Erica studied English and French at Barnard College of Columbia University . Upon graduation, Erica moved to San Francisco and trained with Gap Inc. in apparel production, planning and merchandising. Missing the energy of NYC, she took a job offer at J Crew where she worked as an apparel merchandiser for four years. She then transitioned into management consulting at A.T. Kearney. She saw consulting as an opportunity to implement high level st

Katie graduated from Colgate University with a double major in History and Religion. Upon graduation, she worked in operations at American Eagle. She later transitioned to J Crew where she worked in apparel merchandising for three years. Eager to enhance her strategy and analytic skills, she got her M.B.A. at Duke University. After Duke, she worked in management consulting at A.T. Kearney focusing on specialty retail.