Marisa Gardini
CEO, Prosper Brands
Ms. Gardini serves as the Managing Partner and CEO of Prosper Brands. She was the former Managing Partner and CEO of Isaac Mizrahi, the award-winning luxury and RTW designer. Ms. Gardini launched the first designer collaboration with Target Corporation, which paved the way for other high / low designer collaborations. Ms. Gardini also relaunched Liz Claiborne with Isaac Mizrahi as Creative Director to drive relaunch with mid-tier US and international retail. Additionally, Ms. Gardini launched Isaac Mizrahi with QVC to create the largest apparel brand on QVC to date, and formed BCL-ED, LLC, a partnership with Ellen DeGeneres, which to date has generated over $500M in cumulative sales. Collectively, the brands Ms. Gardini works with generate approximately $1 billion in sales at Walmart.