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

Dianne Calvi
CEO, Village Enterprise

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

Hywel Davies
Dean M School, Central Saint Martins

Jimenez Lai
Principle, Bureau Spectacular

Jimenez Lai
Founding Member of 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 Shamsrizi
Social entrepreneur, policy adviser; researcher and lecturer on the interplay of technology, (gaming) art, and political philosophy

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