2021 Board of Directors
Executive Board
President
Lauren Lein, Lauren Lein, Ltd.
Vice President
Caroline Becker Joss, Caroline Rose, Inc.
Secretary
Xochil Herrera Scheer, The Chicago Pattern Maker
Treasurer
Erica Strama, Macerich
Managing Board
Takara Beathea-Guddell, Takara, Inc.
Melissa Carr, Dominican University
Tonya Gross, Shop Small Chicago, LLC & Tonya Gross Millinery
Michael Hall, Hindman Auctions
Jacqueline Johnson, AIBI Fashion Lab
Maribel Melanson, Me’Lanson Patterns
Hila Geller, STAM Apparel
Jeanne Ottenweller, Chicago Patternmaking
Meilin Schneider, Digit Pattern Services
Lauren Smith, Kambuja
Daryl Sneed, Ricorso & Soundoff
Dana Todd, Balodana, LLC
Maria Vathis, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Advisory Board
Rose Becker (Past Board President), Caroline Rose, Inc.
Scott Carlson, Ivan Carlson & Associates
Gregg Fishman, Fishman's Fabrics
Nathalie Lambert, Alyce Paris, Inc.
Arabel Alva Rosales, AAR & Associates
Andrea Schwartz, Macy’s
Theresa VanderMeer, Work + Shelter