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Amanda Baldwin
CEO, OLAPLEX
Aimee Bayer-Thomas
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CEO, BeautyHealth
Nancy Berger
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Senior Strategic Advisor, Six Senses
Kendra Bracken-Ferguson
Co-Founder, LumiNicole Beauty
Rachel Ten Brink
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Sonya Brown
General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
Sandra Campos
Former CEO and President, PetMeds
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
CEO, Xero
Kathryn Cavanaugh
Founder and Managing Partner, Capstar Ventures
Reshma Chattaram Chamberlin
Co-founder, CBO & CDO, Summersalt
Lucy Chow
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Maxine Clark
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Betsy Cohen
Chairman, Cohen Circle
Lori Coulter
Founder and CEO/President, Summersalt
Neda Daneshzadeh
Co-Founder and Partner, Prelude Growth Partners
Kristen D’Arcy
CMO and Head of Digital Growth, True Religion
Jesse Draper
Founder, Halogen Ventures
Andrea Drasites
Managing Director, The Blackstone Group
Erin O’Brien Edwards
Partner, TZP Group
Aimee Kestenberg Elan
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Amy Errett
CEO and Founder, Madison Reed
NJ Falk
Founding Partner and Managing Partner, Athletic Propulsion Labs (APL)
Christina Fontana
Senior Director, Brand Operations EMEA, SHEIN
Jennifer Foyle
President and Executive Creative Director, AE & Aerie
Elizabeth Galbut
Founding Partner, SoGal Ventures
Jordan Gaspar
Managing Partner, AF Ventures
Michelle Gass
President, Levi Strauss & Co.
Kara Goldin
Founder, Hint
Melissa Gonzalez
Principal, MG2; CEO, The Lionesque Group
Karly Gramlich
Founder, Upper District
Jill Granoff
Senior Advisor, Eurazeo and AlixPartners
Michelle Cordeiro Grant
Founder & CEO, Gorgie
Mindy Grossman
Partner, The Consello Group
Joelle Grunberg
Partner, McKinsey & Co.
Rachel Harris
Director, Unilever Ventures
Pamela Hendrickson
Vice Chairman, The Riverside Company
Cynthia Hollen
CEO and Co-Founder, Mavi.io OnMyWay™ Commerce
Elinor Hoover
Chairman of Global Consumer and Retail Investment Banking, Citi
Shea Jensen
President, Urban Outfitters
Heather Kaminetsky
Chief Executive Officer, Net-a-Porter
Karen Katz
Retail Advisor and Board Member
Kay Koplovitz
Co-Founder & Chairman, Springboard Enterprises
Lauri Kien Kotcher
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Anisa Kumar
Chief Executive Officer, Narvar
Sarah Kunst
Managing Director, CLEO Capital
Sarah LaFleur
Founder and CEO, M.M.LaFleur
Molly Langenstein
CEO and President, Chico’s FAS
Sonia Lapinsky
Managing Director, Retail, AlixPartners
Adrienne Lazarus
Former President, Madewell
Aileen Lee
Founder and Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures
Sharon Leite
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Cate Luzio
Founder and CEO, Luminary
Shan-Lyn Ma
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Tracy Margolies
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Alison Minter
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Marcia Nelson
Managing Director, ShareNett
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Cristina Nunez
Co-Founder and General Partner, True Beauty Ventures
Brie Olson
Chief Executive Officer, Pacsun
Debbie Perelman
Advisor, Revlon
Meranee Phing
Senior Partner, The Riverside Company
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CEO, Milani Cosmetics
Deirdre Quinn
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Shana Randhava
President, Marubeni Consumer Platform US
Karen Riley-Grant
Chief Marketing Officer, Vuori
Babba Rivera
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Dawn Robertson
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Cassie Rosenthal
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer Rosenthal Capital Group
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Vania Schlogel
Founder and Managing Partner, Atwater Capital
Jaime Schmidt
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Karyn Schoenbart
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Duo Partners
Kendra Scott
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Rachel Shechtman
Board Member, Camp; Founder, Story
Amy Shecter
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Sandy Sholl
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Lori Singer
President, Parlux
Alicia Sontag
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Kecia Steelman
President and CEO, Ulta Beauty
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Tracy Sun
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Hillary Super
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Elana Drell Szyfer
Board Member, NEST, CEW and Cos Bar
Diya Talwar
Principal, Vestar Capital Partners
Melissa Taunton
Partner, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Paige Thomas
Former Chief Product Innovation Officer, Signet Jewelers
Tracey T. Travis
Board Director, Accenture, Hyatt and Meta
Lori Wachs
Managing Partner, Penultima Capital
Julie Wainwright
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Amy Weisman
Director of Business Development, Sterling Investment Partners
Andrea Weiss
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Melanie Whelan
Managing Director, Summit Partners
Amy Rosen Wildstein
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Kim Vernon
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Janie Yu
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