SCHEDULE

9:00 am-12:00 pm Interviews for internships and permanent positions

Participating Companies Academy Sports + Outdoors Target Corporation Buckle Dillard’s H-E-B Kroger Macy’s blendSMART

12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Lunch Time

GUEST SPEAKERS

1:00 pm-1:55 pm Chris Goins - General Manager of Retail at MFAH Presentation title: “The Evolution of my Retail Career – Lifestyle, Fashion & Art” (Room 101)

2:00 pm-2:55 pm Timothy Bruns – Visual Merchandising Market Leader at Target Presentation title: “Target Style” (Room 103)

Chris Goins

Chris Goins has worked in the fashion and design industry for more than a decade, gaining experience in the luxury retail, home, beauty, and fashion markets. While completing a BS from the University of Houston

in Consumer Science and Merchandising, she began her career working as a buyer at Kuhl-Linscomb.

Recently appointed the General Manager of Retail for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston [as of July 2015], Goins previously served as the Store Director of the iconic luxury fashion retailer Tootsies in Houston. In addition to her retail obligations, Goins acted as a Guest Organizer for Texas Design Now, an exhibition on fashion and design that recently closed at CAMH, the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston. Inspired by intricate details, impeccable construction, and boundary-pushing designers who explore unexpected materials and movement, Goins has made a name for herself as one of Houston’s most-trusted sartorial experts as well as a strong leader in the Houston retail market.

Timothy Bruns Tim graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and completed both Finance & Political Science major at Trinity. After graduating Tim joined Abercrombie & Fitch as an Assistant Manager. Within one year Tim had his own store in San Antonio, and a year after that was promoted to District Manager covering stores across Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri & Arkansas. During this time the Hollister concept was growing very quickly and while in position he opened 4 new stores, including all stores in Arkansas. He managed this territory for 3 years.

After 5+ years with Abercrombie & Fitch he took on a District Manager position with Hot Topic covering the highest volume territory in the company. The position was based in Austin, TX and covered Austin, San Antonio & the Valley stores. After managing this territory for 2 years he was promoted to the Director of Stores position at the Hot Topic Inc. Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. This position covered both the Hot Topic & Torrid concepts and was responsible for all store operations for 900+ stores. During this time the company also opened a new concept called Blackheart that we built from the ground up. After 3 years in this position and 5+ years with Hot Topic, he took on a new challenge as Director of Stores of a small & aggressively growing women's fashion company based out of San Antonio called A'GACI. This past October Tim joined Target in the new and exciting position of Visual Merchandising Market Leader. In this position he covers store Visual Merchandising for the territory of Houston, Louisiana and the Valley.