San Francisco Fashion Week ® 2012: Building the Sewn Products Infrastructure in San Francisco. Presented by Janet Lees, Senior Director of SFMade and Chair of Mayor Ed Lee’s FashionSF Initiative 09/27/12

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  • San Francisco Fashion Week ® 2012: Building the Sewn Products Infrastructure in San Francisco. Presented by Janet Lees, Senior Director of SFMade and Chair of the Mayor’sFashionSF Initiative. Sponsored by: Stylet.ag
  • Topic: Building A Stronger Apparel Sector
  • When: Sept. 27th, 2012, Thurs, 6:00-9:00pm
  • Where: NextSpace, 28 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105
  • RSVP: $10 both online and at the door
  • Who should attend: botique owners, retailers, fashion designers, fashion startups, business owners, fashion designers, enterpreneurs, app developers, students,
  • RSVP HERE:  http://sanfranciscofashionweek092712.eventbrite.com/
  • SEE WEEK’s EVENT CALENDAR HERE

About JANET LEES:

Janet Lees played a lead role in launching SFMade and has been with the organization since its inception. As SFMade’s Senior Director, Janet oversees SFMade’s educational programming, the Local Retail/Brand platform, workforce programs, and the organization’s marketing communications strategy. Janet also oversees the City of San Francisco’s Fashion SF initiative. Janet has over 20 years of experience in small business, workforce, and economic development. Prior to SFMade, Janet served as Program Director at Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, a position she held for over 10 years. Under Janet’s leadership the Renaissance Center became the first and only organization in the Bay Area to provide industry specific support to apparel entrepreneurs, expanded its footprint to operate in three Bay Area locations, and received numerous national awards for program innovation and excellence. Throughout her career, Janet has demonstrated a particular interest in supporting artisanal manufacturing and crafts people. She has worked with hundreds of small manufacturing businesses, including her husband’s modern furniture company, Jason Lees Design. Janet was nominated in 2009 for the Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Advocate of the Year Award, currently serves as a mayoral appointee to the Workforce Investment San Francisco Board, and is Co-Chair of the City of San Francisco’s FashionSF Initiative. Janet is a regular speaker at local, national and international conferences and symposiums on urban manufacturing and economic development. A native of the UK, Janet studied English Literature, History and Politics at the University of Newcastle- Upon-Tyne, UK.