Meet the Team

Look at your clothes, your bags, almost any fabric you own - sewn. Sewn, most often by the de-valued hands of millions of Women of Color around the globe. While we cannot shift the entire global system, we can invest in people in our community and pay living wages and care for people the planet in the process. Our team works in tight collaboration, creating the products, training, upskilling makers, and threading purpose back into sewing.

Janay Brower
Founder & CEO

Jo-Anne Perkins
COO

Christine Cramer-Siembor
Product Development & Design Director

Alma Obande
Program Manager

Erica Millbrooks
Lead Sewing Instructor

Heather Holmes
Lead Sewist & Production Coordinator

Traci Richmond
Quality Manger

Heidi LePlante
Retail Manager

Sallie Bacon
Sewist

Zawadi Leya
Sewist

Alessandra Taranta
Sewist

Ricki Haller-Zamora
Sewist

Sarah Boersen
Sewist

Alyson Vitale
Sewist

Hristo Katsiouras
Public Relations Intern GVSU