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Kerry Sullivan
CEOVersed Skin -
Chisom A’Marie
Vice PresidentNew Voices Fund -
Anna Baker
Vice President and GMM BeautyQVC -
Jamie Saucedo
Senior Vice President, Business ManagementPFS, now part of GXO Logistics -
Kristin Kim
VP, Brand MarketingGlossier -
Randi Christiansen
Co-Founder & CEONécessaireDuring Randi’s 15-year career at Estee Lauder Companies, she was instrumental in building and scaling brands across the portfolio (La Mer, Estee Lauder, ELC Ventures.) A native of Denmark, Randi holds a MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. In 2023, she was recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the most exceptional entrepreneurs of the year. She lives with her husband and three daughters in Rolling Hills, CA.
At Necessaire, we design the personal care we need - The Necessary™ - that supports our health and wellness. We use our business to make a positive environmental impact everywhere we can.
Nécessaire is recognized as a steward of responsible luxury with the planet as key stakeholder. Nécessaire is a Certified B Corp, 1% For The Planet Member, Climate Neutral Certified, Plastic Neutral Certified, FSC Certified and partners with How2Recycle to deliver verified recycling claims in the US/CAN. By the end of this year Nécessaire will have planted 300,000 Trees+ and will have supported several non profits fighting to defend our air, land, water and wild-life world-wide. #careforyourbody #careforyourplanet #necesaire -
Kelsie Johnston
Head of Beauty & Personal CareTiktok -
Chris Lucas
CEOLucas Solutions LLC -
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.
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Amanda Bacon
Founder & CEOMoon Juice -
Joyce Kassouf
Senior VP Global Skincare Product DevelopmentEsteé Lauder -
Colette Laxon
Co-FounderThe INKEY ListColette Laxton & Mark Curry co-founded The INKEY List in the U.K. in 2018. The brand was born from a belief that better knowledge powers better decisions. On a mission to simplify skincare for the masses, they exist to break down complicated beauty jargon and empower their ever-growing community with the knowledge they need to make personalized decisions for their skin. With 24/7, 365 askINKEY services, The INKEY List has helped over 7 million people globally to unlock a routine that works for them. Science-backed, results-driven and community first. The INKEY List is available exclusively in Sephora and on Sephora.com in over 32 countries, and on theinkeylist.com.
A true brand and marketing visionary who thrives in developing brand identity and purpose, Laxton’s career has spanned across multiple brands and roles within the beauty industry. With a passion for understanding the customer experience at all touchpoints, Laxton has worked across marketing, branding and product development for Boots brands including No. 7, Soap & Glory and Liz Earle, as well as UK start-up, WAH Nails.
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Donna Petretti
Head of NA MarketingCroda -
Jill Scalamandre
CEOBeekman1802Jill Scalamandre is an experienced CPG executive whose leadership spans across brands, markets, channels and technologies. With a reputation as a forward-thinking brand builder, she has created brands from scratch, turned around struggling established brands, launched new markets, acquired and divested assets and led technology driven teams to re-imagine traditional market approaches.
Prior to joining Beekman 1802, she acted as Global President of Shiseido Americas, where she led the global turnaround of $300M bareMinerals while also incubating the socially driven Buxom Cosmetics. Her experience as President of Shiseido Group’s Global Makeup Center of Excellence (MCoE) gave her the opportunity to fuel growth across all of the company’s color brands, while acquiring and integrating augmented realty and personalization technology.
Throughout her career, she has advised private equity firms on various portfolio opportunities. Ms. Scalamandre helped build and oversee the successful sale of Frederic Fekkai hair care and salons to Proctor & Gamble, amongst other acquisitions and turnarounds.
She is currently Chairwoman of Cosmetics Executive Woman (CEW), an international organization of 10,000 individual members representing a cross section of beauty and related businesses.
Jill lives in New York City with her husband where she loves the stimulation of the arts, fashion, and literature.
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Sonia Summers
Founder & CEOBeauty BarrageShielded Beauty Founder & CEO Sonia Summers began her career working in-house for global powerhouses like Avon, where her team won WWD’s highly coveted “Best Executed Brand Launch” award in 2014. In 2015 she launched Beauty Barrage, an outsourced sales management agency complete with a highly successful and modern field team – helping to create signature experiences and a “human touch” at retail. Beauty Barrage represents an impressive portfolio of brands including: L’Oreal, PerriconeMD, The Proactiv Company, Unilever, Coty, Nudestix, Dermaflash and many others.
Back in 2020 when the COVID crisis unfolded, Sonia found herself constantly searching for a safer way to protect our skin — but she couldn’t find any highly-effective purifying products that also prioritized nourishing the skin’s microbiome. Sonia felt like she shouldn’t have to compromise on luxury for efficacy, she decided to start developing the products that she was desperately looking for herself! -
Courtney Claghorn
Co-FounderSUGARED + BRONZED -
Ilya Seglin
Managing Director, Investment Banking: Consumer Retail & E-CommerceCascadia Capital -
Carl D’Ruiz
Senior Manager, Science, Advocacy and Business Developmentdsm-firmenich Personal Care, North America -
Tony Morales
VP of Brand GrowthLuminize -
Nisha Phatak
Co-FounderLion Pose -
Karan Gupta
Co-FounderOdore -
Rayan Godoi
Co-FounderPulpoAR -
Angela Caglia
Co-CEOAngela Caglia SkincareA master esthetician of 28 years, Angela Caglia has spent more than 30,000 hours practicing and perfecting her craft. Trained by skincare experts in France and guided by her robust knowledge of natural ingredients learned from her childhood spent on a California farm, her unique approach to skincare is grounded in biocompatible treatments that protect the skin barrier.
