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The Myers’ grand kids:

Brinley on the left and Briggs, “the little
linebacker” as John calls him, on the right.

Dan’s son, Charlie, on
the first day of daycare!

Career Transition Update

ONE CANDIDATE’S JOURNEY FROM

HAPPY MEALS TO HAPPY CLOTHES

By Christine Nowicki

When coaching people in transi- tion Services. I met Chris as she na, Hong Kong, and Brazil.
tion, we often hear that they transitioned out of HAVI as the
The reason that background is
“want to make a change,” “do Senior Vice President, Global
important is that Chris is now
something meaningful,” “leave Managing Director for Happy
the Managing Director at Mata
corporate America,” or “work for Meal. She oversaw and directed
Traders. a $4 million, 20 employ-
a company that has a great vi- all global business unit functions
ee fair trade fashion company.
sion or mission.” These thoughts for the design, development,
As a global movement, fair trade
and ideas often become reality procurement, and manufacture
brings attention to people
for some; one such person is of nearly one billion electronic,
around the world who work un-
Chris Bullock-Goetz. plastic, and plush toys annually,
der exploitative conditions and
distributed in 120 countries and
Chris has been a long-term client highlights the true costs of goods
valued at $400 million. She man-
of Kensington’s, both from the in global supply chains. W-O-
aged 10 direct reports and was
buyer’s side of Leadership Devel- W….talk about walking the walk!
responsible for team of 200+ in
opment services and then as a
London, Chicago, Argentina, Chi- So how did this transition occur?
candidate of our Career Transi-
Well of course, through great
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