Past event: May, 10, 2017

UC Davis Department of Design of the College of Letters and Science and the UC Davis Graduate School of Management present the inaugural UC Davis Alberini Family Speaker Series in Design featuring Carlos Alberini, CEO, Lucky Brand and Kin Ying Lee, Chief Creative Officer, Lucky Brand. The event will take place in Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, May 10.

“The Power of Strategy, Design and Brand Transformation”

Networking Reception, 6 p.m.
Presentation, 7 p.m.

Carlos Alberini, Chair and Chief Executive Officer (Co-owner), joined Lucky Brand in February 2014. He formerly headed Restoration Hardware as co- chief executive officer and director (2010-2014) and led Guess? Inc. as president and chief operating officer (2000-2010). Mr. Alberini also served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Footstar, Inc. (1996-200) and as vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Melville Corporation (1995-1996). 

Kin Ying Lee, Chief Creative Officer, joined Lucky Brand in August 2014 as executive vice president and chief creative officer. She previously served as vice president of design for Madewell by J.Crew (2005-2013) and was design director at Ruehl, Hollister Co. and Abercrombie and Fitch (1999-2005).