INNOVATOR, STRATEGIST, DESIGNER, AND IMPACT ADVOCATE. Megan Simmons is a sustainable design and impact strategist, who collaborates with a purpose driven narrative. Having worked with brands, social enterprises, and the fashion industry, she operates to implement positive impact and profitable ESG practices within organizations. Her focus is on circularity solutions, regenerative and materials innovation, supply chain technologies, advancing transparency within the value chain, and human rights.
Megan believes in the ethos that values based leadership is the foundation for progressive and fundamental initiatives towards constructive change, and the goal for the common good. Her work towards creating a triple bottom line for business practices pushes organizations towards longevity and viability, creating sustainable improvements for both people and planet.
With an array of experience, Megan has been afforded the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding in both environmental and social sustainable operations. Having worked with both brands and suppliers, she has focused her career around business expansion and processes within the supply chain to promote brand growth. With her expertise in leadership roles of international design and development, she continues to build partnerships towards sustainable solutions for companies looking to form collaborations for long term impactful results. Along with that, Megan also works to bring circularity initiatives to organizations at all points within the value chain through ideation, design and development, business models and strategy, and human centered design frameworks.
Specializing in structuring goal-oriented teams and focusing on motivational mentorship, Megan is a resourceful leader looking to continuously blend her creative strengths with her strong business acumen across multi-functional teams. She believes purposeful connections lay the groundwork for any organization to thrive.
Megan holds a Master’s of Science degree in Impact-Focused Business and Investing from Glasgow Caledonian University’s campus in New York, where she was awarded the Fair Fashion Center’s fellowship scholarship for the university’s sustainability focused program. She also holds degrees in Science from the University of Oregon and Apparel Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.