Bobbi Brown is a world renowned makeup artist; a beauty industry icon; a hotelier; a best-selling author; the founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and most recently, the founder and chief creative officer of breakout beauty brand, Jones Road Beauty, a collection of clean, indispensable beauty products that she launched in October 2020. Bobbi was named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women in 2021 and in 2022, was named one of Forbes "50 Over 50" most Influential Women. She has received the Glamour Woman of the Year Award, The Fashion Group International Night of Stars Beauty Award, and The Jackie Robinson Foundation’s ROBIE Humanitarian Award. She was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation and has been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. She holds honorary doctorates from Montclair State University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Monmouth University, and Emerson College.

Christie Horvath is CEO and Founder of Wagmo, a fast-growing pet wellness company redefining pet benefits in the workplace. Christie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Northwestern University. She began her career in the Financial Institutions Group at BlackRock before launching Wagmo in 2017. Recently, Christie was named to the Inc. Female Founders 500 list, and in 2024, Wagmo was recognized with the Benefits Trailblazer Award for Best Lifestyle Solution.

Deepica Mutyala is the Founder & CEO of Live Tinted, the buzz-worthy clean beauty brand with universal shades and purposeful formulas. She first gained recognition in 2015 when her viral YouTube video on color correction sparked a movement for greater representation in beauty. Since launching Live Tinted in 2018, she has expanded the brand into a growing beauty and skincare line, now one of the fastest-growing prestige brands at ULTA Beauty. Through innovative products and groundbreaking collaborations, including the first South Asian CEO Barbie with Mattel and a brand commercial in partnership with ULTA Beauty, Mutyala continues to redefine beauty standards for the next generation.

Born and raised in Harlem, U.S.A., Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye is a first generation Senegalese-American entrepreneur. Over the past decade, Diarrha has worked in marketing,communications and social media for multi-million dollar brands such as Rebecca Minkoff,VIBEMagazine, and L’Oreal Paris. She then began to lead and execute new product launches whileworking in product development and innovation at Glossier. Bringing her 8+ years ofexperience, today she is the Founder and CEO of emerging beauty brand, AmiColé, a "better-for-you" brand made to celebrate melanin-rich skin. Diarrha is laser-focused on continuing todemystify stereotypes, shatter glass ceilings, and redefine the often-tainted perception of BlackBeauty.

Gwen Whiting is perhaps best-known for turning a domestic chore into an everyday luxury in founding her category-creating premium, eco-friendly laundry and home cleaning brand, The Laundress. Over the course of 17 years, she led the growth of her bootstrapped company to become a household name, through its global expansion, and eventual acquisition by Unilever in 2019. In June 2024, Gwen launched The Fill, a private members cleaning community and collection of wellness forward, aromatherapy-infused sustainable home cleaning and laundry solutions offering maximized luxury and minimal impact.

Heidi is the Co-Founder and CEO of ThirdLove, a premium intimate apparel brand that helps women feel comfortable and confident starting with their first layer. The company is known for its inclusive sizing including its signature half-cup bras, as well as other elevated essentials including sports bras, swimwear, underwear, and lounge. Over 20 million women have found their correct bra size through the virtual Fitting Room on thirdlove.com. Through its Bras for All donation program, the company has donated over $50 million of products to organizations such as Soles4Souls, I Support the Girls, and many others that help in relief and community efforts. Before ThirdLove, Heidi was at Google, Aeropostale, McKinsey & Co., and Bank of America. She’s been recognized as one of Fortune’s 40 Under 40, EY Entrepreneur of the Year, National Retail Federation’s Disruptors, Fast Company’s Most Creative People, the American Image Award: Fashion Maverick, Inc 100 Female Founders and Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. Heidi attended Duke University, earning her BA in economics, and has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Business. She is an angel investor and advisor to over 20 female-led startups. Heidi is a member of YPO Northern California and is a member of the 2024 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Jennifer Hyman is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rent the Runway, the company that created a new category in the fashion industry and forever changed the way women get dressed. Since its inception in 2009, Jennifer has led the company through all stages of growth as they grew from a scrappy startup to a company serving millions of lifetime customers. Today, women can use Rent the Runway to subscribe, rent items a-la-carte and shop resale from hundreds of designer partners on, all for a fraction of the retail cost. Jennifer took Rent the Runway public in 2021, making her the first woman ever to IPO a company with an all-female executive suite and the 30th female founder ever to IPO her own company. She has been honored on the TIME Top 100 Most Influential People List, People magazine’s “Women Changing the World,” Forbes’ “12 Most Disruptive Names in Business” and the CNBC Disruptor List. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Estée Lauder Companies and Zalando. Jennifer received her BA from Harvard University cum laude and MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and three children.

