“I had this big picture of who I should be, based on other people’s ideas.”

Kimberly Lee Minor

Kimberly Lee Minor, CEO of Bumbershoot and WOC Retail Alliance, shared the story behind her title with us on February 28, 2024.

Kimberly is an accomplished executive with an impeccable record of building brands and developing strategies to keep business competitive and nimble. An executive member of leading domestic and international retailers and brand organizations, Minor is currently the President and Chief Commercial Officer at Bandier, the premier retailer destination for luxury athletic and athleisure fashion, where she oversees the direction of design, multi-channel merchandising, marketing, production, sourcing, and human resources.

Her personal passions bring people and ideas together for inclusive engagement, creating safe spaces for community connection and personal growth for everyone, the arts, and continuous learning.

SUE SAYS

I sit down with Kimberly Lee Minor, CEO of WOC Retail Alliance, to talk about the high expectations her parents had for her, the special relationship she had with her grandmother, wanting to be Oprah and having a nervous breakdown in an airport.