Andrea Weiss

Ms. Weiss has had a thirty-year career in senior leadership with some of the world’s foremost retailers. She is the founder of The O Alliance, LLC and CEO of Retail Consulting Inc., a global consulting practice focused on the retail, e-commerce and consumer sector.

As part of her practice work, Ms. Weiss has provided both consulting services, operating expertise, and has the unique ability to step into a business as a “C”-level executive. Current and past clients include leading private equity firms such as BlackRock, CVC and L Catterton. In this role, she led as CEO, the turnaround of a Canadian retailer and was chairman of Grupo Cortefiel, (Madrid, Spain), which operates retail stores, e-commerce and franchises, in more than 70 countries. Ms. Weiss is a senior advisor to Latin America’s leading luxury retailer, El Palacio de Hierro and luxury silver firm, TANE. In addition, Ms. Weiss currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Red Apple Stores, a general merchandise retailer based in Toronto, Canada.

Prior to establishing her own consulting business, Ms. Weiss was President of the publically traded multi-channel teen retailer, dELiA*s (DLIA:NASDAQ), President of GUESS (GES:NYSE), Executive Vice President, Chief Stores Officer of L Brands (LB: NYSE), the parent of leading brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Bath and BodyWorks and Abercrombie and Fitch. Previously, she was Senior Vice President ANN TAYLOR and Director of Merchandising for The Walt Disney Company.

Currently, Ms. Weiss is a member of several public company boards including: Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY:NASDAQ), Cracker Barrel Restaurant (CBRL: NASDAQ), O’Reilly Auto Parts (ORLY: NASDAQ) and RPT Realty (RPT:NYSE). She also serves on the Board of The Fischer Company, a private real estate services and technology firm. Ms. Weiss is an advisor to leading technology firms, such as SAP, Zebra Technologies and TYCO Retail Solutions. Previously, Ms. Weiss served on the boards of Chicos FAS, Nutrisystem, Newgistics, Pep Boys, GSI Commerce, Brookstone and eDiets.

Ms. Weiss has opened many doors for women and minorities during her career and is proud to serve in the role as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hampton University and as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. As a philanthropist, Ms. Weiss, is the Chair of Delivering Good, a 501(c) 3 charity, listed as #83 on the Forbes Top 100 non-profits in the United States.