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Get Ready with Us Pre-Day: Monday, 3 Nov, 2025Registration10:00am - 10:40amWorkshop 1
You know money talks, but do you know what it’s saying about your brand?
Learn key financial & growth indicators that signal it’s time to raise, strategies to identify & connect with the correct consumer investors, formulas for pitch crafting, and deal structuring tactics that align with your goals.
Ilya Seglin
Managing Director, Investment Banking: Consumer Retail & E-CommerceCascadia CapitalNourish & Flourish: Founders' Power Lunch12:40pm - 1:40pmAfternoon Break3:00pm - 3:20pmSip & Scale: Welcome Cocktail Party5:00pmEmerging Brand Spotlight Finalists Dinner (Invite Only)7:00pm -
Day 1 - Welcome to Beauty 2030: Tuesday, 4 Nov, 2025Registration Opens8:00amMorning Sessions
The beauty industry moves fast. Since 2020, rapid shifts in consumer habits have redefined brand success. Join us for Beauty 2030, where we'll deliver a "brief history of the future," guiding you through the transformative changes of the past five years – new marketplaces, technologies, and consumer trends – to equip you with the knowledge you need to thrive in what's next.
Prepare your brand for the future of beauty retail – from brick to click and beyond. Scale smarter by optimizing e-commerce, blending digital and physical touchpoints, and leveraging the power of experiential retail for a future-ready strategy that will amplify your growth.
Debbi Hartley-Triesch
EVP, GMM, Beauty, Accessories & HomeNordstrom
Marissa Galante Frank
Fashion Director, Accessories and BeautyBloomingdalesRising shipping costs and unpredictable sourcing are squeezing e-commerce beauty margins. Learn the secrets to brand resilience by building a diverse online supply chain, optimizing your logistics, and leveraging data to mitigate risks and protect your profitability.
Nadine Tapia
PresidentLatinas in Beauty
Irene Scharmack
CEOQuick Box Fulfilment
Aaron Hoag
COOGoopMorning Break & 1-2-1 Meetings10:20amMorning SessionsLevel up your ROI with engaging, authentic, long-term creator partnerships. Uncover the framework for budget allocation, best practice, and measurable impact to leverage viral moments and amplify brand advocacy.
Julian Reis
Founder & CEOSuperOrdinary
Juliette Tang
PresidentONE/SIZE Beauty
Patrick O'Keefe
Chief Integrated Marketing Officere.l.f beautyUnlock the secrets to eCommerce success! Discover how to attract customers, boost conversions, and build lasting brand loyalty.
From AI-driven personalization to social commerce and omnichannel growth, discover the strategies top beauty brands use to scale and thrive online.
Michelle Miller
CMOVEGAMOUR
Jeremy Lowenstein
CMOMilani CosmeticsLeverage the science of the skin-brain connection and unlock formulas with topically applied, clinically tested, ingredients that influence emotional perception. Backed by emerging research and measurable testing methods, this innovation enables substantiated emotional claims - unlocking new potential in product positioning, consumer connection, and brand storytelling.
Noellie Astruc
Key Account ManagerCrodaLunch12:30pmAfternoon SessionsEnsure your beauty formulations are shelf-ready, going beyond efficacy to encompass crucial certifications and testing. Discover how to confidently position your products and craft compelling, marketable claims that augment your brand value with retailers and consumers alike.
Andrew Koenig
Senior Technical Advisor, R&D & RegulatoryGoodkind Co.
Romain Gaillard
Founder & CEOThe Detox MarketAfternoon Break & 1-2-1 Meetings3:00pm4:00pm RoundtablesUnderstand what the shifting priorities of strategics around formulation ownership mean for your brand & how intellectual property (IP) rights can impact your valuation.
Use real-time consumer insights from social media to shape product development, marketing, and trend forecasting. Learn how brands use social listening to stay ahead and connect more deeply with their audience.
End of Day 1 Drinks4:40pmVIP Dinners (Invite Only)A celebration of all Beauty Connect LA speakers – Recognizing your unique contribution to our legacy.
