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](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Alexis-Nasard.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806753&s=2644dfd5afacd1513016470dfe155280)
Alexis Nasard
CEO, Swarovski
![Ana Guzman Mora](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Ana-Guzman-Mora.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806754&s=a616f3266f05710f9e8c19f39ddb64e1)
Ana Guzman Mora
Executive Director, Conservation International
![Anyango Mpinga](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Anyango-Mpinga.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806754&s=ac6d881ce2c0e366397f7157c8d51713)
Anyango Mpinga
Fashion Designer & Founder, Free as a Human Foundation
![بوراك1 Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%831-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1730738706&s=0bf1ac5112aec2775f34a635512aadef)
Burak Çakmak
CEO, Fashion Commission, Ministry of Culture
![Charles Brigham](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Charles-Brigham.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806755&s=09180650eb2710584493a2404fdd5d42)
Charles Brigham
Senior Account Executive, ESRI
![Mc Curdy Headshot Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/McCurdyHeadshot-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1730738450&s=a3fde8e360a329aa57f6012ab890209b)
Charlotte McCurdy
Design Lecturer, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), Stanford University; Founder, Charlotte McCurdy Research
![Chirlie Felix](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Chirlie-Felix.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806755&s=e889e6b0d10da31a5bfa26bf09ee47c8)
Chirlie Felix
Managing Director, FSG
![Christiane Arp](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Christiane-Arp.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806756&s=f3b5e333e6549e76045f62374471b0df)
Christiane Arp
Chairwoman, Fashion Council Germany
![Christoph Thun Hohenstein website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Advocate-Content/Christoph-Thun-Hohenstein-website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1728556187&s=46032b11c2cdbfc0fdfa844f510f06e6)
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Head of Vienna Biennale for Change
![Clare Brook](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Clare-Brook.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806756&s=8bd99b8d28e239a02d3cab12e4d28d78)
Clare Brooke
CEO, Blue Marine Foundation
![Craig Robins](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Craig-Robins.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806757&s=04c97cde9f59cd942fb5b38f4ada3089)
Craig Robins
CEO & President of Dacra
![Cyrill Gutsch](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Cyrill-Gutsch.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806757&s=3a86a20f2438dbfd77287bc9784b89b4)
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder, Parley for the Oceans
![Dan G Portrait copy Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Dan-G.-Portrait-copy-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1729175358&s=06db1f9bb1768a8e7b5a3d2f6ddde678)
Daniel Grushkin
Chief Strategist at TomTex, Founder of Biodesign Challenge and Cofounder of Genspace
![Daniela Fernandez](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Daniela-Fernandez.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806758&s=fe6968f4cd7fc82452867c5d0ca2e9ae)
Daniela Fernandez
CEO & Founder, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
![Emma Cherniavsky](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Emma-Cherniavsky.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806759&s=0d2b3053713e9e35f0fec16f8595c093)
Emma Cherniavsky
CEO, UK for UNHCR
![Fernanda Simon](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Fernanda-Simon.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806759&s=94f66e9c6fc8418bf85a59acdddc0336)
Fernanda Simon
Director, Fashion Revolution Brasil
![Frank Beadle de Palomo](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Frank-Beadle-de-Palomo.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806759&s=50c09f355eee23acdd6655fe1a024730)
Frank Beadle De Palomo
President & CEO, Mothers 2 Mothers
![Geetha Murali](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Geetha-Murali.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806760&s=6715ee6ec74077ca4552554bd2118f5e)
Geetha Murali
CEO, Room to Read
![Giovanna No Logo BW Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Advocate-Content/Giovanna_No-Logo_BW_-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1728556071&s=148d8850e3a368f5bc3bba688a185911)
Giovanna Engelbert
Creative Director of Swarovski, International Editor and Fashion Consultant
![Greg Lynn](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Greg-Lynn.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806760&s=7f3a271ff1fe70a4af56da007c727740)
Greg Lynn
Owner & Founder, Greg Lynn FORM
![Jimenez Lai Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Jimenez-Lai-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1732276823&s=83797e01f111a3750b3e4140630c9a38)
Jimenez Lai
Founding Member of Bureau Spectacular
![Jimenez Lai](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Jimenez-Lai.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806761&s=2a748dd16c83b3ffb78e7c9ac17dd835)
Jimenez Lai
Principle, Bureau Spectacular
![I5 A2246 Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/I5A2246-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1729175001&s=2c2b23442f3879345c4a820a136c80bf)
John Bartlett
Assistant Professor of Fashion Management and Director of Industry Partnerships and Special Projects, Parsons School of Fashion
![Jonathan Baillie](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Jonathan-Baillie.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806762&s=fcc416c41d91ad67cd42ada11f858dff)
Jonathan Baillie
President of Natural Slate
![Joseph Schwarzkopf](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Joseph-Schwarzkopf.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806762&s=d1da285a7f13436ff7d77ddfa038df93)
Joseph Schwarzkopf
General Manager, Uribe & Schwarzkopf
![Kerry Bannigan](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Kerry-Bannigan.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806763&s=ba612c76d46e4786854d1ea799772813)
Kerry Bannigan
Executive Director, Fashion Impact Fund
![Kristine Tompkins](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Kristine-Tompkins.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806763&s=49c5b8aac3c36b10f398224effbb6fec)
Kristine Tompkins
President & Co-Founder of Tompkins Conservation
![Laurence Carr Portrait Photography Credit Kelly Marshall Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Laurence-Carr-Portrait-Photography-Credit-_-Kelly-Marshall-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1730738851&s=d8aacd641f85bbb837d5a677b56f95d9)
Laurence Carr
CEO, Laurence Carr Inc.
