5 Minutes with SheaMoisture’s Taydra Mitchell Jackson
Taydra Mitchell Jackson’s multi-pronged approach to business covers everything from producing great product, philanthropy, community, and leadership by example.
Dyson’s Jessica Schinazi on Leaning In, Speaking Up, and Going Viral on Tik Tok
Jessica’s stints at LVMH, Amazon, and Richemont have helped prepare her for taking on her current role as President, Americas at Dyson where she’s out to solve everyone’s hair care problems, one heat styling innovation at a time.
Melis del Rey Explains How Amazon is Transforming the Online Beauty Shopping Experience
Changing the face of both retail and beauty, Amazon is merging the worlds of technology, entertainment, and retail, to create the ultimate beauty shopping experience.
L’Oréal’s Tina Fair on Catalyzing Growth Through Diversity and Unity
As President of the newly monikered L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Division, Tina Fair knows when to let a brand own its uniqueness…and when togetherness is the more powerful route. Her strategy has built employee trust, dermatologist devotees, and company revenue — just your basic skin care universe domination.
RéVive Skincare CEO Elana Drell-Szyfer on Leading and Learning from Women
How prestige skin care brand RéVive doubled in size by focusing on diversification, innovation, and colleagues who know more than the boss. (Within their specialties, of course.)
Modeling an Empowered, Empathetic, Women-First Workforce: Lisa Marie Ringus, EVP, 24 Seven
Lisa Marie Ringus, EVP, 24 Seven, believes that a reimagined workforce can organically create a diverse and inclusive environment where women feel seen, heard, and connected.
Kelly McPhilliamy on the Makings of a Great Merger
Kelly McPhilliamy, a Managing Director at Harris Williams, discusses value-creation opportunities in beauty and personal care.
Olaplex President & CEO JuE Wong on the Importance of Female Leadership
How the beauty industry — and its consumers — benefit when women have a seat in the C-suite.
Mentorship Works: Women at the Top Share Mentor/Mentee Stories
Data shows that mentorship is most effective when a mentor passes down unwritten forms of knowledge rather than codified skills. CEW’s 2023 Achiever Award Honorees talk about how mentorship — both on the giving and receiving end — has proved invaluable to their professional development.
How I Became: Taydra Mitchell Jackson, Chief Marketing Officer, SheaMoisture
Influenced by her family and a strong support system, Taydra Mitchell Jackson talks about her journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship and back again—and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Gregg Renfrew: How I Became the Founder of Beautycounter
As the pioneer of the clean beauty movement for more than a decade, Gregg Renfrew established the standards in clean beauty with a list of more than 1,800 potentially harmful ingredients, the “Never List,” that Beautycounter avoids using in its products – expanded to more than 2,800 ingredients just this year. The move inspired countless other brands worldwide to follow suit. Gregg also advocates for change at the legislative level for safer skin care and cosmetics, proving that it is possible to create high-performing products that are safer for people and environmental health, and achieve beauty brand unicorn status. In April 2021, The Carlyle Group acquired Beautycounter, valuing the company at one billion dollars.
How About That: Female Founder Honoree Nyakio Grieco, Founder & CEO, Thirteen Lune, and Relevant: Your Skin Seen
Before Nyakio Grieco founded Thirteen Lune, the first ever retail site dedicated to BIPOC brands, she created a beauty line based on her Kenyan roots. It turns out not knowing what she didn’t know would serve her well, and that the challenges she faced as a Black female entrepreneur would empower her to make sure others wouldn’t face the same challenges.