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What Will Working in the Fashion Industry Look Like in the Future? with Ngozi Okaro
This week we are speaking with Ngozi Okaro, the founder of Custom Collaborative, an innovative clothing company that serves low-income women who deserve fair compensation and thoughtful consumers who want quality clothes that fit and affirm their bodies. Ngozi is fighting the current of a clothing industry that mass manufactures ready-to-wear templates and advocate for a fashion industry that honors the planet and people regardless of their body-type. Join us for a conversation on eco-conscious fashion, environmental justice, and management success!
Ngozi Okaro is an activist for economic, environmental, and social justice. She is an expert in strategic planning and operations, leadership development, and innovation, and has special expertise in mapping and managing change for growth-stage enterprises. Ngozi builds bridges in and between organizations and individuals to create opportunity and access. Her background includes leading initiatives at National Urban League and its affiliates, INSEAD, and Yale.
Among other distinctions, Ngozi is a 2022 Goldman Sachs Black Woman Impact Leader, 2021 Conscious Fashion Campaign & United Nations Office for Partnerships SDG Honoree, Crain’s Notable Women Business Owner, and AARP Purpose Prize Fellow, 2020 SOCAP (Conscious Company Media) and Kate Spade “World-Changing Women in Conscious Business” awardee, 2019 NYC Fair Trade Coalition "Changemaker of the Year", and New York Women's Foundation "Spirit of Entrepreneurship” winner. She is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and advisor.
Ngozi is certified by New York University’s Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising, was a 2014 Environmental Leadership Program Fellow, and is a graduate of the Coro Leadership New York program. She is a graduate of both Georgetown University Law Center and Morgan State University and is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and New York.
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