Join Chiara Jovanovic, CEO and Founder of I AM Fashion and Columbia Business School alumna, for a student roundtable on building a fashion business with climate considerations at its core. From product design to supply chain decisions, creating a more sustainable fashion company requires rethinking how a business operates from the ground up. Learn how Chiara is developing I AM as a living lab for integrating climate considerations into its business model and supply chain, and what it takes to balance sustainability, entrepreneurship, and commercial success in the fashion industry.
This Sustainable Operations Initiative (SOI) roundtable discussion is co-presented by the Green Business Club and Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia Business School.
The event will be driven entirely by student questions, so please come prepared!
Speaker Bio:
Chiara Jovanovic is CEO & Founder of I AM, a fashion company offering a new take on power dressing for women and conceived as a living lab for building a venture with climate at the core of the business model and supply chain.
Previously, Chiara was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where she began her career in Investment Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions. She was then head of Business Development at Quidsi, an e-commerce startup that was bought by Amazon, where she continued to run BD after the acquisition. She was then CEO of Parentify, a tech marketplace company of services for parents.
Chiara received a BA from NYU in Political Science and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She co-chairs the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Columbia Business School Alumni Club NY.