Alison Roede
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Alison Roede is the Vice President of Store Planning and Construction, Americas at Christian Dior. She joined Dior in 2017 and over the past 20+ years has held leadership positions in store design and planning at J.Crew, Coach and Equinox Fitness.
For Dior, Alison oversees the internal Store Planning and Construction team and outsourced project management consultants in the development of all boutiques, food + beverage, and spa projects throughout the United States, Canada, LATAM and the Caribbean. She is also serves as a member of the management committee for Dior Americas.
Before being recruited in house, Alison was principal in Roede + Martin Architects which specialized in retail tenant improvement projects as well as commercial and residential design projects.
Alison was born and raised in Philadelphia and earned a B ARCH from the University of Kentucky and an M ARCH from the University of Pennsylvania. When she is not traveling to Dior locations around the Americas, she splits her time between New York City and a “mini farm” in Rhode Island where she spends weekends developing her skills as a budding flower farmer.