Continuing a recent push to build out a best-in-class executive team, Hari Mari announced the hiring today of Trisha Hegg to lead product management and design for the six-year old premium footwear brand, starting immediately with its Spring/Summer 2019 collection.
Trisha joins Hari Mari with extensive product management experience, holding senior leadership roles with industry notables, including Sanuk, OluKai, Reef and Oakley, to name a few, where she’s credited with innovating and pioneering new product avenues for each.
Also joining Hegg at Hari Mari, is veteran designer Bryan House, who brings a wealth of high-profile customers & top-notch designs to the team with previous work for Sanuk, Vox, Osiris and The Peoples MOVMT Footwear.
‘We’re beyond excited to have Trisha and Bryan driving the future look and direction of Hari Mari,’ said Hari Mari founder, Jeremy Stewart. ‘It’s not every day you’re able to add two of the brightest stars in the industry to your team, and we feel like we’ve done exactly that with Trisha and Bryan. ’
‘Bryan and I are very excited to join Hari Mari and build upon the successful foundation they’ve created. We truly believe that when you align with brands that embody the same passion and vision, magic will happen! The market is ready for an infusion of color and freshness, and we are excited to bring that to life with Hari Mari,’ said Trisha Hegg.
The additions of Hegg & House come on the heels of the footwear brand’s addition of industry sales veteran Andy Trammell to serve as head of U.S. and international sales for Hari Mari.
ABOUT HARI MARI FLIP FLOPS
Hari Mari was founded in 2012 by Jeremy and Lila Stewart. The beginnings of the brand were born out of the Stewart’s time spent in Indonesia, where each worked on projects related to bettering kids’ lives: Jeremy, making a documentary film on helping kids suffering from hunger & malnutrition in Southeast Asia; Lila, working with the American Women’s Association helping children in orphanages in and around Jakarta.
Moving back to the States and wanting to continue to help children in some capacity, the couple recognized an unmet need for comfortable & colorful flip flops at a premium level, the idea for creating a quality-driven flip flop brand that would support kids was born.
Seeing a lot of companies helping children abroad, Hari Mari decided to focus its efforts in the U.S., and was stunned to discover pediatric cancer is the most fatal disease among American children, more fatal than all other childhood diseases combined. It clicked from there. Hari Mari’s commitment now sees 1% of sales going to support kids battling cancer. It’s called Flops Fighting Cancer.
Hari Mari flip flops are available on HariMari.com, as well as almost 800 boutique, specialty, outdoor, surf, yoga an running retail locations across 48 US states, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the Bahamas and UAE, including Nordstrom, Zappos, Stitch Fix, Orvis, and West Marine, to name a few.
