Programme Strategies & Education, CFDA
Sarah-Jane Rumford
Managing Partner and PR Director, 89up
Shaway Yeh
Founder, Yeh Yeh Yeh
Shoshana Stewart
President, Turquoise Mountain
Stephen McDonald
Chief Development Officer, Earthwatch Institute
Steven Kolb
CEO, Council of Fashion Designers of America
Teri Schwartz
Film Producer & UCLA Professor
Tim Marlow
Chief Executive & Director, The Design Museum
Tomo Koizumi
Fashion Designer & Founder of Tomo Koizumi
Tosin Oshinowo
Architect & Designer
Uyen Tran
Co Founder & CEO, Tomtex
Vichitapol Pholpoke
Founder & CEO, Teach for Thailand
Vivienne Becker
Jewelry Historian, Journalist & Author
Walter Emberger
Founder and Chairman, Teach for Austria
Yash Ranga
Conscious Luxury Evangelist Director
Yinka Shonibare
CBE, RA
Yves Behar
Founder & CEO of Fuse Project
