Donna Petretti, CRODA Inc 
Why Attend
Building on the global success of the Beauty & Money Series, our leading platform, Beauty Connect, will be going face-to-face again to allow you to connect with the decision makers and disrupters from across the beauty and personal care industry in person!
Beauty Connect is the forum to:
- Foster partnerships with the future investors of your brand or the future brands of your portfolio
- Renew your focus on consumer engagement with commercial digital strategies or retailer connections
- Meet and rise above the demands of the conscious consumer by engaging with the industry-leading vendors and sustainability experts
With the return of our industry-embedded Beauty Spotlight brand pitching session, private 1-2-1 meeting sessions and alternative brand workshops suited to the smallest of indie brands and the largest conglomerates, in LA this November 2-3, you can meet the right person to accelerate your brand growth.
Don’t get left behind…
WHO YOU WILL MEET ONSITE
Beauty & Wellness Brands – Ranging from <$1MM Annual Revenue to >$100MM Annual Revenue
Strategic Brands – Smaller Conglomerates to the Big Beauty Houses
Retailers – Traditional Brick & Mortar, eCommerce, Department Stores and Specialty Stores
Investors – Angel Investors, Incubators, Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms
Service Providers – Consultants, Ingredients Suppliers, Packaging Suppliers, Logistics and Fulfillment Partners, Tech Start-Ups & Vendors
BEAUTY & MONEY SPOTLIGHT LOS ANGELES
12 Independent Beauty Brands, hand-picked by
the prestigious Selection Committee, showcase themselves and their products on the main stage, in a quick-fire round of presentations.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN. APPLY HERE.
WHY APPLY?
- Present your brand in-front of the prestigious Selection Committee as well as a full room of 150+ beauty investors, M&A executives, retailers, multinationals and beauty influencers on day one of the event.
- The Audience Choice Award Winner will get the chance to deliver an extended 10-minute presentation of their brand.
- Spotlight finalists will feature in marketing activity in the run up to the event and in the post-show report.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Independent beauty brands from across the Beauty & Personal Care industry who are...
- Seeking brand exposure, investment, acquisition or industry partnerships.
- Driving innovation in the industry and see potential for the growth and scale of their business.
OUR PARTNERS
Headline Ingredients Partner
Croda Personal Care
Website: https://www.crodapersonalcare.com/en-gb
We have a rich history of partnering with Independent brands to develop innovative and crative personal care solutions.
Offering a full range of cosmetic ingredients including Sederma's world leading actives, our experts can help with formulation development, claims substantiation, market analysis, and industry regulations. Our knowledge provides customers with immediate access to essential support for successful beauty and personal care product development and implementation. From lab scientists to product specialists and customer car agents, the Croda team is excited to offer their assistance.
Headline Logistics Partner
OceanX
Website: www.oceanx.com
OceanX is a technology-first fulfillment provider for industry-leading brands like Glossier, SkinMedia, Proactiv, and more to help scale fulfillment operations with a suite of DTC, B2B, and Amazon 3P services. These services include a modern fulfillment-as-a-service solution, a real-time business intelligence platform, and a dedicated customer success team. With a 99.5% same-day ship, two-day nationwide shipping coverage, 99.8%+ order accuracy, access to top-tier postage rates, and the ability to capture over 3,000 eCommerce orders per minute – OceanX has set the bar for what a premier solution provider should offer clients.
Headline Advisory Partner
Moss Adams
Website: https://www.mossadams.com/home
Moss Adams is a fully integrated professional services firm dedicated to personally assisting clients with growing, managing, and protecting prosperity.
With more than 3,400 professionals across over 25 locations in the West and beyond, we work with many of the world’s most innovative companies and leaders.
Platinum Partners
Symrise
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/symrise-cosmetic-ingredients
Symrise is a global supplier of Cosmetic ingredients, fragrances, and flavors. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, Symrise is represented in over 40 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that are an indispensable part of everyday life. With a turnover of more than €3 billion in 2019, Symrise is one of the global leading companies in the flavors and fragrances market.
Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process. Symrise takes sustainability into account in every aspect of its corporate strategy and as a result have been awarded Germany’s Most Sustainable Large Company three years in a row.
Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients division has a comprehensive portfolio that includes advanced actives, modern product preservation solutions, protection against sun and environmental aggressors, innovative hair care ingredients, botanical extracts, and high-performance functionals. Our core expertise in Actives such as sensitive skin, skin pigmentation, well-aging, microbiome and anti-pollution solutions, is supported by the latest research from renowned dermatological experts and comprehensive clinical studies to deliver innovative active ingredients with consumer perceivable benefits.
Lubrizol
Website: https://www.lubrizol.com/
The Beauty business team at Lubrizol Life Science partners with customers to develop, manufacture and market a broad range of differentiated ingredients and formulations for skin care, hair care and skin cleansing. Our innovative solutions enhance functional performance and deliver aesthetic benefits that help people to live a more beautiful life. The Accelerator program accelerates innovation by promoting turn-key growth-enabled partnerships with brands that utilize Lubrizol technology and expertise, external partners and flexible business models to deliver new and exciting shelf-ready products to the market.
Gold Partners
DSM
Website: https://www.dsm.com/personal-care/en_US/home.html
DSM is a pioneer in the use of vitamins in cosmetics, leaders in UV protection, and the creators of award-winning cosmetic peptide & bioactive technology. We partner with the many of the world’s leading beauty companies in their creation of products that deliver consumer-perceivable benefits for skin, sun and hair care.
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at DSM.
We believe that everything that we do daily has an effect, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. A strong focus on sustainability means that we are actively creating and maintaining the conditions under which people and nature can exist in harmony to support present and future generations. Ingredient suppliers have an obligation to address the full scope of sustainability and take tangible action in building sustainable practices. And we must do so while also addressing the health and wellbeing of consumers. DSM invites brands and manufacturers to partner with us to create a better future for all.
We are proud to have received a Platinum rating from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.
Landing International
Website: https://landinginternational.com/
Landing International is driven by the simple belief that technology is the key to creating greater diversity in beauty and beyond. By using technology to unlock efficiencies for indie and minority-owned brands, our platform levels the retail playing field - giving customers the ultimate say in which brands succeed in an industry historically dominated by large corporations.
Our digital tools include our leading B2B marketplace that allows brands to be discovered by the trends and values that buyers source, Clean PreCheck - an automated tool that makes it simple for brands to which retailers’ standards they meet by instantly analysing their product ingredients, and Training Tool - a web-based training sheet generator (soon to be mobile app) that helps brands educate and engage retail sales associates.
Solabia
Website: www.solabia.com
Solabia Group is present in the cosmetics, pharmacy, nutrition, biotechnology and microbiological diagnosis sectors, the Solabia Group, with its six production units, has complementary expertise that enables it to offer an extensive range of active principles and ingredients used throughout the world by the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industries.
Our research and development centres group together more than thirty international calibre researchers whose original expertise – driver of innovation – enables us to completely master the techniques of biocatalysis, enzymatic synthesis, fermentation and plant extraction. This complementary expertise enables us to create innovative products as well as partnerships with both our customers and internationally renowned research organisations.
Threadstone
Website: http://www.threadstonelp.com/
Threadstone Advisors is a leading independent advisory and investment firm specializing in the beauty and personal care, apparel, specialty retail and direct-to-consumer sectors. Our philosophy behind the creation of Threadstone Advisors is the belief that the comprehensive knowledge and a values-oriented culture of the senior partners are at the core of our success. We are committed to helping our clients benefit from more than 100 years of combined experience. Having assisted clients ranging from start-ups to global brands through different economic cycles, our perspective is broad. Our industry knowledge, thorough preparation and hard work, allows Threadstone to generate ideas to help companies achieve their strategic and financial goals and objectives.
Threadstone helps entrepreneurs and founders of young, exciting businesses to achieve intermediate financing goals. Our unique perspectives in the beauty sector allow us to better understand the nuances of the businesses we represent. Threadstone approaches each engagement in the same mindset as venture capital – we understand that businesses are looking for more than just money. Through a unique partnership approach, Threadstone develops a deep understanding for the strengths and opportunities of our clients and tailors a go-to-market approach that delivers both the financial and strategic resources that our clients need.
