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Award Category — Women's Leadership Awards

Meet the beauty industry’s biggest female disruptors, CEW’s Achiever and Catalyst for Change honorees in the C-Suite as well as the top Female Founders of the moment. Learn not just what makes them, former honorees, and rising stars so special and newsworthy, but their personal stories of passion, struggle, and triumph. Discover just how they’ve achieved so much — and what they have their beauty sights set on next.

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How I Became: Taydra Mitchell Jackson, Chief Marketing Officer, SheaMoisture

Influenced by her family and a strong support system, Taydra Mitchell Jackson talks…

Gregg Renfrew: How I Became the Founder of Beautycounter

As the pioneer of the clean beauty movement for more than a decade,…

Nyakio At Girls Inc

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…

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How About That: Female Founder Honoree Brook Harvey-Taylor, Founder & CEO, Pacifica Beauty

More than 26 years ago Brook Harvey-Taylor set out to create a line…

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How About That: Anisa Telwar Kaicker, Founder & CEO, Anisa International

It’s safe to say Anisa Telwar Kaicker got an early education in business…

How I Became: Nancy Mahon, Chief Sustainability Officer, Estée Lauder

A lawyer by trade, Nancy Mahon leads both The Estée Lauder Cos.’ Citizenship…

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Nikki Eslami: How I Became Founder of Bellami Hair and Created New Theory Ventures

Nikki Eslami left a career in law to fill a gap for high-quality…

Kory Marchisotto: How I Became Chief Marketing Officer at e.l.f. Beauty and President of Keys Soulcare

The e.l.f. Beauty team and the TikTok community calls her K-BO$$. She calls…

Hilla Ram: How I Became SVP, Global Hair Care Brands and Global Beauty Analytics & Insights Leader, P&G Beauty

For Hilla Ram, curiosity has always informed her leadership skills — whether on…

Christina Fair: How I Became President of Dermatological Beauty N.A., L’Oréal USA

Christina Fair runs the $1.6 billion (retail sales) Dermatological Beauty division of L’Oréal,…

How About That: Female Founder Honoree Alicia Grande, Founder & CEO, Grande Cosmetics

Alicia Grande built her brand the old fashioned way: working the trade show…

Tracee Ellis Ross By Nadine Ljewere For Pattern Beauty

How About That: Female Founder Honoree Tracee Ellis Ross, Founder & CEO, PATTERN Beauty

From the very beginning of building her brand, Tracee Ellis Ross set out…

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