![Laurie Adams](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Laurie-Adams.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806763&s=750e2f5808c54f897e9361ab5f50bd56)
Laurie Adams
CEO, Women for Women International
![Lilli Hollein](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Lilli-Hollein.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806764&s=4cb897d7e35a2334c5aeea122e6ae293)
Lili Hollein
Director & Co-Founder of Vienna Design Week
![1 2 copy Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/1-2-copy-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1729175537&s=0d261a283fee51c088b63954afbe71e2)
Linda Kamau
Linda Kamau, Founder & Executive Director, AkiraChix
![Lucie Brigham](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Lucie-Brigham.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806764&s=01adf54dfadf7b4b7386c2bb06553b42)
Lucie Brigham
Chief of Office, United Nations Office for Partnerships
![Manouchehr Shamsrizi Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Manouchehr_Shamsrizi-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733304866&s=1a8e2cb92d7e07146992fd917418f38c)
Manouchehr Shmsrizi
Co-Founder of RetroBrain R&D, Blockchain-NGO Kryptos, and gamelab.berlin
![Maria Cornejo](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Maria-Cornejo.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806765&s=666c96a689d82d56e404b50e9f0f9ed2)
Maria Cornejo
Founder & Creative Director of Zero + Maria Cornejo
![Marisa Schiestl Swarovski](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Marisa-Schiestl-Swarovski.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806765&s=482a8b944f6be09d03efef07baa11050)
Marisa Schiestl Swarovski
Chair, Swarovski Foundation
![Marko Brajovic](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Marko-Brajovic.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806766&s=816934a7ac7bb3e6ee47bc7a4ff73ed8)
Marko Brajovic
Architect, Creative Director, Researcher & Founder
![Matthew Needham](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Matthew-Needham.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806766&s=9119eb36734eda33e05f6c2c99048c28)
Matthew Needham
Artist & Curator, Fashion & Sustainable Lecturer
![Maya Penn](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Maya-Penn.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806767&s=05129cee4cf3f5e5e24c56224396f609)
Maya Penn
Environmental Activist, Artist, Animator, Eco-Designer
![ALI 7251 Horizontal Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/ALI_7251-Horizontal-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1730886535&s=32f56c000ef1fa8f5417b9d70d2c2eed)
Mehr Husain
Author and Sustainability Advocate, ZUKA Accessories (UN Department of Economic and Social affairs) and ZUKA Books (UN Publishers Compact).
