Sarah Sukumaran is the founder of Lilith NYC, a global luxury footwear brand based in Queens, NY.

Prior to starting her own footwear brand, Sarah worked as Director of Product at Nike, overseeing the development of their predictive analytics platform and leading product and engineering teams. She has spent most of her career in the Enterprise SaaS tech startup space including a Head of Product role at Jirafe, an e-commerce analytics startup that was acquired by SAP Hybris in 2016.

She holds a BS in Business Management from Babson College and is a 2023 Tory Burch Foundation Fellow.

Outside of tech and footwear, Sarah spends her time gallery hopping, traveling, browsing bookstores, and investing in women and femme founded companies.

Photo Credit: Jonathan Wijayaratne

Sarah Sukumaran (she/her) was born and raised in Elmhurst, Queens, the daughter of Tamil refugees, and has been sneaker obsessed since she was young girl.

Sukumaran draws inspiration from the cultural richness of Queens, her ancestral roots in Nainativu | நயினாதீவு (island of serpents), tropical modernism, and the divine feminine. 🐍🌸🐍

She continues to reside in Queens, NY where you find her eating her way through the borough with friends & family.

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