QuickBox
Website: https://www.quickbox.com/
QuickBox revolutionizes e-commerce fulfillment using innovative reporting technology, a committed client services team, and superior order processing skills. With fulfillment centers in Carson, CA, Denver, CO, Atlanta, GA, and Wayne, NJ, QuickBox allows your brand to reach customers quickly, reducing inventory errors and shipping delays. Our locations offer tailor-made warehousing solutions, ensuring reliable and economical order fulfillment, inventory management, and shipping. Expect enhanced productivity and streamlined operations with QuickBox.
A tribute to stand-out marketers – Spotlighting the trailblazers redefining how we connect with our communities.
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Day 2 - The Brands of Tomorrow: Wednesday, 5 Nov, 20258:00am - Let’s Talk Funding: The Investor & Brand BreakfastFounders at all stages, this is your opportunity to engage directly with investors during a relaxed breakfast focused on funding. Come prepared with your questions and leave with actionable insights tailored to your brand's growth journey.Morning Sessions
Strategically scale your beauty brand and pave the way for acquisition. Exiting experts cover the common mistakes to avoid and the crucial steps to attract the right buyers: hitting EBITDA goals, smart financial planning, and leveraging key partnerships for a seamless and successful sale.
Michael Pihowich
PartnerBaker Tilly
Nicolas Geiger
Group Business Development Executive AmericasL’OccitaneSeeking a financially sound path to sustainability that wins with today’s value-driven customers and retailers? Hear from the brands who’ve been there, as they discuss resourceful solutions in packaging, formulation, ingredients, and beyond, benefitting both the planet and their bottom line.
Priscilla Tsai
CEO & FoundercocokindUncover the disruptive trends redefining the future of beauty and wellness, where personalization, accessibility, innovation and education take center stage. Explore emerging beauty verticals and new technologies, formats and in-store experiences driving tailored recommendations.
Anna Keller
Principal Analyst, BPCMintel
Siffat Haider
Co-Founder & CEOArraeFounder, Podcaster, Creator
Siff was working in the beauty space as a blogger + podcaster and found herself struggling with her own health issues. She ultimately turned to natural remedies as a last resort and began troubleshooting with her own combination of herbs & vitamins and found herself feeling better than ever. She quickly realized that holistic remedies had the power to address women’s toughest day-to-day health issues and began building Arrae, with her husband, Nish, to share these solutions with others.
Michelle LeBlanc
VP of Beauty, Personal Care and Hispanic Centre of ExcellenceCVS HealthMichelle L. LeBlanc is the Vice President of Merchandising for Beauty & Personal Care at CVS Health where she is responsible for the Cosmetics, Skin Care, Fragrance, Hair Care and Personal Care businesses, as well as Beauty Experience and Services.
She is a purpose-led leader who is confident, creative, and dynamic with a proven record for delivering results (while having fun along the way). Michelle is naturally curious with a hunger for insights, bias for action, and relentless desire to have meaningful impact on the people and the business.
Michelle has been with CVS Health for nearly 20 years and has held various leadership roles within the company. Most recently, Michelle led the Front Store Strategy & Transformation for CVS Health. As an instrumental member of the Front Store leadership team, Michelle was responsible for driving key initiatives and Front Store growth through deep understanding of performance drivers. Michelle’s greatest passion throughout her career has been serving as a leader of leaders – building and motivating highly engaged and high performing teams.
Michelle has a BS in Marketing from George Mason University and an MBA from Providence College.
Outside of work, Michelle is busy raising three boys with her wife Jennifer. Her goal is that they lead with kindness and do their best everyday– words she lives by.
Brent Ridge
Co-FounderBeekman1802Morning Break & 1-2-1 Meetings10:30amEmerging Brand SpotlightShow off your latest innovation at our Emerging Brand Spotlight and get noticed by top investors, retailers, and M&A execs. We’ll pick 6 finalists to take to the stage and present a 5 minute pitch to our full audience!
Apply here.
