strut. the fashionable mom show at mercedes-benz fashion week at lincoln center

Showing at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center

Presented by

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff is widely recognized for her contributions to the American fashion industry. Currently, Winston Wolkoff serves as the President and CEO of SWW Creative, an agency that provides innovative collaborations within the spheres of fashion, beauty, and entertainment. Clients include IMG Fashion Worldwide, Council of Fashion Designers for America (CFDA), Hermès, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Winston Wolkoff most recently executive produced the 2012 Style Awards at The Stage at Lincoln Center, which will be broadcast on NBC's Style Network. Prior to SWW Creative, in November 2009, Winston Wolkoff became the founding Fashion Director of Lincoln Center and oversaw the relocation of New York City’s biannual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. In addition, she supervised every aspect of Lincoln Center-based Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week events and coordinated an ambitious year-round initiative of fashion-related programming at Lincoln Center. Previously, Winston Wolkoff served as director of special events at Vogue magazine, producing such storied events as the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and 7th on Sale. She is a passionate supporter of the Food Allergy Initiative, Baby Buggy, New Yorkers for Children and the Central Park Conservancy. She lives with her husband and three children in New York City.

@SWWfashion

SWW Creative

Bloomingdale’s and FabKids.com


Alexi, Zachary and Tyler WolkoffStephanie Winston Wolkoff ’s children

Ralph Lauren


Denise Albert

Denise Albert is an award-winning journalist and television producer and a guilt-free workaholic mom of two boys. !She is the co-founder of the mulit-platform brand, The Moms. !Denise is the Co-Creator of Strut, The Fashionable Mom Show and of The MOMS brand of Mamarazzi® events – a unique event that brings together celebrity moms with moms across the country for a !conversation about motherhood. !Denise currently contributes online to The Huffington Post Parents and The Huffington Post Divorce. !Prior to the Moms, Denise co-founded Moms and the City where she hosted and produced a television show within the NBC family, and wrote for the NY Daily News online, BabyCenter.com and created, hosted, and produced celebrity events. !Denise also served as Executive Producer for David Blaine, Deputy Editorial Producer at ABC’s Good Morning America and a feature reporter for NBA-TV. !Denise and her partner Melissa also serve as “spokesmoms” for many national household brands. She attended Boston University, where she also co-hosted a sports talk show on WTBU Radio. !Albert is the fifth member of her family to enter the world of broadcasting, following father Marv, uncles Al and Steve, and brother Kenny. !Twin brother Brian is an entrepreneur, and sister Jackie wants nothing to do with the family business. !Denise is a better mom because she works and a better worker because she’s a mom (and able to do it all because of her mom, Benita!) ! She lives in NYC with her two boys, Jaron and Jaylan.

@themomsthemoms.com

The MOMs

Bloomingdale’s, Rent the Runway and Jay Godfrey


Jaylan and Jaron Fisch Denise Albert’s sons

P.S. from Aéropostale


Melissa GersteinThe MOMs

@themomsthemoms.com

Melissa Gerstein is co-founder of the multi-platform lifestyle brand The Moms.! Prior to The Moms, she was a founding partner in Moms & The City, where she hosted and produced a national television show within the NBC family.! She’s contributed to the NY Daily News online, Huffington Post, Metro US newspaper and babycenter.com.! Melissa co-created with her partner Denise, celebrity town hall events called Mamarazzi, where social media moms get up close and personal with their favorite celebrities.! Melissa and her partner also serve as “spokesmoms” for many national household brands and they are ambassadors to Good Housekeeping Magazine. She appears on many national programs such as The Today Show, Good Morning America and Fox News.! Gerstein has spent the past 10 years working in broadcast television with top networks including, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC and CNN. Melissa is a former ballerina and choreographer.! She has performed in such productions as The Nutcracker!and The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Gerstein is on the board of Concerts in Motion and she resides in New York City with her husband Anthony and her three children Elias, Lily and Sydney Rose.

Bloomingdale’s, Rent the Runway and Jay Godfrey


Lily, Sydney and EliasMelissa Gerstein’s children

P.S. from Aéropostale and FabKids.com


Lisa Rinna

@lisarinnalisarinna.com

Lisa Rinna is a driven and successful !mother, wife, actress and business woman.

Her long time love of fashion resulted in the creation of her own line, Belle Gray by

Lisa Rinna, which is brought to consumers through QVC.

Lisa has skillfully mastered the balance between her personal life and her busy career.

QVC


Holly PavlikaMOMentum

@HollyPavlikamomentumnation.com

Holly Pavlika is an award-winning creative and advertising industry veteran. After serving as the Managing Director of Big Fuel, the nation's largest pure-play social media agency, Holly applied her knowledge of moms and women-focused marketing to her current position as President of MOM-entum.

