Sanjay Murthy
Shareholder
McAndrews
Jonathan Newdorf
Senior Director
RWS
Gareth Morgan
Partner
Pinsent Masons
Brian Berdan
Sr Product Manager
Go!Foton
Brian Berdan, Sr. Product Manager, Leads the strategy, and development for inside plant connectivity hardware for Go!Foton. He has over 20 years of experience in product management, a noted technical author, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Beauty’s most talked-about founders spill the secrets on their success and what comes next in back-to-back fireside chats.
Discover their playbooks for sustainable growth, gaining traction, timing the deal, and what they now prioritize in industry partnerships.
3:00 – 3:20 with Olive & June
3:20 – 3:40 with Patrick Ta
3:40 – 4:00 with KAYALI
Sarah Gibson Tuttle
CEO & Founder
Olive & June
Sarah Gibson Tuttle is the Founder / CEO of Olive & June, the first-ever consumer-focused nail brand with first-of-their-kind products that deliver salon-quality results at-home. Since launching in 2013, Olive & June has revolutionized the nail category and successfully democratized the nail salon experience to bring beautiful nails to everyone. In 2021, Sarah was named to Inc.’s Female Founders 100 list recognizing her as a trailblazing role model in entrepreneurship and a major disruptor in the beauty industry. Sarah also currently advises and invests in high-growth CPG startups.
Kimberly Villatoro
CEO
Patrick Ta
With a background in beauty, consumer products, and fashion, Kimberly Villatoro has led and marketed some of the most recognized brands in the world, including the billion-dollar brand Barbie. Most recently, she served as Vice President and General Manager of Smashbox and Glamglow in North America, where she led the brand's strategy and operations. She is a proven leader, bringing purpose, strategy, and scale to the businesses she has led across her two decade long professional career. With a track record of community-first brand building, today Ms. Villatoro brings her vocal advocacy and passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion to the team at Patrick Ta Beauty.
Mona Kattan
Founder and CEO
KAYALI
Mona Kattan is the Founder and CEO of KAYALI. She is trailblazing Arab American entrepreneur, has been named one of the most powerful women in the Middle East by Forbes and has appeared on popular TV shows like Netflix’s Dubai Bling and Shark Tank.
Driven by her love for perfume, Mona launched KAYALI in 2018. The brand, which means “my imagination” in Arabic, draws inspiration from her Middle Eastern heritage and the art of layering scents. Mona continues to lead KAYALI, working with world-renowned perfumers to create unforgettable, cruelty-free fragrances. Each luxurious scent, from its alluring notes to its beautifully crafted bottle, is a tribute to expert craftsmanship and storytelling. With nearly 5,000 perfumes in her collection, Mona has been honored as the "Most Influential Social Media Personality" by The Fragrance Foundation. Mona has built a global community of over 6 million followers across social media and she remains dedicated to fostering inclusivity and empowering the next generation of beauty enthusiasts.
Uncover 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, BPC
Mintel
Anna Keller is an analyst on Mintel’s US Beauty and Personal Care team, and she joined Mintel with a strong background in the skincare industry translating trends and technologies into new products. Prior to her time with Mintel, Anna gained extensive experience at a contract manufacturer working across departments to drive product development. While Anna has focused on the beauty and personal care space in her professional career, sustainability, eco-minded innovation, and environmental policy have long been passions of hers. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a unique degree in Ethics, History, and Public Policy with a concentration in Technology and Policy.
Siffat Haider
Co-Founder & CEO
Arrae
Founder, 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 Center of Excellence
CVS Health
Michelle 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, M.D
Co-Founder
Beekman 1802
Dr. Ridge began his career as a physician at Mt. Sinai in New York City and later launched the Health and Wellness division of Martha Stewart Omnimedia.
In 2008, he co-founded Beekman 1802 with his husband, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and is an ambassador to the Global Wellness Institute. Today, the company is recognized as one of the most successful lifestyle brands in America. Their beauty, home, and gourmet products are sold through premium retail partners worldwide, including Williams Sonoma, Bloomingdale’s, and Anthropologie, and in 2019, they set the record for the largest beauty brand launch in the combined 37-year history of both HSN and QVC.