Jenny Just is a visionary, powerhouse, and one of the few self-made female billionaires in the United States. From the days of cutting her teeth on the trading floor in Chicago to now running a fintech empire, she has started and/or turned around more than fifteen companies. Jenny co-founded PEAK6 in 1997 with $1.5M in seed capital as a proprietary options trading firm and since then has grown it into a multibillion-dollar financial services and technology giant housing the next generation of products & service brands including PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, Team Focus Insurance Group, We Insure, Evil Geniuses, and Zogo. With a true knack for unearthing talent and opportunities, Jenny looks for underfunded and underappreciated sectors to transform into high-growth businesses. Her passion specifically lies in finding opportunities for women to succeed at every table — from the classroom, to the conference room, to the poker room, to the boardroom. This passion led her to launch Poker Power in 2020 with her daughter Juliette, a woman-led company that teaches poker to all who identify as female, and by extension, teaches women strategic thinking, capital allocation, and decision-making skills. Additionally, Jenny has created programs to help women advance their careers including the Women’s Trading Experience and Women’s Technology Experience. She currently serves on the Women and Public Policy Board at the Harvard Kennedy School. Jenny’s remarkable success has earned her a number of accolades, including being named to Forbes’ list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women, Forbes 50 over 50, and Worth’s Groundbreaking Women. She was also the recipient of the Women’s Poker Association’s Industry Innovation Recognition Award and received a Tony Award for her involvement in the musical "Memphis."

Kathleen King, is the founder of the wildly popular and now legendary Tate’s Bake Shop. She began baking when she was just eleven years old, selling small batches of her crisp, buttery chocolate chip cookies off of a fold-out card table on North Sea Farm, her parent’s Long Island farmstead. In 2014, Kathleen sold Tate’s Bake Shop to The Riverside Company, a private equity firm, staying on in a minority position, creating new recipes and serving on the board. In 2018, Riverside sold to Mondalez for over $500M.

Meghan Joyce (MJ) is the founder and CEO of Duckbill, an AI-powered, human-led support system helping people reclaim their time and joy. She previously served as EVP of Platform at Oscar Health, overseeing engineering, product, data, marketing, clinical, ops, and the company’s enterprise health tech business. Before joining Oscar, MJ led Uber’s North American operations in a time of unprecedented growth. She formerly served the United States Department of Treasury as Senior Policy Advisor on Domestic Finance and began her career at Bain Capital and Bain & Company. Through these experiences, and now with Duckbill, MJ has proved that innovation thrives when tech and people work together to redefine what is possible.

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is a serial entrepreneur, brand builder and innovator. After spending the tenure of her career at household names in the retail industry including Federated Merchandising Group, VF Corporation, and Victoria’s Secret, she moved into the startup world. In 2016, she founded LIVELY, a Leisurée brand inspiring women to live passionately, purposefully and confidently. In three years, she grew the brand from concept to 5 stores, 165,000+ ambassadors, and $105M acquisition. Michelle founded her next adventure, GORGIE, in 2022. The energy drink with benefits that actually tastes good, feels good, and looks good too! From concept to shelf in 6 months, GORGIE is now sold online and across thousands of retail doors nationwide - including Target, Sprouts Farmers Market, HEB, Erewhon, Juice Press, Earthbar, Equinox, and select Whole Foods Market stores. Michelle is also an avid angel investor, podcast host, public speaker, mentor to women in business, and mom of two.

Robin Hauser is an award-winning director of documentaries $avvy; CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap; Bias; Running for Jim; Tino, at Finish Line Features, llc. Her current film-in-production is Thaw, a film about the rising trend of elective egg freezing and the future of fertility. Robin’s exploration into implicit gender and racial bias in artificial intelligence led her to present on the TED stage in December 2017, “Can we protect AI from our biases?”. Her 2019 TEDx talk on “The Likability Dilemma for Women Leaders” has had over 2 million views. Robin is a diplomat for the American Film Showcase; she speaks about financial literacy, unconscious bias, the importance of diversity and inclusion, and on behalf of women’s rights at The White House, US Embassies, conferences and corporate headquarters worldwide. Robin serves on the Advisory Board of Impressia Bank and the Board of Directors of Unleashed Productions.

Sarah Robb O’Hagan has been described as “Superwoman undercover” and the “Pied Piper of Potential.” A high-energy combination of disruptive business leader, fitness fanatic, and cheerleading mom, she's been named among Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business.” She was most recently the CEO of EXOS the Human Performance Coaching company where she transformed the business during the global pandemic – and pioneered with her team a new approach to workplace culture that drives productivity and performance while avoiding burnout and employee disengagement. Prior to this she led the turnaround and reinvention of Gatorade as its global president and has held leadership positions at Equinox, Nike and Virgin and currently serves on the board of Jet Blue Airways and previously served on the board of Strava. She is the author of ExtremeYou, a book and content platform to unleash potential in ambitious young executives. Sarah is a sought-after expert on business innovation, and inspiring human performance.

