Alumni

Watch Alumna Charcy Evers’ Tedx Talk on The Cultural Currency of Meaning

Charcy Evers graduated from GCNYC in April 2021 with a MS in Business for Social Impact and Sustainability.  Her thesis focused on the currency of meaning and toxic positivity in American culture.⁠ She adapted her master’s research and presented ‘The Cultural Currency of Meaning’ at TEDxWilmington in January 2022. Click here to watch.

Career Updates from Alumni

We’re so excited to share the latest career updates from our incredible alumni! Beto Bina Beto leads Veja’s sourcing and innovation and is also the co-founder of FarFarm, which builds regenerative supply chain networks across agriculture and agroforestry. LinkedIn Profile See Beto’s feature in Cotton Diaries Mallory Scott  Scott gains promotion as Senior Luxury Manager …

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Alumna Career Promotion: Mallory Scott

Congratulations to GCNYC alumna Mallory Scott on her promotion as Senior Account Luxury Manager at The Real Real. We are proud of you! Click here to visit her LinkedIn page.

Alumni Spotlight: Kiki Van Son

  After graduating, Kiki served as the Digital Director for the Center for Humane Technology where she focused on mobilizing people to take action and reimagine 21st-century digital infrastructure that supports wellbeing, democracy, and our shared information environment after the release of the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. She’s now writing the rules of advertising as the …

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Alumni Spotlight: Megan Meiklejohn

  Megan Meiklejohn is a GCNYC graduate (’20) and SVP, Supply Chain Innovation – Land to Market Program at Savory Institute focusing on accelerating the use of regeneratively grown materials across the industry. Click here to read more of Megan’s full featured story with WWD where she is talking about her passion for regenerative agriculture and the need for …

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Alumni Spotlight: Shanley Knox

Shanley Knox is a GCNYC graduate (’18), brand strategist, and social entrepreneur focused on building labor unions as a digital service in the global south. Her podcast discusses dismantling a business on the cusp on success, a dangerous bias around meaningful work, and the audacious hope of building something new.   Podcast Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/36GlbmO8zlDVR0QdPujk9b   …

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Alumni Spotlight: Peju Onile-Ere

Peju Onile-Ere is the host and producer of the BadassFabulous Podcast, which takes a courage-based approach to wholeness, mental wellbeing, and how to go from a beautiful mess to fabulous glory. Peju is a social impact advocate, vision strategist, and intuitive writer and she has fourteen years of experience working in the fashion and eCommerce …

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Check out GCNYC Alumnus Dami!

Dami Adepoju is the founder of Fini Shoes and graduated from GCNYC in June 2019. He was recently featured in Footwear News! Check out the article below: Black Business Spotlight: Why Closing Its Store Was a Good Move for Fini Shoes (Image courtesy of Fini Shoes)

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