Selection Committee:
Sean Frazier
Managing Partner1731 Management
Deborah Benton
Founder & Managing PartnerWillow Growth Partners
Aarti Kapoor
PartnerVMG PartnersAarti Kapoor is a Partner at VMG Partners, a growth equity investment firm focused on partnering with high-growth consumer and retail companies, and brings 18 years of experience in high-growth consumer and retail across principal investing and M&A / capital markets advisory. Kapoor was formerly CEO of VMG-affiliated special purpose acquisition company, VMG Consumer Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:VMGA), from June 2021 to May 2023. Prior to joining VMG Partners, Kapoor was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs where she was integral to the disruptive growth effort within consumer and retail investment banking, growing the firm’s coverage of leisure, lifestyle, and wellness brands. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, she was an investment banker at Moelis & Company where she built one of Wall Street’s first coverage platforms focused on the health and wellness industry. Aarti has been recognized for her work in consumer and retail dealmaking by various publications, listed to "Forbes 30 Under 30" in Finance and Business Insider's "Rising Stars" of Wall Street, and featured in Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance and more. Aarti is based in New York, NY.
Jenna Jackson
PartnerCAVU Consumer PartnersLunch12:30pmLunch NetworkingDon't miss this unique opportunity to engage with influential individuals from major retail outlets over lunch. Learn what retailers are looking for and how to best position your brand for success on their shelves.
Marissa Galante Frank
Fashion Director, Accessories and BeautyBloomingdales
Noah Rosenblatt
President North AmericaBeauty SpaceNoah Rosenblatt is President of The PCA Companies' newest acquisition, BEAUTYSPACE (formerly SpaceNK Wholesale). Noah joined BEAUTYSPACE in 2015, after prior roles at LVMH and 20 years of retail industry experience. During his tenure, he has led the company through two significant business shifts, resulting in an operations that now include more than 700 branded BEAUTYSPACE points of distribution for nearly 100 brands within the wholesale portfolio.
Under Noah’s leadership, he has been instrumental in developing strategies to increase brand awareness, drive expansion, deepen customer relationships, and evolve the brands’ in-store and digital presence. This forward-thinking, award-winning retail experience connects retailers and brands to consumers—wherever and however they choose to shop—across both the luxury and prestige markets.
Afternoon SessionsSeize the untapped potential of multi-generational marketing with targeted strategies to drive engagement, foster loyalty, and boost revenue.
Explore how tailored engagement, loyalty-building tactics, and personalized experiences can drive lasting brand impact and fuel revenue growth across every age group.
Carina Chaz
Founder & CEODedCoolDedCool was founded with generations of beauty expertise behind it. Fragrance was Carina Chaz’s passion from the very beginning. Growing up alongside her mother as a beauty formulator, with a lab as her playground, it was natural for Carina to create DedCool. Her love of scent and a general rejection of the way the Fragrance industry operates, lit a fire under Carina to create a modern 21st Century definition of what Fragrance means. It started humbly on Instagram, and then grew to knocking on the doors of local retail shops with the hope of being carried on consignment. This resulted in relationships with department stores, and boutiques to then cultivating dedcool.com.
Dawn Hilarczyk
COOBorghese
Candace Mitchell
Founder and CEOMYAVANACandace Victoria Mitchell is a pioneer force at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and purpose-driven innovation. Beginning at the start of establishing the Atlanta tech ecosystem, Candace’s journey as a computer scientist, visionary entrepreneur, and change agent is marked by a profound commitment to transforming loves, business, industries, and communities.
As the Founder & CEO of MYAVANA, a groundbreaking beauty tech company, Candace pioneered a new market segment of personalized hair care and spearheaded a revolution in the haircare industry.
Cut through the hype and gain practical applications and strategies to supercharge your tracking, forecasting, and operations. We’ll unveil the latest tech for greater efficiency, smarter decision making, and tangible ROI.
Chris Lucas
Head of Business DevelopmentRabotEmerging Brand Spotlight - Winner Announcement3:50pmChairperson’s Closing Address4:00pmEnd of Event4:05pm
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