Sima Sistani has more than 20 years of experience innovating human-centric platforms for connection. Sima has started, operated, and scaled companies from seed startups to multinational corporations. She most recently served as the CEO of WeightWatchers (NASDAQ: WW) where she architected and led its successful transformation from waning consumer retail company to leading digital health platform. In 2023, CNN Business honored Sima in their annual list of 11 leaders making big bets to move global business forward. In 2024 she was recognized by CNBC as a “Changemaker” for her leadership in transforming business and diet culture. Sima is also an avid Yogi and Professor at Duke University. Prior to her joining WW in March 2022, Sima was the Co-Founder and CEO of Houseparty, a communication app. Houseparty, which grew to over 100M users under her leadership, challenged the incumbent social media giants with its innovative approach to synchronous chat, and a business model that respected data privacy and prioritized trust & safety. Epic Games acquired the company in 2019. At Epic, Sima joined the senior leadership team where she was responsible for social products across Epic Games: including Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular game titles ever released with over 350 million registered users. Prior to founding Houseparty, Sima led Mobile Growth at Yahoo. During her tenure, the company’s stock doubled in value and saw the mobile team scale from less than 30 to over 300 people. After Yahoo acquired Tumblr, Sima played a key role in bridging the two entities, as Head of Media for the emerging microblogging and social media giant. Tumblr became the fastest-growing social network in active users in just 6 months. Sima began her career at Goldman Sachs in International Equities, and eventually moved from the trading floor to Hollywood, Creative Artists Agency. She holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. She sits on the board of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and is 2023 Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow. Sima is a first generation American and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children.

For over 25 years, Taryn Toomey has explored the alchemy of body, mind, and spirit, guided by curiosity, creative force, and a belief in both science and Divine magic. A student of life, Taryn engages in an ever-evolving process. Her immersion in diverse modalities, including yoga, psychodynamic therapies, EMDR, sound work, plant medicines, rhythmic breathwork, trauma work, and experiential therapies, has shaped The Class, a music-driven somatic exercise method that regulates the nervous system, releases stuck energy, and opens the heart. In 2011, Taryn launched The Class as an intuitive exploration of how movement, breath, and sound can unlock the senses as pathways for transformation. Her creative intelligence has shaped every aspect of The Class, extending it far beyond the walls of its New York and Los Angeles studios. Under her guidance, The Class has grown into a global phenomenon with a digital platform connecting students in over 75 countries, travel self-study programs (The Class Retreatment, The Global Immersion, The Class Course, and The Class Workshop), a holistic cleanse program (The Layer), and an intentional crystal fine-jewelry line (The Airelume). Taryn’s creative direction brings The Class to life through striking videography and photography that capture its raw energy and visceral experience. Her visionary collaborations, including her reimagined lululemon collection and co-creations with Free People, MZ Wallace, and more, have pushed boundaries and inspired new pathways. Taryn has earned recognition in The New York Times, Vogue, The New Yorker, TIME, Forbes, and Fast Company, and presented her groundbreaking method at Glamour Women of the Year, Fast Company Innovation Festival, In goop Health, and TEDx.

Whitney Casey is a serial entrepreneur, operator and investor with a differentiated track record of value creation in the consumer ecosystem. She is currently a Partner at L Catterton, the largest global consumer-focused private equity firm, with strategic backing from LVMH. At L Catterton, Ms. Casey has led and actively managed investments at the intersection of science, wellness, and technology. She co-founded and incubated Tally Health, a cellular longevity platform launched with Dr. David Sinclair, Harvard professor and one of the world’s foremost authorities on aging and human biology. In addition to Tally Health, Ms. Casey holds board roles and operating responsibility across a portfolio of consumer health, wellness and beauty investments, including WTHN, Alice Mushrooms, Stripes Beauty and Cionic. Before joining L Catterton, Ms. Casey was the Founder and CEO of Finery, a venture-backed consumer tech platform leveraging structured data and behavioral algorithms to optimize wardrobe utility and generate personalized shopping recommendations. She holds multiple patents in consumer AI applications. Finery was acquired by Stitch Fix (NASDAQ: SFIX) in 2019. Earlier, Ms. Casey served in senior leadership roles at Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) across product, technology, and growth marketing. She began her career as an award-winning journalist, anchoring and reporting for CNN, ABC News, and CBS in New York. She earned two Emmy Awards, authored a national bestselling book, and served on the founding team of the Clinton Global Initiative, working alongside President Bill Clinton to launch its global bi-partisain framework. She has been recognized as one of WWD’s Women Leaders in Business and featured on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Ms. Casey was an All-American volleyball player on a full athletic scholarship.