Yale Sustainable Fashion Alumni Panel and Networking
Moving the Needle (MTN), Yale’s sustainable fashion initiative, invites you to the Yale Sustainable Fashion Alumni Panel and Career Guide Launch Celebration!
March 24th, 2026
12:00–3:00 PM
Kroon Hall, Yale School of the Environment
12:00–1:00 PM | Alumni Panel
Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall
Join four Yale alumni working across sustainable fashion, supply chains, circular economy, and social enterprise. Each speaker will reflect on their time at Yale, their professional journey, and how they built careers in sustainable fashion and related fields.
Panelists:
Rachel Kramer ’12 - Executive Director, CPALI & Tanana Madagascar - A social enterprise leader advancing regenerative textiles, agroforestry, and community-based innovation in Madagascar.
Anna Gross - Founder & CEO, GeoEmergence - A supply chain sustainability strategist using digital twin technology to map environmental, social, and geopolitical risk across global value chains.
Ali Golden – Director, Strategic Relationships, TerraCycle - Works at the intersection of brands, logistics, and circular systems to scale solutions for hard-to-recycle materials.
Madeline X – Product Sustainability Manager, Footwear, New Balance – Embeds science-based climate strategy into footwear product creation, translating Scope 3 targets, and materials innovation.
1:00–3:00 PM | Speed Networking and Career Guide Launch
Kroon Knob, Kroon Hall
Connect directly with alumni, students, faculty, professionals, and practitioners in sustainable fashion. We will also celebrate the launch of MTN’s Sustainable Fashion Career Guide, created to support students exploring careers in this space!
Food and drinks will be provided at both sessions.
Open to students, faculty, professionals, and anyone interested in sustainable fashion.
Please reach out with any questions. We hope to see you there!