In her spare time, Holly uses her social media expertise for social good, taking an active role with Every Mother Counts and has lived on $1.50 a day to support The Global Poverty Project. As a United Nations Foundations Shot@Life Champion, Holly has accompanied the UN and UNICEF on a trip to Tanzania, and will present on their behalf at Social Good in the fall. She also supports 10 X 10 Educate Girls, an organization with a mission of educating girls as a means to change the world.

Rent the Runway


Jenny Fleiss

@Jenny_RTRrenttherunway.com

Jenny is President and co-founder of Rent the Runway and leads the company’s Business Development.

She is a member of the New York Economic and Development Corporation and of the Young Entrepreneurs Council, and currently resides in New York City with her husband and daughter.

Rent The Runway

Rent the Runway


Latham Thomas

@GlowMavenmamaglow.com

Latham is a maternity lifestyle expert.

She is Founder of Mama Glow, a holistic wellness practice for expectant and new moms.

She is mom to 9 year-old DJ Fulano.

Mama Glow

Bloomingdale’s


Bernadette Catrabone

aammds.org

Bernadette is a homemaker and mother of three.

She is a recent “Aplastic Anemia” Bone Marrow Transplant Survivor who is committed to the AAMDS Foundation and the National “Be the Match” Bone Marrow Campaign.

She also actively supports the “Neighborhood Art House” whose mission is to expose visual, performing and literary arts to at-risk children in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Laundry by Shelli Segal


Kerri Gristina

@SavvyMomNYCraisingthreesavvyladies.com

SavvyMomNYC

Kerri is a mom to three beautiful girls and writes about her journeys with them at Raising Three Savvy Ladies.

In addition to being a social media mom, Kerri is a full time elementary school teacher in Westchester, NY.

Rent the Runway


Lucy Sykes

@lucy_sykesrenttherunway.com

Lucy is the Fashion Director for Rent the Runway.

She is involved in the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s Stand Up For Heroes events.

And she lived in the West Village with her husband and two sons.

Rent The Runway

Rent the Runway


Margeaux CareyRebecca Martin’s daughter

P.S. from Aéropostale and FabKids.com

Denise Albert’s niece

Amanda and Sydney Albert


Melissa Lanz

@melissalanzthefresh20.com

Melissa is the Founder of the Fresh 20.

She is a family health and happiness advocate for charity joinFTE.

Melissa is helping families get back to the dinner table.

The Fresh 20

Bloomingdale’s


Karen Klopp

@What2WearWherewhat2wearwhere.com/blog

Karen is the Founder of digital retail boutique and blog What2WearWhere

She is a writer, documentary film producer, life-long conservationist, traveler, board member for various organizations, chair of countless events and wife and mother of three.

Karen has participated in almost every kind of event that a woman experiences in her life.

What2WearWhere

Rent the Runway


Gigi Lee Chang

@gigileechanghealthychildhealthyworld.com

Gigi is CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World.

Gigi is also the Founder of the leading organic baby & kids food brand, Plum Organics.

Rent the Runway


Chrysula Winegar

@chysulawhenyouwakeupamother.com

Chrysula is communications consultant and community manager for the United Nations Foundation’s Million Moms Challenge

She is also a Shot@Life Champion for global vaccines.

Chrysula blogs on changing the world at “When You Wake Up A Mother.”

When You Wake Up A Mother

Bloomingdale’s


Erika KatzBonding Over Beauty

@bondoverbeautybondingoverbeauty.com

Erika is author of Bonding Over Beauty and proud mother of two.

She is also Creator of the Bffl Bag gifting program for breast cancer patients at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

Barbour


Stone AbramsonErika Katz’s son

P.S. from Aéropostale


Divya GugnaniSend The Trend

@dugnanisendthetrend.com

Divya started her business career in Investment Banking at Goldman!Sachs and then moved on to private equity and venture capital at!Investcorp International and FirstMark Capital. Currently, she runs!Send the Trend (www.sendthetrend.com) which offers!curated fashion accessories and beauty for women online. Send the Trend was acquired by QVC in February 2012.

Divya advises several startups and established brands. She appears regularly on MSNBC: Your Business, NBC!Weekend Today and NBC Nonstop. She has also been a guest on FOX &!FRIENDS and has been featured in The New York Times, BusinessWeek,!TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Deal, Crains,!among several other publications. Divya contributes to The Huffington!Post, TODAYshow.com, Daily Beast, MSN's Glo, The Nest Magazine and!Woman's World. She is the author of the book Sexy Women Eat: Secrets!to Eating What You Want and Still Looking Fabulous, published by!HarperCollins.

