Virgie Tovar is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat, The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color and The Body Positive Journal. She started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight and is a contributor for Forbes.com, where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight discrimination at work. Tovar has received Yale’s Poyner Fellowship in Journalism. She’s based in San Francisco, California. Follow her on instagram: @virgietovar.

Patrick Herning is the founder of the size inclusive e-commerce platform, 11 Honoré and co-founder and CEO of inclusive beauty e-commerce platform, thirteen lune. Applying his over 20 years of experience in tech, brand marketing and communications, Patrick launched 11 Honoré in 2017 with a vision of creating an innovative retail experience and opportunity for plus size women to have access to designer clothing without compromising integrity or style. 11 Honoré now works with a list of impressive designer brand partners including DVF, Altuzarra and Dolce & Gabbana.