This virtual event explored the progress, challenges, and opportunities shaping a more inclusive, innovative, and equitable future across the workplace and the beauty industry.

Session Breakdowns:

  • Keynote: The Next Chapter — Opportunities for Women in the Workplace with Joanne Lipman with moderator Nancy Berger, Start with a Good
  • The Women Leading the Way: Beauty Research & Development with Speakers from P&G Beauty, Unilever, and Future Society
  • Re-Imagining the Power and Impact of DEI with Boston Consulting Group
  • Reshaping Professional Beauty with Access, Education, and Representation with L’Oréal Professional Products Division
  • A State of Black Beauty: An Industry Study as Told by Those Who Define It with Speakers from READY to BEAUTY, BrownGirlMarketing, Ambi, and ThisThatBeauty

Speakers

Jasmina Aganovic
Jasmina Aganovic
Founder & CEO
Future Society
Nancy Berger
Founder
Start with a Good
Beth Dobbins Headshot
Beth Dobbins
Director of Marketing & Digital Strategy
Dermablend Professional, Ambi, Acne Free, and Baxter of California
Corey Huggins Headshot
Corey Huggins
Founder, Global CEO & Managing Partner
READY to BEAUTY, LLC.
Joanne Lipman Headshot
Joanne Lipman
Author and former Editor-in-Chief
USA Today, USA Today Network, Conde Nast Portfolio, and The Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Journal
LaShaunda McNeil PhD Headshot 2024
LaShaunda McNeil, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Clinical & Consumer Measurement Sciences
P&G Beauty
Andrea Nagel
Andrea Nagel
Chief Content Officer
CEW
Gabrielle Novacek Headshot
Gabrielle Novacek
Partner & Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Erica Roberson Headshot
Erica Roberson-Peters
Vice-President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
L’Oréal Professional Products Division (PPD)
Tippi Shorter Headshot
Tippi Shorter
Global Artistic Director for Mizani and US Color Artist
L’Oréal Professionnel
Ylorie Taylor Headshot
Ylorie Taylor
Founder; Creator; Advisor
BrownGirlMarketing; HUE Affair; Goldman Sachs Black in Business
Felicia Walker Headshot
Felicia Walker
Beauty Journalist, Digital Pioneer, Skincare Educator & Author
Tiffany Yizar
Tiffany Yizar
Head of Research & Development - Beauty and Wellbeing North America
Unilever

Impact Partners

24 seven logo
Clarins Groupe Logo
Cosmoprof North America logo
DIOR Parfums logo
L'Oreal Groupe logo
P&G Beauty Logo
Tatcha Logo
Ulta Beauty logo
Unilever logo