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Cynthia Lee

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Head of Merchandising at ThredUp
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Cynthia Lee is the Head of Merchandising at ThredUp, leveraging over 15 years of expertise from leading consumer brands like StockX, eBay, and Sephora. She is committed to driving sustainable innovation in retail through the circular economy. She holds a Bachelors from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Outside of her corporate role, Cynthia is the founder of Corgi Con, a massive biannual gathering for corgi enthusiasts that started from meetups organized for her own famous Instagram corgi. She also serves as a board member for BAYCAT, a nonprofit dedicated to diversifying the creative industry for underprivileged youth.

She grew up in a family that was in the fabric business, which sparked her lifelong passion for quality clothing and vintage fashion.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Head of Merchandising
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Circular Economy
As Head of Merchandising at ThredUp, her work is centered on promoting secondhand fashion and furthering the mission to inspire consumers to think secondhand first.
Vintage Fashion
A lifelong passion, she grew up shopping for vintage and recently spearheaded a major initiative at ThredUp to launch a curated 20, 000-piece vintage collection.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Head of Merchandising
ThredUp
1-2014
Founder, CEO
Corgi Con
9-2020
Board Member
BAYCAT
1-2023 - 1-2024
VP, Merchandising
StockX
10-2021 - 1-2024
Co-Lead, Women@StockX
StockX
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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Golden Gate University
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