Episode 207: Solutionist – Hilary Jochmans
Hilary Françoise Jochmans is the founder of PoliticallyInFashion, a community for all those in fashion—designers, manufacturers, artisans, retailers, models, lawyers, reporters, consumers—to learn about legislative and regulatory issues of key importance to the industry.
The mission of PoliticallyInFashion is: EDUCATE. EMPOWER. ENGAGE.
PoliticallyInFashion seeks to EDUCATE individuals on public policy issues and the legislative process; and EMPOWER them with this knowledge; to then ENGAGE with elected representatives on how these issues impact companies and consumers.
Hilary is also the president of Jochmans Consulting LLC, a boutique government affairs practice based in Washington, D.C. Hilary worked in government and politics in both D.C. and New York. She served as the director of the New York State Governor’s Office in Washington and was the governor’s chief liaison with congressional leadership and the administration. Previously, Hilary spent a dozen years on Capitol Hill as senior legislative staff in both the House and Senate.
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BLUE CAST by TENCEL™, a podcast series created on Carved in Blue by the TENCEL™ denim team sharing in-depth talks to the denim community at large, and the Fashion Impact Fund, a charitable fund supporting women entrepreneurs to accelerate the fashion industry’s transition to an ecosystem that values people and planet, have collaborated on a special edition five-part podcast series named ‘Solutionist’ in honor of Women’s History Month.