SPEAKER RIDER Dr. Courtney A. Hammonds The Dean of Fashion™
POSITIONING
Hammonds operates where fashion, media, and higher education converge — not as disciplines in parallel, but as systems in conversation. His practice translates cultural intelligence into institutional strategy: culture to structure to execution, with academic rigor and industry fluency as the operating framework.
SIGNATURE PERSPECTIVE
Clarity is infrastructure. Alignment is strategy. Culture is data.
CORE DOMAINS
Cultural Strategy & Systems Thinking How institutions read culture — and convert it into decision-making architecture.
Fashion & Media Systems Fashion as infrastructure: media, identity, influence, and institutional power.
Higher Education & Creative Leadership Building academic environments that move at the velocity of industry and cultural change.
Talent, Identity & Organizational Design Structuring and scaling creative ecosystems for longevity.
AUDIENCE
Built for rooms where thought becomes execution.
Universities and academic institutions · Fashion councils and creative boards · Executive leadership teams · Global conferences and cultural summits · Media and innovation organizations
FORMATS
Keynotes · Executive Lectures · Institutional Workshops · Moderated Conversations · Strategic Advisory Sessions
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Senior Fashion Editor, Upscale Principal, CAH & Co. Consulting Group Professor, Capella University Academic Director, The Art Institute of Atlanta Host, Miss Universe St. Lucia Judge, Fashion Has No Borders Caribbean Designer Fund Contributor, Project Runway / Project Accessory
MEDIA
ABC · NBC · CBS · FOX · NPR · GQ · InStyle · WWD
PRACTICE
Atlanta · New York · Milan · Caribbean Remote engagements available where applicable.
ENGAGEMENTS
Engagements are curated, not collected. All requests are reviewed for institutional, academic, or cultural alignment.
If it cannot be structured, it cannot scale. If it cannot be understood, it cannot endure.
Booking & inquiries → connect@imdrcah.com