Divya was honored as a 2010 Game Changer by The New York Enterprise!Report and will be receiving an award as one of the Top 50 Outstanding!Asian Americans in business. Additionally, Divya is on the Board of!Directors for New York Entrepreneur Week, a non-profit movement formed!around a single belief: entrepreneurs change the world. She also!enjoys teaching entrepreneurs at The Founder Institute.

In addition to a B.S. from!Cornell!University!and an M.B.A. from!Harvard!Business!School, Divya holds a degree from the French Culinary!Institute.

Rent the Runway


http://www.sendthetrend.com/

http://www.sendthetrend.com/

Kathleen Tullie

@kathleentulliebokskids.com

As founder and executive director of BOKS, Kathleen is passionate about providing opportunities for kids to learn healthy habits one of which is regular physical activity and knowing that MOMS can lead the change in brining opportunities to kids everywhere.

Boks Kids

Barbour


Tonia Sanders

@thechattymomthechattymom.com

Tonia is the mom behind The Chatty Momma and mother to two daughters, Isabella and Gabriella, and a husband named Ryan.

She volunteers at several non-profit organizations.

The Chatty Mom

Bloomingdale’s


David Kirsch

@DavidKirschdavidkirschwellness.com

David Kirsch Wellness

David Kirsch is the celebrated trainer, best-selling author, innovator of One of a Kind Supplements!®, founder of the Madison Square Club in New York City, and a single father to his 3-year-old twin daughters, Emilia and Francesca. His accomplishments over the last two decades have established him as one of the most respected fitness experts in the world. David has always believed that nutrition plays a major part in one's overall wellness and has used the same philosophy in raising his daughters.

Bloomingdale’s


Emilia and FrancesaDavid Kirsch’s children

FabKids.com


Larysa Didio

@LarisyaDidiolarysadidio.com

Larysa is a celebrity trainer and author of Sneaky Fitness.

She believes that every child should have the opportunity to be empowered by the physical activity and the positive community that surrounds it. She launched the Most Awesome Race where 5% of every race profit is donated to a kids health charity.

She is also partnered with Minor League Baseball to offer families fitness through baseball with “Fitness on the Field.”

New Balance

Larysa Fitness Concepts


Shari Brooks

New Balance

@myjudythefoodiemyjudythefoodie.com

Shari has spent 15 years in the television industry as a marketing guru at E! Television Networks and MTV Networks before she decided to embrace motherhood full time.

When her mother, Judy died of breast cancer, Shari, decided to “stumble through” her mother’s famed recipe collection, teach herself to cook, connect with her mother’s legacy while raising money for breast cancer research.

She writes about food, cooking and family at MyJudytheFoodie.com

My Judy the Foodie


Devi ThomasUN Foundation Shot@Life

@devithomasshotatlife.org

Devi is Director of the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign that works to provide life-saving vaccines to children in developing countries through organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

She is a passionate believer in global health causes and works with her team to end preventable childhood deaths against diseases like polio, measles, diarrhea and pneumonia.

She is gearing up to launch her new blog Cause Mom.

Rent the Runway


GYSargent Stephanie Borges

Stephanie is a full-time United States Marine, wife and mother of four.

She is the Aviation Supply Chief, in charge of over 50 Marines and a warehouse with millions of dollars of aviation equipment.

She loves teaching her kids that freedom is not handed to anyone and letting her girls see you can put on lip gloss and combat boots at the same time.

The United States Marine Corp

Bloomingdale’s


Stephanie McMahon

@wwemomswwe.com

Stephanie McMahon is the EVP of Creative at WWE, an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. She is responsible for overseeing the creative development of all WWE broadcast television (TV-PG), including WWE’s new Saturday morning kids show Saturday Morning Slam (TV-G), pay-per-view events, digital, social media and mobile content. Stephanie is also the corporate face of WWE's be a STAR anti-bullying program; a member of the Board of Directors for the USO Metropolitan Washington; and was recognized as one of the "Most Powerful Women in Cable" by CableFAX magazine in 2009 & 2011. She is the daughter of CT Senate hopeful Linda McMahon and the Chairman/CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon; wife of WWE Superstar Triple H; and proud mother of three little girls 6, 4, and 2.

WWE Moms

Rent the Runway


Casey Santiago

@kanguorgkangu.org

Kangu

Founder of Kangu.org, a crowdfunding website that expands life-saving health services to pregnant women around the world.

A graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia Business School.

Worked previously at Kiva.org and Deloitte, delivering microfinance and health services to women in Africa, Asia and the Middle Est. Casey’s husband and two kids inspire her daily.