Formulated without synthetic or harsh ingredients of any kind, her products and practice focus on nourishing and strengthening the lipid barrier to offer better aging support for the skin. Working with leading scientists, Angela Caglia products marry naturally-occurring ingredients with cutting-edge skincare technology to deliver transformational results—all without sensitizing the skin.
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Cristina Nuñez
Co-Founder and General PartnerTrue Beauty VenturesCristina Nuñez is Co-Founder and General Partner of True Beauty Ventures. True Beauty Ventures is an emerging growth fund focused on investing exclusively in beauty and wellness brands. With 16 years of CPG experience, Cristina offers a unique combination of investing and operating expertise having spent the first part of her career at private equity firms Tengram Capital and L Catterton, as well as UBS Investment Bank. Cristina has also held executive leadership and operating roles in beauty and wellness companies such as Clark’s Botanicals, where she was the GM and COO, as well as Laura Geller Beauty and Equinox.
As Co-Founder of True Beauty Ventures, Cristina brings a valuable perspective to early-stage brand founders as both an investor and operator with deep sector expertise in beauty. Cristina graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University with a BA with Highest Distinction in Public Policy Studies.
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Kelly Dill
PartnerImaginary Ventures -
Michelle Yip
Business Development SpecialistCrodaMichelle Yip is the Business Development Specialist for Sederma at Croda Inc and has over 5 years of experience in the Beauty Industry. She has a diverse background having roles in Marketing, Synthesis Development, and Sales. Along with ACS accreditation, she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology. She furthered her studies by obtaining a Master of Science degree in Chemistry, with a concentration in Biomedicinal Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology. At Croda, she collaborates with the sales team in the West Coast and Midwest regions to foster innovation and drive successful projects with key customers. She has a passion for working with indie brands and sharing her expertise to help them grow and navigate the ever-evolving beauty landscape.
In addition, she loves to volunteer at local schools for STEM outreach to promote and inspire interest in STEM disciplines. In her spare time, she enjoys performing in community theater, hiking, and finding the newest, trendy foodie spots!
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Laura Shaff
COO/CFOOSEA Malibu -
Oliver Garfield
CEOCosBar -
Jana Wright
PartnerMoss AdamsJana Wright is a partner with Moss Adams, LLP where she has practiced public accounting since 2007. She provides assurance and consulting services to clients in the beauty and fashion industries. Jana’s specific experience includes managing audit and review engagements, acquisition accounting, cash flow projection preparation, and evaluating internal control and financial reporting processes. Her key to success is building strong, long-lasting client relationships. Jana is actively involved in the firm’s mentor program and is the firm’s lead recruiter for California State University, Long Beach. She is also a leader in Moss Adams’ Forum W initiative. Jana was nominated for CalCPA’s Emerging Leader Award in both 2018 and 2020.
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Annie Jackson
Co-Founder and COOCredo BeautyBeauty veteran, Annie Jackson, has been a key player in the successes of the industry’s biggest beauty companies. Annie began her career at Estee Lauder, where after 6 years, she was recruited to be one of the early members of the team that launched Sephora USA and Japan. Later, she took a role as the Director of Global Product Marketing for Benefit Cosmetics and in 2011, returned to her Sephora roots in merchandising for color cosmetics at Sephora within JCPenney. Her love of beauty and quest for cleaner options led her, alongside Shashi Batra, to create Credo Beauty. As Co-Founders, they shared a vision to change the way people think about what they put in and on their bodies and skin, fostering a new generation of beauty brands - natural, organic, effective, clean and sustainable – to and pioneering the clean beauty movement.
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Michael Pihowich
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Eliza Becker
Vice PresidentVMG Partners -
Perry Leon
Vice PresidentTZP Group -
Patrick O'Keefe
VP Integrated Marketing CommunicationsE.L.F BEAUTY -
Jenna Jackson
PrincipalCAVU Consumer Partners -
Tara Hyland
PrincipalMain Post Partners -
Tina Bou-Saba
Co-Founder & Co-Managing PartnerVerity Venture PartnersTina Henry Bou-Saba has actively invested in the consumer space since 2016 through CXT Investments, her personal investment vehicle. She enthusiastically champions purpose-driven entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of great consumer companies, including emerging brands and the technologies that enable them. An expert in beauty and wellness, Tina was an early investor in several of the most exciting brands in the category, including Dae, Kosas, Olive & June, and Saie. In 2021, she co-founded Verity Venture Partners, an early-stage consumer-focused investment firm. As a Managing Partner of VVP, Tina serves on the Board of Directors of Arrae, August, and Dae.
Tina is a trusted partner to entrepreneurs and company leaders. Her creative, collaborative, and supportive approach – in combination with sharp instincts for commercial opportunities and genuine passion for consumer products and trends – has made her one of the most respected investors in emerging brands.
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William Susman
Managing Director: Consumer and Retail Investment BankingCascadia Capital -
Julian Steinberg
Co-Founder & Managing PartnerAlliance Consumer Growth -
Paul Parikh
Chief Operating OfficerPatrick Ta Beauty -
Jackie Dunklau
Founder & PartnerAria Growth -
Amy Gordinier
CEOSkinfix -
Amanda Schutzbank
Co-Founder & General PartnerWillow Growth Partners -
Eddie Douglas
Managing DirectorGryphon Investors -
Julian Reis
Founder & CEOSuperOrdinary