Rachel Roy

Rachel Roy is the founder of her eponymous brand and a tireless activist for using your voice to encourage change and design the life you want to live. The Rachel Roy brand debuted in 2004, and for more than a decade has been inspiring women to lead individual and limitless lives through courage, conviction and change. In addition to running her successful brand, Roy is a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship and philanthropy, and has shared her story and experiences at forums ranging from the White House to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women conference. Roy nurtures young design talent globally through her work with the Woolmark Prize, Who’s Next/Vogue Mexico and CFDA incubator programs. Roy has been recognized by the Accessories Council with an ACE Award, as well as Mattel’s 10 Women to Watch and Vanity Fair’s Best-Dressed List. She has been a contributing columnist to The Huffington Post and InStyle magazine. Roy founded Kindness Is Always Fashionable as an entrepreneurial philanthropic platform to help women artisans around the world create sustainable income for their families and communities through design projects.