2021 Board of Directors
Executive Board
President
Lauren Lein, Lauren Lein, Ltd.
Vice President
Caroline Becker Joss, Caroline Rose, Inc.
Treasurer
Erica Strama, Macerich
Secretary
Xochil Herrera Scheer, The Chicago Pattern Maker
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
Scott Carlson, Ivan Carlson & Associates
Arabel Alva Rosales, AAR & Associates
Andrea Schwartz, Macy’s
Theresa VanderMeer, Work + Shelter