“Carlene is a creative Manager with incredible vision, strong financial comprehension and a clear point of view. She is great at bringing groups together and solving problems. As a key player in large organizations, she’s led senior leaders and peers to align on critical strategies and decisions. She has extensive experience traveling internationally to survey markets and make assessments on product opportunities and risks. Carlene also thinks beyond the organization and stays connected with her community, adding a very human dimension to her work.”

— John Pien, Senior Director, Merchandising at Tommy Hilfiger

“Carlene is a bold merchant and has an incredibly analytical mind and a gut instinct when it comes to creating product that will sell well and make an impact to a consumer in any given environment. She has a studious mind and loves to dive deep into numbers to learn plus mixes that with her personal sense of style and trend knowledge in order to keep pushing the customer forward. I had the pleasure of working with Carlene at Gap Inc. where she was not only the right hand of the VP of Design, but the go-to person for the entire design team in regards to deadlines, change management, cross functional team meetings and special off-cycle projects. Carlene is an absolute asset and I would recommend her to any team where creative and inquisitive thinkers are needed.”

— Abbie De Castro, Denim at Gap Inc.