Lauren Fryan

Lauren Fryan is an accomplished design professional with extensive experience in the fashion industry, currently serving as Principal Designer for Pro/Advanced Concepts at Columbia Sportswear Company since October 2019. Prior roles at Columbia include Senior Designer for Sportswear & Trail Running and Designer for Sportswear. Previously, Lauren worked as a Product Design & Development Consultant for Xena Workwear and held positions at Carhartt as R&D Designer and Designer. Experience also includes design management at NESH NYC, and design roles at Kohl's Department Stores, Peter Som, and Alice + Olivia. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design with a minor in Marketing from Kent State University.