With close to 25 years of fashion merchandising, marketing, special event,  and advertising experience, Elisa Iacono-Mears officially joins the StyleWeek Providence team as Managing Director.  A graduate of Marymount University in Arlington, VA, Elisa found her passion for production, marketing and merchandising while working as an intern for Lesley Goring, PR in London, England.  Elisa is a native Rhode Islander who recently returned to the Ocean State after an established career in event production and fashion styling for May Corporation’s Hecht’s Department Stores in Arlington, VA and, more recently, as an advertising executive with Filene’s in Boston, MA. 

Elisa looks forward to applying her years of experience by aiding StyleWeek Providence in developing new and existing relationships to foster it’s growth and progress.