Caroline Zoe Schumm
Caroline Zoe Schumm is a Supply Chain Professor, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Her maiden name is Caroline Zoe Waggoner.
Zoe grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas. She attended Kansas State University from 2006 to 2011 with a dual major in and Apparel Marketing and a minor in business. While at Kansas State, Zoe was awarded in her field, won a, and also won various regional design competitions. In college, Zoe studied the effects that mainstream fashion manufacturing had in countries where it was produced, including the prevalence of child labor, very low wages, inhumane working conditions, and environmental pollution. She continued pursuing those studied, obtaining a masters degree and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. In 2024, one of her seminal works, , was named the top SDG article by FT50.com.
Design career
In 2012, Schumm and her husband created, a fair trade apparel company.Awards
- 2013, 4 All Humanity won the national, from Natural Child World.
- 2014, Zoe won, from the Kansas Small Business Development Center.
- 2019, Zoe won the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Health and Human Sciences at Kansas State University.