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Gisselle Hernandez

Founder & CEO
Glamlite Cosmetics

Gisselle is an Afro-Latina former undocumented immigrant, who defied the odds to become the founder and CEO of one of the fastest-growing beauty brands, Glamlite Cosmetics. She launched the business with just a dream and $1900 on a credit card from her bedroom. Despite being a high school dropout and stay-at-home with no investors, bank loans, or business experience, Gisselle was determined to overcome all obstacles.

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Gisselle Hernandez

Founder & CEO
Glamlite Cosmetics

Gisselle Hernandez

Founder & CEO
Glamlite Cosmetics

Gisselle is an Afro-Latina former undocumented immigrant, who defied the odds to become the founder and CEO of one of the fastest-growing beauty brands, Glamlite Cosmetics. She launched the business with just a dream and $1900 on a credit card from her bedroom. Despite being a high school dropout and stay-at-home with no investors, bank loans, or business experience, Gisselle was determined to overcome all obstacles. Now, Glamlite is one of the few independent-owned, Black and Latina founded brands to secure licensing partnerships with world-renowned corporations, such as Mattel, Warner Bros., Hershey's, and many more. The brand is scaling significantly in 2025 alone acoss DTC, TikTok Shop and retail. Gisselle is a testament to resilience, determination, and the power of chasing dreams.

 

Melissa Burdick

Co Founder & President
Pacvue

Melissa Burdick is the President of Pacvue and is an expert in designing for online and e-Commerce marketing strategies. A 10-year Amazon veteran, Ms. Burdick helped launch the Amazon CPG/Health & Beauty retail business, building a business from the ground up with an evolving strategy to sell profitably online. She was an early leader of the Amazon Media Group, launching the first vendor display video ad, and developed and grew the Amazon advertising business. Ms.

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Melissa Burdick

Co Founder & President
Pacvue

Melissa Burdick

Co Founder & President
Pacvue

Melissa Burdick is the President of Pacvue and is an expert in designing for online and e-Commerce marketing strategies. A 10-year Amazon veteran, Ms. Burdick helped launch the Amazon CPG/Health & Beauty retail business, building a business from the ground up with an evolving strategy to sell profitably online. She was an early leader of the Amazon Media Group, launching the first vendor display video ad, and developed and grew the Amazon advertising business. Ms. Burdick is well known as an e-Commerce thought leader, Forbes Agency Council member, and participates as a speaker at e-Commerce conferences and industry podcasts.

 

Heidi Glasser

Director of Corporate Affairs
Medicines360

Heidi Glasser

Director of Corporate Affairs
Medicines360

Heidi Glasser

Director of Corporate Affairs
Medicines360
 

Denielle Finkelstein

Co-CEO
UNICORN

Denielle Finkelstein

Co-CEO
UNICORN

Denielle Finkelstein

Co-CEO
UNICORN
  • Over the past decade, women's health has gone from "severely underfunded and under-discussed" to "women's health is a $trillion market" - yet we are still faced with the same challenges, and more.  
  • Women are 51% of the entire population. 100% of the population is affected by health challenges, yet men and women experience disease differently. 
  • Health problems that affect women (differently), affect men directly or indirectly. This is an economic imperative and whoever chooses to ignore it is missing the boat.

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Lisa Marceau

CEO
Joyuus
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Lisa Marceau

CEO
Joyuus

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Thyme Sullivan

Co-CEO
UNICORN
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Thyme Sullivan

Co-CEO
UNICORN

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Denielle Finkelstein

Co-CEO
UNICORN
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Denielle Finkelstein

Co-CEO
UNICORN

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Naseem Sayani

Director, Innovators Circle
WHAM
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Naseem Sayani

Director, Innovators Circle
WHAM
 

Thyme Sullivan

Co-CEO
UNICORN

Thyme Sullivan

Co-CEO
UNICORN

Thyme Sullivan

Co-CEO
UNICORN
 

Giuliana Zaccardelli

Chief Of Staff, Prenuvo Clinics
Prenuvo

Giuliana Zaccardelli

Chief Of Staff, Prenuvo Clinics
Prenuvo

Giuliana Zaccardelli

Chief Of Staff, Prenuvo Clinics
Prenuvo
 

Nicholas Daniel-Richards

Principal
Ok Peter

Principal of Ok Peter, a startup advisory consultancy, bringing 25 years of software development expertise to his work. His career spans from software engineer to leading distributed design and product teams across diverse industries, the past 15 years focused on logistics.

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Nicholas Daniel-Richards

Principal
Ok Peter

Nicholas Daniel-Richards

Principal
Ok Peter

Principal of Ok Peter, a startup advisory consultancy, bringing 25 years of software development expertise to his work. His career spans from software engineer to leading distributed design and product teams across diverse industries, the past 15 years focused on logistics.

Nicholas's notable roles include Chief Digital Officer of the National Basketball Players Association, Cofounding ShipHero, and as the Chief Technology Officer of Code & Theory, a global design & product agency. His design excellence was recognized with a D&AD Yellow Pencil for his work with Anna Wintour on the relaunch of Vogue Digital.

With deep roots in logistics technology through his leadership at as founder of ShipHero and CEO of Packiyo, Nicholas understands the critical intersection of operations and customer experience. He is passionate about the foundations of user experience design, believing that exceptional customer experiences begin with organizational culture and processes, not just external touchpoints. This inside-out approach has shaped his philosophy on building sustainable, customer-centric operations in logistics.