Rent the Runway


Jeanette Simon

@ppwyncpilatesproworks.com

Pilates ProWorks

Jeanette is the owner of Pilates ProWorks’ New York Studio and mother to eight month old Dylan Rose.

Her studio helps women stay healthy with hardcore Pilates, Barre & TRX workouts, but the class closest to her heart is their exclusive Mommy & Me Pilates equipment class that allows new moms to get in shape with their babies.

Rent the Runway


Joyce ShulmanMacaroni Kid

@macaronihqmacaronikid.com

Joyce is CEO of Macaroni Kid, a company devoted to enriching communities and empowering moms.

She is a mom of two.

Bloomingdale’s


Melanie Fascitelli

@Closetteclos-ette.com

Melanie is President and Creative Director of Clos-ette and Clos-ette Too.

She is also the author of the closet guide book entitled “ShopYour Closet: The Ultimate Guide to Organizing Your Closet with Style.”

And a proud mother to son, Charlie.

Clo-sette

Rent the Runway


Jane ParkJulep

@JulepMavenjulep.com

Jane is CEO and Founder of Julep and runs the Powered by Girlfriends program

Jane is working to end human trafficking.

Bloomingdale’s


Carley Roney

@carleyroneyXOgroup.com

Carley is co-founder of XO Group, Inc., a global media and technology leader devoted to weddings, pregnancy and everything in between.

Carley frequently works with female empowerment groups such as Step Up Women’s Network and is an active supporter of the Sophia Academy, a private middle school for girls from low-income families, in her home state of Rhode Island.

XO Group

Rent the Runway


Melanie Berliner

@ingridandisabelingridandisable.com

Ingrid and Isabel

Ingrid and Isabel

Melanie is Founder of Dresdale designer consignment, an online consignment.

She actively supports Boston Children’s Hospital and the American Federation ofPolice and Concerned Citizens.

She is currently 34 weeks pregnant with her first child.


Amanda Poses and daughter Addison

@fillrupnycfill-r-up.com

Fill-R-Up

Amanda Poses, the top designer for creative and unique gifts, is the founder of fill-r-up, a NY boutique and website specializing in!personalized gifts!and!custom!gift ideas. !An avid supporter of nonprofits, Amanda previously teamed with Jessica Seinfeld on her Baby Buggy Crib Drive to help provide cribs to mothers in need. Amanda currently works with other organizations including the Family Advisory Council at Komansky Center for Children's Health at New York Weil Cornell Hospital. Amanda, who grew up in New Jersey, currently lives on the Upper East Side with her husband and two children.

Ramy Brook and FabKids.com


Lisa Sharkey

@LisaSharkeyharpercollins.com

Harper Collins

Lisa is Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development for HarperCollins Publishers.

She sits on the board of ThinkKids and the Flawless Foundation.

Lisa is author of Dreaming Green: Eco-Fabulous Homes Designed to Inspire.

Rent the Runway


Carey Socol

@csocolcrowdrise.com/careysrun4emc

Carey is Director of College Guidance at Little Red Elisabeth Irwin High School.

She is a 50 State Marathoner raising money for Christy Turlington’s “Every Mother Counts” organization.

She has completed 23 marathons in 15 states with two more on the calendar for this year.

Bloomingdale’s

Rent the Runway


Lisa Rinna

@lisarinnalisarinna.com

Lisa Rinna is a driven and successful !mother, wife, actress and business woman.

Her long time love of fashion resulted in the creation of her own line, Belle Gray by

Lisa Rinna, which is brought to consumers through QVC.

Lisa has skillfully mastered the balance between her personal life and her busy career.

Jay Godfrey


Wendy Williams

@wendywilliamswendyshow.com

Mother, wife and best-selling author Wendy Williams burst onto the national talk show scene in July 2009 with the launch of the!nationally-syndicated weekday program, “The Wendy Williams Show.” Called a “breakthrough in daytime” by!The New York Times, “The Wendy Williams Show,” which airs in 52 countries, and is now in its third season, has just been renewed on Fox through 2014.

“The Wendy Williams Show” is the!provocative, must-see daytime talk show. Taped live in New York, viewers delight over Williams’ distinctive and entertaining personality, as well as a diverse mix of interviews with celebrity guests from television, film, music and sports. Popular segments include “Ask Wendy,” during which she offers real advice to audience members looking for solutions to problems, and “Hot Topics,” in which she delivers her own!unpredictable, honest, authentic and opinionated take!on the juiciest headlines.


Style by Blaire Rabenhorst, Visual Merchandiser and Lead Stylist of Rent the Runway

Blaire Rabenhorst


DJ Fulano

Working the turntables for the show is nine year old DJ Fulano


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