Name: Kelly Hoey
Expertise: Connector, Strategic advisor to NewsCertified Exchange and The Foundation for Social Change, Pipeline Fund Fellow. 
Location: New York

Interests: the arts, triple bottom line companies, entrepreneurship, mentoring and sponsoring women founders.

Background: Middle child. Transplanted Canadian. Former attorney. Hockey Fan. Shoeaholic.

Why did you curate the Parachute Argentine Leather Handbags and what do you love about them? Timeless styling and gorgeous leather from Argentina - what could be more perfect? Ralston is the handbag you can’t keep your hands off as soon as you touch it and their classic styling means the bag becomes a signature wardrobe accessory.  

Favorite meal: Tojo’s Marinated Tuna (Vancouver, B.C.)

Recent purchase: The Hepburn Dress from The Carlisle Collection

Hidden talent: I am June Cleaver. I can cook, sew, garden and iron.

Book/film recommendation: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Restaurant recommendation: The Grand Dame of New York French restaurants (and where I was married), La Grenouille.

If I had $20, I’d… : give it to someone who really needed it.

Transformative travel experience: One word - Tuscany.

Favorite neighborhood: I’ll let you know when I find it!

Dream holiday: Sailing around the Greek Islands.

If I could solve one problem, it would be: valuing and respecting girls

I wish people cared more about: adding value and leaving things better than they found them.

Recent big aha!: My big aha! was taking my professional destiny into my own hands. 

The world would be a better place if: more people were fearless and colored outside the lines.