Anchin
Website: https://www.anchin.com/
Whether you are starting out or well-established, Anchin’s Beauty, Health & Wellness group has the experience and industry knowledge to add meaningful value to your business, guiding you through each stage of growth, from venture capital to private equity to an ultimate exit or succession plan. Led by Megan Klingbeil ([email protected]) and Carolyn Sekosan ([email protected]), our group takes many complicated issues off your plate so you can focus on growth and operations. Our services go beyond the traditional accounting and tax functions. Find out more at www.anchin.com and follow us on Instagram at @anchinbeautyandwellness.
Silver Partner
2021 Media Partners
Global Cosmetic Industry
Website: https://www.gcimagazine.com/
Global Cosmetic Industry is the industry resource for beauty and personal care business and retail insights, trends, market data, ingredients, packaging and best practices for driving innovative products & brands. Brand owners, marketers, executives and product developers worldwide rely on Global Cosmetic Industry to help them work faster, smarter and better.
Fashion Snoops
Website: https://www.fashionsnoops.com/
FS is a global trend forecasting agency helping leading consumer-facing brands around the world unlock innovation and propel growth. Through a combination of human and artificial intelligence, we analyze cultural shifts and interpret detected patterns in order to surface trend-driven business opportunities.
STYLUS
Website: https://www.stylus.com/
Stylus is a global trends intelligence company. Our experts identify, analyse and decode the most important global trends across more than 20 industries. These cross-industry insights are used by more than 500 of the world’s leading consumer brands, businesses and agencies to understand the attitudes and behaviours of their consumers, the products and services they’re using, and how they engage with the world around them. On top of this, our members have access to Stylus Advisory, a bespoke service combining our expert trend analysis with powerful tailored research. Find out more at: www.stylus.com
Where Brains Meet Beauty
Website: http://www.wherebrainsmeetbeauty.com/
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ Host Jodi Katz, Founder & Creative Director of Base Beauty Creative Agency, welcomes guests into a relaxed, authentic and honest conversation about their career journey, from the struggles to the highs, and the roller coaster ride in-between. Jodi is not a reporter and she’s not ogling stats. She’s part James Lipton, part Andy Cohen, seeking to reveal wisdom and insightful stories that will inspire future leaders in beauty
Beautystreams
Website: https://beautystreams.com/
PROUD PATRON OF
British Beauty Council
Website: https://britishbeautycouncil.com/
The British Beauty Council was founded to represent the voices, opinions and needs of the British beauty industry – from hairdressing to cosmetics, cosmetic surgery, therapy and spa; in education and training; and from formulation to manufacture, supply, logistics packaging, design, retail and media.
We are a not-for-profit, inclusive organisation that works to engage politicians and business leaders about the value of British beauty to the national economy, and its key role in the UK’s creative and cultural character.
Our ambition is to ensure that the beauty industry is recognised and valued at all levels of government, throughout the wider economy and by consumers.
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Your partnership with Kisaco Research will offer you a strategic approach that is an extension and enhancement of your own marketing and branding efforts. We value your ROI and will work with you directly on your specific goals and targets.
Find out more by calling us at +44 (0)20 3696 2920 or email [email protected]
OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
Agustina Sartori
Agustina Sartori is the Sr.Director Innovation Experiences & Innovation Fund at Ulta Beauty and the founder & CEO at GlamST, an augmented reality (AR) technology company. The digital innovation team at Ulta Beauty works to create best-in-class guest experiences that underscore the beauty retailers’ leadership and deep understanding of consumer habits and desires. Sartori joined Ulta Beauty after the company’s 2018 acquisition of GlamST to help develop AR experiences that combine augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies such as GLAMLab. A San Francisco resident, Agustina is originally from Uruguay where she received her Telematics Engineering degree from the University of Montevideo. Throughout her career, she has successfully raised significant capital as an Endeavor entrepreneur, has worked with 500 Startups, Plug and Play, ANII and Startup Chile and with world-class brands such as Ulta Beauty, L’Oreal, Estee Lauder, Dufry, Clarins and Neiman Marcus, among others.
Aïmara Coupet
Multi-Racial Aïmara was born in Martinique of afro-Caribbean and French descents and grew up in Canada before moving to Paris 17 years ago.
