Beauty Connect 2023 | Kisaco Research | 6 November 2023 | TBA, Los Angeles, US

Driving brand growth through innovation, investment & partnerships across the beauty, personal care, and wellness industry.

Benefits of attending:
• Foster partnerships with the future investors of your brand or the future brands of your portfolio
• Position yourself for a successful strategic partnership by connecting with beauty conglomerates and gaining insight into their strategy
• Scale your brand while maintaining talent, brand values and driving inclusivity and diversity practices at every touchpoint
• Make meaningful retailer connections and gain confidence in your distribution strategy
• Meet and rise above the demands of the conscious consumer by engaging with industry-leading vendors and sustainability experts

2022 Past Speakers

Shana Randhava
VP New Incubation Ventures, The Estee Lauder Companies

Charlie Vickery
Managing Director, Haeckels

Shontay Lundy
CEO Creator and Founder, Black Girl Sunscreen

Cindy Kim
President, We Are One Beauty

Samantha Kimmel
Creative Partnerships, TikTok

Iva Teixeira
Co-Founder and CEO, Good Face Project

Mia Davis
Director of Environmental & Social Responsibility, Credo Beauty

Jill Tomandl
VP Product Development Innovation Brand Sustainability, Smashbox Cosmetics, The Estee Lauder Companies

Oliver Garfield
CEO, CosBar

Dan Hodgdon
Founder, Vegamour

Ilya Seglin
Managing Director, Threadstone

Rich Gersten
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, True Beauty Capital

Helen Nwosu
VP Social Impact, Prose

Elana Drell-Sfyzer
CEO, Revive Skincare

Éva Goicochea
Founder & CEO, Maude

Mabel Frias
CEO, Luna Magic

Laurie Tessier
Merchandising Director, Prestige Beauty, Walmart

Christina Williams
Brand & Innovation Manager, Sunday II Sunday

Michael Toure
Founder & CEO, Toure Capital

Brandon Ford
Chief Accelerator Director, Lubrizol Life Science

Emily Perez
Founder, Latinas in Beauty

Mimi Ghosh
SVP Northeast Lead for Financial Sponsors Group, Bank of America

Erik Thompson
Buyer, Suncare and Hand & Body Lotion, Target

Brian Grady
Senior Marketing Specialist, DSM

Sarah Chung
Founder & CEO, Landing International

Matt Rice
Industry Manager, Meta

Brandon Frank
President, PPC Packing

Ryan Piela
Executive Director, New Incubation Ventures

Conor Begley
Co-founder, Tribe Dynamics

Jennifer Stansbury
Co-founder, The Benchmarking Company

Ronie Schemlz
Counsel, Tucker Ellis LLP

Romain Gaillard
Founder & CEO, The Detox Market

Donny Salazar
Founder & CEO, MasonHub

Hector Hernandez
Sales Account Director, Symrise Cosmetics Ingredients – Beauty Activations

Cara Eaton
Marketing Director, Beauty Care, Croda

Megan Klingbeil
Partner and Co-Leader of Beauty, Health & Wellness Group, Anchin

Kara Posner
Partner, Giannuzzi Lewendon

Jana Wright
Partner, Moss Adams

George Song
Vice President, Strand Equity

Hemanshu Patel
Partner, North Castle Partners

Joseph Atencio
Partner, Yellow Wood Partners

Lauren Wisniewski
Manager, New Incubation Ventures

Michele Robertson
Director of Product Innovation, Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients – Beauty Activations

Vanessa Kuykendall
VP Business Development, Market Defense

Shirley Billot
Founder, Kadalys

Timothy Sousa
Director, Whipstitch Capital

Destiny Villarreal
DMM, JCPenney

Hani Fares
Senior Director, Ashland

David Caballero-Lima
Head of R&D, Labskin

Patrick Lowe
Vice President Business Management, PFS

Inna Tumarian
SVP, Global Sales & Marketing, Higher Education Skincare

Patrick O'Keefe
VP Integrated Marketing Communications, E.L.F BEAUTY

Lorne Lucree
Chief Innovation Officer Head of Corporate Strategic Initiatives, Voyant Beuty

Sonia Summers
Founder & CEO, Beauty Barrage

Taylor Serrano
Director of Social Media & Influencer Relations, Too Faced Cosmetics

Kevin Gorman
VP of Sales and Business Development, OceanX

Andy Chiu
General Manager, KraveBeauty

Victoria Fu
Co-Founder, Chemist Confessions

Seth Rodner
President, Skinbetter Science

Charlene Valledor
President & Co-Founder, SOS Beauty

Mathieu Joubert
AVP, eComm Supply Chain, D2C, L’Oréal

Anish Buch
VP, U.S. Supply Chain, Luxe, L’Oréal

Sandra Velasquez
CEO & Founder, Nopalera

Marie La France
VP of Strategy, Dash Hudson

Jared Shum
Head of APAC Business Development & Strategy, Pattern

Deven Hopp
VP of Brand, Versed

Jenna Jackson
Principal, CAVU Consumer Partners

2023 Sponsors

HEADLINE INGREDIENTS PARTNER:
• Croda

HEADLINE LOGISTICS PARTNER:
• Pfs

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Lubrizol Life Science
• Mossadams

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Anchin
• Dsm
• Threadstone