Nancy Twine
Founder & CEOBriogeo HairAnn Chung
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Consumer for Blackstone GrowthBlackstoneDave Smith
SVP M&A, Investments & LicensingEstée Lauder CompaniesChelsea Riggs
Founding Member & Global PresidentAmikaSandra Velasquez
CEO & FounderNopaleraChristine Chang
Co-FounderGlow RecipeAlicia Sontag
Managing PartnerPrelude Growth PartnersShai Eisenman
Founder & CEOBubbleNoah Rosenblatt
President North AmericaSpaceNKNicolas Geiger
CEO L’Occitane au Bresil brand, Group Business Development Executive AmericasL’Occitane GroupBrook Harvey-Taylor
Founder & CEOPacifica BeautyNadya Okamoto
Founder & CEOAugustNadya Okamoto is the co-Founder of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. She is also the author of the book PERIOD POWER: a Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement, and founder and former Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, PERIOD. Outside of her work in the menstrual health space, Okamoto is also a social media creator with over 4m followers on TikTok, producer and host of the podcast, Tigress, a mental health advocate, and known as a Gen Z marketing expert. She recently graduated from Harvard College, class of 2021.
Her debut book, PERIOD POWER, published by Simon & Schuster in 2018, made the Kirkus Reviews list for Best Young Adult Nonfiction that year. Nadya is also the former Chief Brand Officer and Board Member of JUV Consulting, a Generation Z marketing agency based in NYC. She has been recognized on the lists of Forbes 30 under 30, Bloomberg 50 “Ones to Watch” and People Magazine's Women Changing the World.
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Amanda Bacon
Founder & CEOMoon JuiceSarah Lee
Co-FounderGlow RecipeJunior Scott Pence
Co-Founder, CMO and Creative DirectorPeace Out SkincareJenn Harper
Founder & CEOCheekbone BeautyDustin Cash
CEOSOS BeautyJackie Dunklau
Founder & PartnerAria GrowthKaran Gupta
Co-FounderOdoreArmaan Mehta
Co-FounderOdoreLauren Antion
Director | Co-Head of Beauty, Personal Care & WellnessIntrepid Investment BankersAnna Araman
SVP North AmericaSKEEPERSIn her current role as SVP of North America at Skeepers, Anna is responsible for leading teams across departments with a focus on sales and retention. In her four-year tenure, Anna has generated over 200% revenue growth. She was instrumental in making Octoly profitable and taking it to acquisition by Skeepers in 2022.
Anna has a long-term record of developing holistic partnerships and accelerating revenue across multiple platforms. She began her career with beauty executive roles at Cosmopolitan, Elle and Popsugar. She pivoted to the e-commerce/ influencer UGC space with leadership positions at Bazaarvoice and Skeepers.
She remains deeply vested in the beauty business and values her long-term c-suite relationships. Anna resides in Redding, CT with her two children Sofia and George. Her passions include astrology, pilates, trips to Europe and the Caribbean and supporting children with special needs.
Arayna Singh
Technical Marketing ManagerCrodaAli Kole
Head of Premium BeautyAmazonKristen Wiley
Founder & CEOStatusphereKristen Wiley is the Founder and CEO of Statusphere, a software platform that helps brands scale micro-influencer marketing and product seeding in a fraction of the time.
As a 10+ year influencer marketing veteran and previously a creator herself, Kristen has experienced first-hand the challenges that brands and creators face when partnering. She created Statusphere to help brands effortlessly scale their influencer partnerships while providing a more personalized experience to creators.
With a vision and a mission in mind, she launched the tech startup out of her apartment, raised funding, and built a team to bring the platform to life.
Brands partner with Statusphere to automate and scale every part of the influencer marketing process. From hands-free fulfillment technology to a creator matchmaking algorithm powered by more than 250 first-party creator data points – Statusphere saves brands 98% of the time they’d spend scaling influencer collaborations alone. To date, the platform has helped more than 400 brands scale collaborations with over 75,000 influencers.
Oliver Garfield
CEOCosBarJane Hanson
CEO & FounderHHH Productions; Former Anchor and Host, NBC News, New York