Graduated from HEC Montreal Business School she started her career in 1999 at L’Oreal Canada as Product Manager for Makeup. She then moved to Sephora’s global headquarter in Paris to develop Sephora Collection. 6 years later, she took over the Head of Development and Marketing at blackUp Cosmetics where she built a unique expertise as Brown and Black Skin Specialist.
In 2016, working as a well-respected independent specialist for product development, she started a mission with a French Lab on a very innovative formulation to create a silicone free, cucumber water-based foundation… She got totally passionate about creating makeup to really respect skin balance and improve skin condition. She then got introduced to the skin microbiome by a French Doctor in Biology with whom she started introducing encapsulated active probiotics into her makeup products.
BE+RADIANCE was born in 2019 and the probiotic infused makeup launched in October 2020. The brand mission is to create makeup products for healthier skin with a microbiome friendly approach.
Aleni Mackarey
Chief Operating Officer at Base Beauty Creative Agency, Aleni Mackarey has spent her entire career growing beauty and wellness brands. She loves that this industry provides a platform to empower people to feel beautiful in their own way by giving them the tools to highlight their strengths and features and the encouragement they need to feel like they are their best selves. Aleni's background is in business- she holds her MS in Administration & is pursuing her PhD in Strategic Leadership & Administration. In her free time, she enjoys exploring NYC with family and friends and singing with her sister in their acoustic duo, Siisjams.
Alex Capano
Amanda Baldwin
Annie Jackson
Brandon Frank
Cara Eaton
Carol Hamilton
Carolyn Li
Carolyn is the Chief Operating Officer at VEGAMOUR, where she oversees the Ecommerce, Finance, Operations and Analytics functions. VEGAMOUR is redefining the “Hair Care” category by developing a comprehensive, science-driven approach to visibly improve hair wellness, density, volume and shine without harmful side-effects. VEGAMOUR is committed to creating clean, sustainable, plant-based products that have a positive impact on people’s lives and the planet we all share.
Prior to joining VEGAMOUR, Carolyn held various marketing and strategy roles at Saks Fifth Avenue/ Hudson’s Bay Company, Calvin Klein and the Boston Consulting Group. Carolyn has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.
Cameron Abid
I started my career with BASF, 2 years ago, as Head of Sales for Personal Care in the US. Earlier this year, I took on an expanded role as the Business Director for Personal Care overseeing BASF’s Sales, Marketing, and Technical efforts in the US. I hold a degree in Economics from Rutgers University, and prior to my roles at BASF, I spent 15 years at Croda in a variety of commercial roles covering Health Care and Personal Care. I am an active member of Cosmetic Executive Women, Society of Cosmetic Chemists, and Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers.
Christine Chang
Conor Begley
Dan Larson
Denise Herich
Donna Petretti
David Caballero-Lima
David received his undergraduate degree in Biology and his PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Universidad de Extremadura in Spain. David took postdoctoral research positions at the University of Sheffield and the University of Manchester, with both roles focusing on studying human/pathogen interaction via tissue models and obtaining a greater understanding in the regulation of the cell cycle and vesicle transportation during morphological changes. In addition he was involved in the development of point-of-care diagnostic devices for diseases such as fungal and bacterial keratitis and novel antifungal discovery.
David was initially Services Manager at Labskin, responsible for all microbiology work and service projects, bringing his 18 years’ experience working with microbiology and host-pathogen interactions.
As Head of R&D, David now leads the research department, focusing on the development of new methods for studying the native skin microflora, prebiotic, probiotics and antimicrobial effects of ingredients and formulation for pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical studies. He is also the scientific lead for the development of Labskin new consumers service; Skin Trust Club, a new concept of personalised skin care based on the analysis of the skin microbiome. David is a key collaborator on international research bids, as a peer with leading international experts from academia and industry.
David Denberg
Dianna Rith
Dixie Lincoln-Nichols
Dorian Morris
A true champion of inclusivity within wellness, Dorian Morris is a beauty junkie with deep expertise across categories from cosmetics to haircare to skincare to food/wellness. She is the Founder/CEO of Undefined Inc which includes Undefined Beauty, a clean, conscious, inclusive lifestyle brand focused on democratizing wellness and destigmatizing plant magic. The Glow Collection taps into the supercharged benefits of CBD to soothe, balance and heal whereas the new R&R Collection harnesses the power of adaptogenic mushrooms to detoxify and protect against daily stressors and there is continued category expansion on the horizon. Dorian believes in the power of plant magic in all its forms and has built Undefined to educate, normalize and demystify plant-based solutions for all. She believes we all deserve access to high-quality products that don't cost your first born child. Wellness shouldn’t be illusive or exclusive—let’s democratize it.
