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David Gallon
David Gallon is a marketing executive who leads brand and integrated marketing for Tory Burch, the New York luxury fashion house. He joined the company in 2016 and rose through digital, social, and brand roles to Chief Marketing Officer, North America. His path runs from local TV newsrooms to teen retail at Aeropostale and into luxury fashion, giving him a storyteller's instinct for how a brand shows up across social, e-commerce, and physical stores.
Heather Gruccio
Heather Salvatore Gruccio is Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer for Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor Factory, the KnitWell Group brands headquartered at 7 Times Square in New York. A Wake Forest communications graduate, she built her merchandising career over nine years at Coach, sharpened it in mid-luxury at Tory Burch, and joined Ann Taylor in 2016 as Senior Director of Merchandising for non-apparel. She moved up to Vice President of Merchandising in 2017, SVP and GMM in 2020, and was elevated to EVP and Chief Merchandising Officer in 2025 after leading a product-and-perception reset that turned a 70-year-old mall brand into a name fashion press started writing about again. Her thesis is unfussy: women still want to look pulled together, they just want to be comfortable while doing it, and heritage is an asset rather than a liability if you actually know how to cut a jacket.