Featured Members
Edoardo Gherardini | Product & Creative Designer, Milan, Italy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edoardo-gherardini
Edoardo is a Milan based creative designer, actually from Florence, Italy. He is a multi-faceted designer tackling design dynamics from luxury hotels and restaurants to furniture and exhibition design. In collaboration with architecture and design studios, Edoardo works in product design, exhibition design, and graphics communication for leading Italian companies with projects ranging from Salone del Mobile 2019 to a furniture collection in Guangzhou, China. He is particularly interested in holding no aesthetic preconceptions in the creative process and the debate that this holds.
Stephen Deberry | Anthropologist & Venture Capitalist, Los Angeles
Stephen is on a mission to use tech and for-profit business for good. He is the founder of Bronze Investments, built to benefit Eastside communities -- places on the social, economic and environmental margin by design. He is a 20+ year Silicon Valley veteran having worked for the founders of Microsoft, eBay and Lotus Software. He also curates The Record House, an art project in East Palo Alto, that connects Silicon Valley with visitors while building one of the world’s most interesting record collections.
Pheona Chen | Investment Manager, Shanghai
Based between Shanghai and Beijing, Pheona is an investor and Chinese culture enthusiast currently investing in entertainment startups at Autobot CAP - a venture capital focusing on fields including innovative technologies, entertainment applications including Panda TV and HKE Sports. She holds a degree in Information Science from Wuhan University and a tight pulse on Chinese culture.
Caroline Priebe | Founder, The Center for Advancement of Garment Making
https://www.thecenterforadvancementofgarmentmarketing.com/
Sustainable Fashion Designer Pioneer, Educator and Circular Sustainable Business Strategist. Caroline’s expertise is in sustainable design of both garments and supportive business models for conscious brands. Caroline brings 20 years experience at brands including Donna Karan, Zero + Maria Cornejo, ULURU, Alabama Chanin, Rogan, Loomstate, Freemans Sporting Club, Outlier and Permanent Collection.
Gita Shamdasani | Sustainability Consultant & Retail Curator, London
https://www.gitashamdasani.com/
Gita Shamdasani consults worldwide about how hotel boutiques can re-engage with guests through sustainable merchandise. Soneva, the world’s leading eco friendly, sustainable resort group, hired her to create the world’s first sustainable resort boutique at Soneva Jani. She is a Faena Art Board London member, a mother, a painter, and lover of food and snorkeling.
Elisa Jimenez Interdisciplinary Artist, Fashion Designer | New York
Jimenez’s designs have appeared in the pages of Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Dutch, Black Book, Paper Mag, Jane, and Trace. She was one of the first to explore sustainability and use real women models. Elisa has worked for a number of actors, musicians, films and television programs, including: Melissa Auf der Maur, Cher, Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei, Courtney Love, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pink, Cameron Diaz, and art photographer Cindy Sherman. Jimenez was invited to be in the Barbican Art Gallery’s exhibit and book, Rapture: Art and Fashion Since the 1970s, curated by Chris Townsend of London.
