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About CEW

CEW is an inclusive organization that supports and advances women by providing the foundation, education, connections, and recognition necessary to elevate and advance careers. Our 8,000 member global community includes professionals from emerging talent to C-suite executives across beauty brands, fragrance houses, media outlets, suppliers, and retailers.

About CEW

Our mission

CEW is the beauty industry’s career network for women. For more than 70 years we have connected members to each other, to the industry’s best thinking, professional development and to the recognition that opens doors, from first job to C-suite.

8,000+

Members worldwide

70+

Years in beauty

First job to C-suite

Every career stage

Our vision

To be the beauty industry’s most trusted community for women’s career advancement, where connection, insight and opportunity come together to shape the industry’s next generation of leaders.

Our values

01

Open doors

Career development, opportunity and recognition, at every stage.

02

Always learning

Lifelong learning, creativity, innovation and the entrepreneurial streak beauty runs on.

03

Stronger together

A community that shows up for each other, in every form of diversity.

04

Industry obsessed

We know beauty, and everything we make is built for it.

Our Board

On our board sit the most accomplished women in beauty, health and wellness representing leadership, innovation, and expertise across functions, disciplines, brands, retailers and manufacturers, consultancies, agencies and financial institutions.

FAQ

Our FAQs represent the most commonly asked questions about our community, events, and membership. Feel free to email us with questions too. Click here for the full FAQ’s.

  1. CEW History

    CEW was founded in New York in 1954 as a social group for women in the beauty business. Over the past 70 years, the organization has evolved into a global nonprofit supporting professional growth through awards, education, events, professional development, and networking, and philanthropy.

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