![Mimma Viglezio](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Mimma-Viglezio.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806767&s=9314a781c94fdac16406ea2ca5f02d15)
Mimma Viglezio
Creative Consultant, Editor & Broadcaster
![Nadja Swarovski](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Nadja-Swarovski.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806768&s=8925237d4d840d19181d2b510a1afc09)
Nadja Swarovski
Founder, Swarovski Foundation
![2024 G 8 Ottobre Foto istituzionale copy Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/2024-G-8-Ottobre-Foto-istituzionale-copy-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1729175190&s=e8d2361a154645e1c1e02de25f5e7266)
Pasquale Coppolella
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Stella McCartney
![Pedro Andrade](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Pedro-Andrade.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806768&s=f8c49dca730b8baac1decde7a20ac94b)
Pedro Andrade
Brazilian Fashion Designer
![Phillip Lim](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Phillip-Lim.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806769&s=14237943285b0ed965cb5afe7c5a50a1)
Philip Lim
Creative Director & Co-Founder of 3.1 Philip Lim
![Prabal Gurung](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Prabal-Gurung.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806769&s=8e80616b796b128cbe06abf812e4eb5a)
Prabal Gurgung
Designer & Founder of Shikshya Foundation Nepal
![Rathna Ramanathan](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Rathna-Ramanathan.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806770&s=9c780ae6aa8dbb26d7303c64f67469ae)
Rathna Ramanathan
Head, Central Saint Martins University
![Rossana Hu](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Rossana-Hu.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806770&s=f9467527183537bf1f11cc84e26fea9a)
Rosanna Hu
Founding Partner of Neri&Hu Design & Research Office
![Runa Ray](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Runa-Ray.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806771&s=5658a87a27b55473a2dea2fb20c19f96)
Runa Ray
Fashion Environmentalist Designer
![Sara Kozlawski](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Sara-Kozlawski.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806771&s=8c45c45e0d7c6c222f2ac3ecfab9e13f)
Sara Kozlowski
Vice President of Programme Strategies & Education, CFDA
![SJ BW Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Advocate-Content/SJ-BW-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1728556076&s=acfdbc414c77de2701a1f9451a4f8d6b)
Sarah-Jane Rumford
Managing Partner and PR Director, 89up
![Shaway Yeh](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Shaway-Yeh.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806771&s=7b9570c2f72cda6dfb3cb1be6c3bb822)
Shaway Yeh
Founder, Yeh Yeh Yeh
![Shoshana Stewart portrait Website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/ShoshanaStewart-portrait-Website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1730738571&s=e042f10e3b8c1b9e8c9c3f4e9fcdca30)
Shoshana Stewart
President, Turquoise Mountain
![Stephen Mc Donald](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Stephen-McDonald.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806772&s=fabbaca6bef51c5000502ae9b5cb086c)
Stephen McDonald
Chief Development Officer, Earthwatch Institute
![Steven Kolb](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Steven-Kolb.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806772&s=37874e5184f517ce930ac197cf8658c7)
Steven Kolb
CEO, Council of Fashion Designers of America
![Teri Schwartz](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Teri-Schwartz.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806774&s=80b41f8e28bc43f89bb4cca5edcf4785)
Teri Schwartz
Film Producer & UCLA Professor
![Tim Marlow](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Tim-Marlow.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806774&s=dcd5ef603e0c77e67fd2974c500ee0a0)
Tim Marlow
Chief Executive & Director, The Design Museum
![Tomo Koizumi](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Tomo-Koizumi.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806775&s=901d47f67d136f2ddfd878510931a3f0)
Tomo Koizumi
Fashion Designer & Founder of Tomo Koizumi
![Tosin Oshinowo](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Tosin-Oshinowo.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806775&s=82cf588fb3b88c602839c37d1a6a0b85)
Tosin Oshinowo
Architect & Designer
![Uyen portrait website](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Uyen-portrait-website.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733304736&s=4dfd70294fd1e747ef95f5fc05dd9797)
Uyen Tran
Co Founder & CEO, Tomtex
![Vichitapol Pholpoke](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Vichitapol-Pholpoke.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806776&s=ed118370f4bed7097625c8e300d096ca)
Vichitapol Pholpoke
Founder & CEO, Teach for Thailand
![Vivienne Becker](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Vivienne-Becker.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806776&s=8faf571c384e684f4ad9a9f68a8b0535)
Vivienne Becker
Jewelry Historian, Journalist & Author
![Walter Emberger Website Icon](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Advocate-Content/Walter-Emberger-Website-Icon.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1728556080&s=988c23b21f90218be3eec6aaebf848e8)
Walter Emberger
Founder and Chairman, Teach for Austria
![Yash Ranga](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Yash-Ranga.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806777&s=c9a4a48579c6aca6090513ed12b104d8)
Yash Ranga
Conscious Luxury Evangelist Director
![Yinka Shonibare](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Yinka-Shonibare.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806778&s=64e14018aa1c6568027ab5d868bb3837)
Yinka Shonibare
CBE, RA
![Yves Behar](https://sf-creatives.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/profiles/Yves-Behar.jpg?w=440&h=480&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1722806779&s=4bbbdeaf8a0b13b21cf91a3be513bea8)
Yves Behar
Founder & CEO of Fuse Project