Philadelphia Fashion Week 2010
Advisory Board

Maryanne Grisz

Maryanne Grisz is a producer and lawyer specializing in art, film, music and fashion ventures from concept to completion. She is a featured guest lecturer on industry topics internationally.
Her most recent project is the documentary DRESSED, produced by Onerock Moving Pictures, where she is Executive Producer and founding partner. DRESSED is the inspirational story of Laotian/American designer, Nary Manivong, who defied the odds of a homeless childhood to follow his dream of showing his collection at New York’s Fashion Week.

Kristin Haskin-Simms

Kristin will be responsible for communicating the logistics and creative direction to the participating designers.  She is from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with an MFA in Graphic Design ('00), Kristin launched Keydesign in response to a growing demand for her work. When she later launched Strangefruit, she realized her true calling as an apparel designer. After the success of the T-shirt line, she began experimenting with some of the Tees from the men's inventory, dyeing them, cutting them up to transform them into women's tops.

Nancy Moses

Nancy Moses has spent her career planning and creating new programs and ventures for nonprofit organizations. Her diverse portfolio of nonprofit clients includes agencies of all levels of government, foundations, educational and national cultural treasures to community-based development and arts organizations. She has held executive positions in museums, public broadcasting, government, and academe. Nancy is an award-winning author who manages a program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Meredith Lindemon

Meredith Lindemon spent years as a journalist and editor covering fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for the national press. In late 2009, she crossed over to the world of PR and opened Meredith Communications, a boutique firm specializing in fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands. Meredith helps the independent develop a following by tailoring her strategy to their needs to best represent their identity to the media.

Karen Randal

Strategic Director

Bio coming soon...