EVENTS

SUE KOLBAS - Executive Producer
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A graduate of LA's FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Sue tapped into her creative side and passion for travel early on in the fashion industry. From there, many successful years in real estate gave her the courage to elevate her career and landed her at Merrill Lynch as a Financial Advisor. A friend and mentor invited her to experience the inner workings of a global NGO where traveling around the world and giving back proved to be a pivotal moment in her life. That sparked the desire to create legacy projects that will have a lasting impact on communities, not only where she resides, but throughout the West. Sue is an avid hiker, skier, and fashionista. As an involved resident, Sue wishes to bring her skills and passion to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to preserve the cultural heritage of the West by highlighting a western aesthetic and sportswear event like no other.

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SUSAN STEIN - Creative Producer/Director

With over forty years of experience in the fashion and retail industries, Susan has gained an invaluable insider knowledge and cachet within these fields and has established much deserved recognition for her dependable expertise, creative strategies and delivering laudable results. Susan began her fashion career as a Fashion/Public Relations Director for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York and Connecticut. After relocating to the west coast, she served as acting director of the Saks Fifth Avenue Club in Beverly Hills before becoming director of the At Your Service department for Bloomingdale's, Los Angeles. In addition, Susan has been an instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles teaching the history of costume, merchandise trend analysis, promotions and marketing, and consumer behavior. As long-time Fashion and Scene Editor of Palm Springs Life Magazine and CreativeProducer/Director of Palm Springs Life's Fashion Week El Paseo in Palm Desert, CA, she has worked with their team to grow the event throughout its 18 years of existence to create the "biggest consumer fashion event on the west coast". Susan also produces fashion events for charities and has received various awards from philanthropic organizations as well as a nomination for the Palm Springs Walk of Stars for her work in the field of fashion.