Welcome to the 2026 SPESA
Advancements Conference!
Attendees
Mariano Amezcua, President, KARL MAYER North America
Apurba Banerjee, Textile Research Scientist
Daniel Berzack, President, SPEC
Aditi Bhatiya, Founder, Passport 2 Fashion
Carrie Bovender, CEO, Grand Forest Inc.
Joe Brim, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Janae Brown, Operations Manager, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Mitch Cahn, President, Unionwear
Ambar Campos, Director of Industry and Member Relations, SPESA
Ricardo Carranca, R&D Director, Mind SA
David Castillo, Manufacturing Engineer, National Safety Apparel
Alex Clemetson, Head of Development, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Todd Corley, Chief People and Impact Officer, Carhartt
Cathie Coyle, SR. Technical Associate Engineer, Beaufort
Marie D'Avignon, VP of Operations, SPESA
Alyson Demirdjian, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce
Martin DiBattista, President, Better Team USA Corp
James Doherty, Automation Consultant, Autometrix
Denise Falter-Conklin, Founder & CEO, Columbus Apparel Studio
Valentina Filote, Director of Manufacturing, National Safety Apparel
Betsy Franjola, CEO & Founder, Hocking Hills Garment Center
Kelsey Gambrell, Senior Operations Manager, Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley
Lisa Goldsand, Founder, Circular Thrift LLC
Brian Grabowski, VP of Manufacturing, National Safety Apparel
Bo Graham, Brand Accounts Regional Manager, American & Efird Thread
David Handal, General Manager, AGENCIA JE HANDAL SA DE CV
Tyler Harris, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Mark Hatton, President Threads Americas, American & Efird
Frank Henderson, Owner & President, Henderson Sewing Machine Company
Xochil Herrera, President/Founder, The Chicago Pattern Maker
Justin Hershoran, Senior Solutions Architect, Aptean
Aimee Heuschkel, Marketing Director, Lectra
Jonathan Hussing, Manufacturing Engineer, Beaufort
Jackie Hutson, Co-Founder, The Sourcing Gals
Diane Hyams, Director Of Operations, Columbus Apparel Studio
George Indelli, Senior Manager, Source America
Carlos Jimenez, Sales Specialist, Lectra
Ruoming Jin, CEO, iLambda, Inc
Greg Jira, Group Show Director, Messe Frankfurt Inc
Jan Kellogg, President, Columbus Canvas Products
Amanda Kruk, Vice President of Business Services, Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley
Roberto Mangual, CEO & Co-Founder, Avantex
Glenn Mattison, Senior Account Executive, Aptean
Shailah Maynard, Co-Founder & CEO, Sew Valley
Michael Mayr, Founder & COO, silana GmbH
Shannon McCarthy, Head of Business Development, Datatex
Maggie McDonald, VP of Communications, SPESA
Michael McDonald, President, SPESA
Timothy McMorris, President, Community Manufacturing Solutions
Sasianna Meadows, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Jo Miller, Apprenticeship Coordinator, South Central Ohio Workforce Partnership
Glenn Moore, Business Development Manager, Nordson Corporation
Audrey Myers, Executive Advisor, CreateMe Technologies, Inc.
Cam Myers, Founder/CEO, CreateMe Technologies, Inc.
Jen Patterson, Principal, Co-Founder, Mango Consulting, LLC
Truy Pham, VP of Sales and Strategy, Autometrix
TIffany Piko, Community Outreach Partner, Future Plans
Rachael Pinckney, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Rita Rammohan, Brand Manager, Avery Dennison
John Randa, RSM, Zund
James Ryan, Business Development Manager, H. B. Fuller Company
Bryan Schreiber, Manager, Business Development | Air Cargo & Foreign-Trade Zone, Columbus Regional Airport Authority, Rickenbacker International Airport Authority
Rojika Sharma, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Erin Souder, Co-Fouder, The Sourcing Gals
Danielle Sullivan, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Madeleine Tepe Misleh, Co-Director of Operations, Sew Valley
Yohannan Terrell, Executive Director, Columbus Fashion Alliance
Casmir Usiatynski, Director Productivity Engineering, SourceAmerica
Lionel Vargas Cruz, VP Advanced Manufacturing & Innovation, ISAIC
Sarah-Maria Vischer-James, Technical Sewing Manager, Community Manufacturing Solutions
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