Announcing the 2027 Honorees
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Thursday, April 1st
Hilton Midtown, NYC • 11:00 AM
Every year, CEW recognizes the women whose leadership has changed the shape of this industry, and who have spent their careers making room for the women coming after them. We are proud to introduce the 2027 honorees.
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Diana Acevedo
Chief Information Officer
Shiseido Americas
Diana Acevedo leads technology strategy and operations for Shiseido Americas, a $1.4B regional business, where she has turned technology from a support function into a business engine — bringing key digital capabilities in-house, launching a new e-commerce platform and establishing enterprise AI governance. Across more than 20 years in technology leadership, she has built pathways for women into IT, a field where female leadership remains underrepresented, mentoring business professionals into technology roles.
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Amanda Baldwin
Chief Executive Officer
Olaplex, Inc.
Amanda Baldwin has spent more than 20 years building prestige beauty brands. She has served as Chief Executive Officer of Olaplex since 2023, leading the company’s strategy for growth and innovation and guiding it through its $1.4 billion acquisition by Henkel, which closed in July 2026. She previously led Supergoop! for more than seven years, establishing it as a leading name in prestige suncare, following roles at L Catterton, Dior Beauty and Clinique. An EY Entrepreneur of the Year, she is a recurring voice at forums built to advance women founders and professionals.
Retail
Lauren Brindley
Chief Merchandising and Digital Officer
Ulta Beauty
Lauren Brindley brings more than 20 years across mass and prestige beauty, merchandising, digital and business transformation. She joined Ulta Beauty in 2025, where she has advanced the company’s merchandising and digital transformation, including the launch of UB Marketplace. She previously served as CEO of Revolution Beauty, spent seven years leading Walgreens’ beauty transformation, and held senior roles at Boots, where she led the repositioning of No7. She currently serves on the CEW Board.
Brand
Amber English
President, Digital & Online, The Americas and Global Amazon Lead
The Estée Lauder Companies
Amber English leads digital-first transformation and online sales growth across all e-commerce channels in the U.S., Canada and Latin America for The Estée Lauder Companies. She joined ELC in 2021 and was instrumental in the company’s entrance into the Amazon Premium Beauty store before being named President, Digital & Online, The Americas and Global Amazon Lead. She previously spent 14 years at Amazon, including as Head of Beauty and Personal Care. Named to WWD’s 2025 Women in Power list, she describes her approach to leadership as “lifting others as you climb.”
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Silvia Galfo
President, L’Oréal Luxe USA
L’Oréal Groupe
Silvia Galfo has built a 28-year career in beauty, 24 of them at L’Oréal — from Global Skincare and Makeup Marketing in Paris to SVP Global Makeup Marketing for Lancôme. She led Armani Beauty as General Manager before her promotion in 2024 to President, L’Oréal Luxe USA, where she now leads the entire luxury division. She sits on the L’Oréal USA Strategic Committee and the Global L’Oréal Luxe management team. Women represent 60% of the roles on her leadership team.
Trends & Analytics
Larissa Jensen
Senior Vice President, Global Beauty Industry Advisor
Circana
Larissa Jensen has spent more than 25 years in beauty translating retail and consumer data into strategic direction for retailers, global manufacturers and emerging brands — explaining not only what consumers are buying, but why. She held marketing roles at The Estée Lauder Companies and L’Oréal USA before moving into analytics. An adjunct professor in FIT’s Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management graduate program, she has presented at the WWD Beauty CEO Summit for four consecutive years.
Retail
Corey Yribarren
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
Sephora
Corey Yribarren has spent 25 years in the beauty industry, joining Sephora as Chief People Officer in 2020. She has launched new healthcare and fertility benefits, a pay equity program, and scholarship and internship programs, and created the Sephora Heart Journey. She regularly travels to stores and distribution centers for listening sessions with employees at every level. Previously SVP of Global HR at Benefit Cosmetics for 15 years, she was honored with the Pioneer of Change Award at WWD’s Runway of Dreams event.
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Gamechanger
Neda Daneshzadeh & Alicia Sontag
Co-Founders and Managing Partners
Prelude Growth Partners
Neda Daneshzadeh and Alicia Sontag first worked together at McKinsey & Company before building complementary careers — Neda as a Partner at L Catterton, Alicia in executive leadership at The Estée Lauder Companies and as Global President of Beauty at Johnson & Johnson. In 2017 they co-founded Prelude Growth Partners, now a leading female-founded consumer growth equity firm whose beauty investments include Sol de Janeiro, Summer Fridays, Naturium, Phlur and Westman Atelier. Prelude closed its third fund at its $600M upper limit in 2025.
Champion of Distinguished CEW Service
Jill Scalamandre
Chief Executive Officer
Beekman 1802
Chairwoman, CEW
Jill Scalamandre has spent more than 30 years across mass and luxury beauty, holding senior leadership positions at Prada Beauty, Avon, Coty and philosophy, and helping build and oversee the sale of Frédéric Fekkai hair care and salons to Procter & Gamble. At Shiseido Americas she led the global turnaround of the $300M bareMinerals business and helped incubate Buxom. She joined Beekman 1802 as CEO in 2022. As Chairwoman of CEW, she has been a tireless advocate for the advancement of women across the industry.
Thursday, April 1st, Hilton Midtown, NYC
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The CEW Achiever Awards is the beauty industry’s most prestigious recognition of women’s leadership. No other organization offers such a significant platform to honor beauty’s most accomplished women leaders for their achievement and leadership. More than an awards ceremony, it is a gathering of the decision-makers, innovators and executives shaping the industry’s future.
Honorees are nominated by CEW’s Board of Governors and through CEW research, then vetted and selected by the Achiever Awards Committee. Selection criteria include eight or more years in beauty or a related industry, demonstrable impact on their company and the industry, and a track record of contributing to the advancement of women.