Barbara Kolsun

, JD, is Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Stuart Weitzman, LLC, the luxury shoe design, manufacturing and retail company based in New York, where she started the company’s first in-house legal department and manages all legal matters, including intellectual property. She previously served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Seven for All Mankind LLC and Kate Spade LLC, respectively. Kolsun has devoted significant time and effort to the cause of enforcement of intellectual property, serving as Chairman of the Board of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) and as a member of its Board for many years. She has also spoken and published widely on the topic of counterfeiting and trademark infringement in the United States, Asia, and Europe, and has been herself the subject of numerous publications (ranging from The New York Times to Women’s Wear Daily) for her pioneering work—and passionate stance on the importance of anticounterfeiting efforts— in the field.