board spotlight: Emilie Rubinfeld
Emilie Rubinfeld -
President, Carolina Herrera, Ltd.
Emilie Rubinfeld has been a leader in luxury fashion for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has built brand marketing and communications strategy for iconic US and European based fashion houses.
Today, Emilie Rubinfeld is the Global President of Carolina Herrera – the New York-based luxury fashion brand internationally recognized for bold elegance and sophistication. Founded by the namesake designer in 1981, Carolina Herrera creates women’s luxury ready-to-wear and accessory collections distributed globally at over 200 points of sale.
As President, Emilie is leading the organization to be at the forefront women’s luxury fashion while building a thriving and enduring global brand for the future. Prior to the role of President, Emilie held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at the company. During her nearly two-decade career in fashion, Emilie has had senior marketing and communications roles at the US-subsidiary of Italian fashion brand, Giorgio Armani as well as the Swiss-based women’s luxury brand, Akris. Emilie is member of the Fashion and Luxury Council of NYU/Stern School of Business, supporter of Dress for Success, participating in fundraising efforts leading New York City Marathon teams, and was a founding member of the Social Justice Center Advisory Committee at FIT.
Throughout her career, she has been an active mentor to independent designers and emerging talent in the fashion industry – including participation in the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund as a business mentor. She is graduate of the University of Michigan with a Liberal Arts degree, majoring in Art History and Political Science.