Bob Bland

Bob Bland is a mother of 2 young daughters, a fashion designer, international speaker + advocate for domestic manufacturing, sustainable supply chains and design entrepreneurship education. She is also a women’s rights activist and one of the National Co-Chairs of the Women's March on Washington. On January 21st, 2017, over 5 million people marched worldwide in a historic, unapologetically women-led demonstration- the largest single day protest in U.S. history.

For her work on the Women’s March, she has received numerous awards including Forbe’s 50 World's Greatest Leaders, Time 100's Most Influential People, Glamour’s Women of the Year Award and Working Mother Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Moms.

She served as Co-President & Board Member of Women's March, a 501(c)4 nonprofit social + political advocacy organization, co-founding and building this movement alongside some of the most passionate and visionary women of our era. The mission of Women’s March is to harness the power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. We've already seen an impact in the 2018 Midterm Elections, when a historic wave of women took office at the local, state + national level- many inspired to leadership + action by their experience with the Women’s Marches or subsequent actions. Women’s March continues to grow and evolve as a movement of nonviolent resistance, committed to dismantling systems of oppression and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity and respect.

Previously Ms. Bland was an established entrepreneur, speaker and advocate with 15 years’ experience in the fashion + manufacturing industries. Her previous social enterprise, Manufacture New York, remains at the essence of a foundational rework of our economies that will allow creatives, manufacturers, their families + communities to thrive. MNY served as a case study at The United Nations, in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Seoul, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and NYC.