With a diverse leadership background, her previous experience spans Retail, CPG and Beauty—from leading US Marketing at Covergirl Cosmetics, spearheading Prestige Innovation at Sundial Brands and as an early employee and global Brand Manager at Kendo, LVMH’s innovative brand incubator. Prior to beauty, she started her brand management career at General Mills, sharpening her general management and brand building skills on legacy brands such as Chex Mix and Yoplait and started her career in the Macy’s buying office, mastering merchandising and portfolio management. She graduated from UCLA summa cum laude and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. A true wanderlust with an adventurous spirit, in her free time Dorian enjoys globetrotting (and has traveled to 60+ countries) and is a proud pet mom of a spunky Morkie named Monaco, who is Undefined's CPO (Chief Protection Officer).
Elana Drell-Sfyzer
Eric Clarke
Hayley Peri
Hayley Peri contributes a 360 degrees outlook to the Beauty Industry with almost 20 years of experience spanning professional use, retail, brand, formulations, manufacturing, and sales and marketing.
Her niche in specialty chemicals and R&D successfully launched Clean Beauty solutions with global Forbes Fortune top chemical companies and established innovations in the U.S. market.
She is most well-known on the West Coast as a technical educator to shift traditional formulations to consumer-friendly preservation systems and natural alternatives to controversial ingredients.
Currently, her expertise focuses on sustainability, ingredient highlights, innovation, and community to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Her daily mission is to connect brands with ingredient manufacturers doing good for people and the planet to create change one product at a time.
She is an ingredient storyteller, thought leader, and B2B influencer with a vision to create a conscious community within the Beauty Industry. The community consists of product creators, brands, service providers, and non-profits. A portion of proceeds from the community fund sustainable initiatives such as research for the Upcycled Food Association, ending child labor with the Responsible Mica Initiative, education for girls through beauty with Power Beauty Living, and biodiversity conservation in Sumatra, Indonesia with the Batu Kapal Conservation.
Hayley is a sustainability visionary with a strong belief that together the Beauty Industry community can be the solution to create positive change for the well-being of people and the planet, one day at a time.
Jill Granoff
Jill Tomandl
Jackie Eagle
Joe Cloyes
Joe Cloyes and Greg Gonzalez are the founders of the superfood-powered skincare company, Youth To The People, a brand focused on uniting modern wellness with proven skincare science. Joe and Greg make up the third generation of a family deeply involved in the industry, originating with their grandmother’s company, Eva’s Esthetics, one of the first companies to bring naturals to the professional American skincare industry. Youth To The People is based out of Downtown Los Angeles.
Jana Wright
Jana 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.
Ju Rhyu
Jill Granoff
Katherine Armstrong
Kimberly Shenk
Liah Yoo
Lada Rasochova
Luc-Henry Rousselle
Mimi Ghosh
Mimi Ghosh is a client executive in the Technology & Disruptive Commerce Group at JPMorgan Chase. Mimi covers high-growth companies within the consumer and technology sectors. She is responsible for client management and business development. As part of her role, Mimi provides treasury, credit, payment processing, F/X, liquidity and strategic capital structure solutions to clients. Previously, she worked for Morgan Stanley in its Global Capital Markets Division and Raymond James in its Investment Banking Division. She has completed transactions for a combined value of $55bn+.
Mimi received a BA in from Columbia University and currently resides in New York City.
Melanie Bender
Melissa Hago
Ming Zhao
Natalie Eden
Nader Mahmoud
I started my career with BASF, 26 years ago, as Regional Marketing Manager in the United States after earning a M.B.A. in Marketing, Finance and International Business from University of Illinois, Chicago. Currently, I am vice president of Business Management Personal Care in North America and located in Florham Park, NJ. Prior to this role, I was Vice President of Market and Customer Development focusing on our customer centricity approach across BASF in North America. Prior to moving back to the USA, I spend 9 years with BASF abroad in different roles. I moved back to the USA from Singapore, after 4.5 years in Asia Pacific as Vice President of Marketing in our crop protection business. I moved to Asia from South Europe, where I lived in Barcelona, and as Regional Director, I led the crop protection business in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal. I moved to South Europe from Germany, where I spend 1 year in our global headquarters as Global Marketing Manager. Prior to my international assignments, I spend 12 years in different marketing and business development roles in North America in our crop protection division.
