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companies such as Deloitte and Coopers & Lybrand in account-
ing with a retail connection.
"I've kind of always been in retail as a vertical area," she says.
In her last corporate role, she worked for Microsoft, covering
the western United States. She had to do substantial traveling,
however, and so when she became pregnant with her fi rst child,
she decided to leave her job and stay close to home. As she
prepared for the baby's arrival, though, she observed a dearth
in the local marketplace.
"There wasn't really a high-end baby and children's store,"
she says.
So she found retail space in downtown Mill Valley and opened
Mill Valley Baby and Kids Co., fi lling a niche.
Kanter's second son — she and her husband Marc Sarosi have
three boys, ages 13, 15 and 17 — arrived on Oct. 2, 2003, and
she returned to the store just one day later to discover that
freelance textile designer Serena Dugan had dropped off a
portfolio.
She loved Dugan's work, and so they met and quickly decided
the world needed better baby bedding.
Lily Kanter spearheads Mill Valley-based
Boon Supply, an online retailer that
carries everyday items and gifts, and
donates half its proceeds to charities.
– Photos courtesy of Boon Supply
and by Stuart Lirette
