We're honored to welcome the following speakers to the inaugural Global Footwear and Apparel Traceability Summit taking place in Portland, Oregon, October 17-18, 2024. More to be added soon!
Keynote Speakers
![Noel Kinder](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_medium/public/2024-08/spm-gfat-kinder-0824.jpg?h=af396fa1&itok=U2NLogzL)
Noel Kinder is a thought leader in global sustainability and has more than 20 years of experience in general management, strategic planning, supply chain management, and government relations.
Kinder most recently served as Nike's Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) where he led Nike's "Move to Zero" strategy and integrated sustainability across functions, resulting in Nike's recognition as an industry leader in sustainability.
Prior to the CSO role, Kinder served as Vice President of Sustainable Manufacturing and Sourcing, and before that as general manager of Nike Vietnam LLC, one of the company's largest sourcing countries, in which he was responsible for all manufacturing operations and represented Nike as the country's largest indirect employer to the Vietnamese government.
He has served as a member of the New York Stock Exchange Sustainability Advisory Council and currently advises Collab Fund and Greenplaces.
Kinder holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Oregon and a master's degree in business from Portland State University. He is fluent in Spanish.
![Felicia M. Pullam](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_medium/public/2024-08/spm-gfat-pullam-0824.jpg?h=4a87b7dd&itok=jVtXskMd)
Felicia Pullam was appointed to serve as the Executive Director of the Office of Trade Relations at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2021. She leads a team that acts as CBP's primary point of contact for private sector and stakeholder engagement, while also serving as an advisor to the Commissioner.
Pullam has worked on trade issues from both the state and federal perspective: she has served at the Delaware Department of State, the Maryland Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
During the Obama Administration, Pullam helped steer SelectUSA, a presidential initiative housed within Commerce, through a high-pressure start-up phase to promote the United States as the leading global destination for foreign direct investment. Pullam was then appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials, where she managed three offices to analyze and implement trade policy covering a large swath of the global economy.
Outside of government service, Pullam was recently the Director of Strategy at the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Earlier in her career, she spent nearly a decade in China, leading the Asia regional corporate responsibility and sustainability practice for APCO Worldwide. She got her start as a Princeton in Asia Fellow, followed by a yearlong adventure as the tutor and translator for actress Zhang Ziyi. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University.
Event Panelists
Dave Kelley's 24 years at Nike Inc. spanned a wide set of functions, including sports marketing and sales, but focused primarily on end-to-end supply chain management, including footwear materials management, manufacturing, product creation, distribution and logistics, and manufacturing innovation. During his time with Nike, Kelley spent three years working in Vietnam and three years working in The Netherlands.
After retiring in 2018, Kelley started his own consulting firm, Zefyr Solutions LLC, which focuses on optimizing supply chains in the footwear and apparel industries. He also teaches for the UO Sports Product Management program and serves on a variety of industry advisory boards. Outside of work, Dave is passionate about advocating for improving the lives of individuals living with Autism.