Oliver Garfield
Romain Gaillard
Robyn-Melissa Watkins
Ronie Schmelz
Rich Gersten
Mr. Richard Gersten is Co-founder & Managing Partner of True Beauty Capital. Mr. Gersten has over 25 years of experience in the private equity industry and has spent the last 19 years focused exclusively on the consumer and retail sector, with an emphasis in the beauty and personal care industry. He currently sits on the board of directors of Algenist, Cos Bar, This Works, Active Ride Shop, NEST Fragrances, Deva Curl, and formerly sat on the board of directors for Laura Geller Beauty.
Richard Kestenbaum
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience advising clients in merchandising businesses, particularly in the Retail & Consumer sector. Richard is an often-quoted expert on the retail and merchandising industries. He is a Contributor to Forbes.com where he writes a regular blog about trends in retail and consumer product businesses. He also appears regularly in print and other media as well as industry panels and speaking programs.
Before co-founding Triangle, Richard was a Managing Director at a boutique investment banking firm called Financo, Inc. While at Financo, Richard was responsible for a majority of the firm’s apparel industry transactions. Prior to joining Financo, Richard was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. At Drexel, Richard was responsible for a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions around the world.
Richard is the co-author of three books on finance and computer programming. He is formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business at the graduate program of the Stern School of Business at York University.
Richard received a BS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University. Richard is married and lives in New York.
Click here to read Richard’s blog and follow him on Forbes.com.
Sonia Summers
Shana Randhava
Shannon Otto
Sarah Chung
Sarah Chung is the Founder and CEO of Landing International, the B2B technology platform unlocking efficiencies for indie and minority-owned beauty brands. A beauty industry veteran since 2003, Sarah is a sought-after beauty industry expert and trusted advisor to retailers. Since starting Landing in 2014, Sarah has sold over $20 million in retail sales and launched over 200 emerging brands into retail doors.
Scott Sassa
Scott M. Sassa is currently Chairman of MILK Makeup, a new millennial brand that is inspired by MILK Studios. It was launched in January 2016. MILK Makeup is available at Sephora, Urban Outfitters, Birchbox and MILK Makeup.com.
From 2008 to 2013, Scott served as President of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication. Scott was on the ESPN Board, was Co-Chair of AETN which included Lifetime, A&E and History. Mark Burnett Productions was acquired during Scott’s tenure. Scott also has oversight of the venture-investing group, which has made investment in Netscape, Broadcast.com, Pandora and other Internet companies.
Shontay Lundy
Toto Haba
Trinity Mouzon Wolfford
Walter Faulstroh
Yarden Horwitz
Yarden Horwitz is the Co-Founder of Spate, the artificial intelligence trends platform for beauty. Prior to Spate, Yarden co-founded Trendspotting at Google – where she launched renowned reports such as The Google Fashion Trends Report and The Google Skin Care Trends Report. Her work at Google included spotting top trends such as Turmeric, Cold Brew, and Face Masks. Yarden was named the Future Voice of Fashion by The Business of Fashion, based on her work in leveraging data science for consumer trends prediction.
Yolanda Cooper
Yolanda is an inventor, serial entrepreneur and environmental activist. After launching WE ARE PARADOXX, the “cool & clean” sustainable hair & bodycare brand in 2019 she became the creator of Plastic-Free Beauty Day, now the industry’s biggest initiative tackling the use of plastic. She then launched sister brand SUPERNOVA, a range of game changing and patent pending hair tools, the first being the world’s first cordless 3 in 1 straightening iron, curling iron and wand. After successfully launching her brands with some of the biggest and best retailers in the market such as Ulta Beauty, QVC, Saks 5th Avenue and Urban Outfitters she now as her sights set on disrupting the mass market too.
Vivianna Blanch
Victoria Fu
Dakota Isaacs
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