176 people · Dealmaker Summit NYC 2026

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176 attendees
Panelist

Adam Knight

Co-founder

YASO

Alex Fedotoff

CEO

Trybello

Ali Goldstein

President, Mergers & Acquisitions

L'Oreal USA

INVESTOR
Panelist

Alisa Lask

CEO

Rion Aesthetics

BRAND
Panelist

Alison Hahn

Former SVP, Makeup & Fragrance

Sephora

RETAILER

Allegra Poschmann

CEO

Pact Studio Inc.

Amanda Geiger

Director

Citi

Panelist

Amanda Schutzbank

Co-Founder & General Partner

Willow Growth Partners

INVESTOR

Amanda Wallbrink

Vice President

Bansk Group

INVESTOR

Amber Stevenson

Managing Director

Deutsche Bank

Panelist

Andrew Ross

Founder & President

Desswood Advisors

INVESTOR

Andrew Stanleick

Industry Expert

Industry Expert

Andrew Vagenas

Partner

Aurea Group

Angelina Pizzulli

Beauty Independent

Ann Berry

Allure Beauty Concepts

Ashleigh Barker

Head of Beauty & Personal Care

Lincoln International

Aweng Majidpour

Investment Manager

Movendo Capital

Bonnie Beer

Board Member

VB Cosmetics - Dazzle Dry

BRAND

Brad Dransfield

CEO

Go-To Skincare

BRAND

Brenton Howland

CEO

Lyra Collective

Brian Thorne

Partner

Silas Capital

INVESTOR

Camie Parsons

CEO

Freude, LLC

Carla Ruiz

Partner

PJT Partners

INVESTOR

Caroline Chiaroni

Vice President

The Jordan Company (TJC)

Caroline Weintraub

VP

True Beauty Ventures

INVESTOR

Caroline Wood

Associate

PJT Partners

INVESTOR

Chris Elshaw

Founding Advisor

Upper Branch Advisory

Chris Hobson

CEO

Rare Beauty Brands

Christine Greer

Founder

Eysense

Claire McCormack

Beauty Independent

Claire McNamara

Director

SG Credit Partners

Panelist

Colin Welch

Managing Director & Partner

TSG Consumer

INVESTOR

Colleen Baum

Senior Partner

McKinsey & Company

Connor Brown

VP

RoundTable Healthcare Partners

Cristina Nuñez

True Beauty Ventures

INVESTOR

Damien Baur

HEAD OF M&A

PIERRE FABRE SA

Darryl Adie

CEO

AKT London

BRAND

David Gaylord

CEO

Bushbalm

BRAND

David Paresky

Director

Advent International

INVESTOR
Panelist

Diana Melencio

General Partner, Brand Capital Fund

XRC Ventures

INVESTOR

Dimitri Haloulos

CEO

Rodan and Fields

BRAND

Dylan White

EVP of Finance & Operations

Caldera + Lab

BRAND

Elisa Zanca

Pettenon Cosmetics

BRAND

Elizabeth Brown

Consumer Investor

Provenance Consumer

Emery Ink (test)

Editor

Beauty Independent

INDUSTRY

Emine Erselcuk

Co-founder

Skyn Dip

Eric Masella

Co-founder / COO

CORÈT

Erin Anderson

Director

Manna Tree Partners

Estelle Benz

CEO

Inference Beauty

Panelist

Evan Mintz

Principal

Humble Growth

INVESTOR
Panelist

Fabio Franchina

President

Framesi

BRAND

Fernando Acosta

CEO

RoC Skincare

BRAND

George McCabe

President

FillTech USA

Gina Cetina

Director

Lazard

Panelist

Ilya Seglin

Managing Director, Investment Banking

Cascadia Capital

INVESTOR

Ivy Northstar (test)

Partner

Northstar Ventures

INVESTOR

Izzy Hemington

Principal

Unilever Ventures

INVESTOR
Panelist

James Kilgour

Founder & CEO

KilgourMD

BRAND

Jamie Schwartz

Director

Encore Consumer Capital

Jared Pobre

CEO

Caldera + Lab

BRAND

Jay Brandimarte

CFO

RoC Skincare

BRAND

Jeannie Jarnot

CEO

Beauty Heroes

RETAILER

Jeff Valenty

Board Member

VB Cosmetics - Dazzle Dry

BRAND
Panelist

Jeffery Bedard

Founder & Executive Chairman

Revance

jem mcilveen

Principal, Business Development

Amazon Supply Chain Services

Jen Hunt

VP, Business Alliances

Recom

Panelist

Jeremy Soine

CEO

Face Reality

BRAND

Jessica Tully

Vice President, Client Strategy

ForceBrands

Panelist

Jill Granoff

Senior Advisor

Eurazeo

INVESTOR

Jill Scalamandre

CEO

Beekman 1802

BRAND
Panelist

Jim Hartman

Founder & CEO

Ourself

BRAND
Panelist

Joel Coret

Founder

CORÉT

Joia Doss

Founder

Arli Strategic

Panelist

Jonathan Tenan

Managing Director, Global Consumer & Investment Banking

BAIRD

Joshua Goodhart

EVP

Merchant Financial Group

Julia Wilson

Partner

KPMG

Julie Paravia

Envision Horizons

Julie Pefferman

Cosmeta

Kamal Grover

Swiss American Co

Kara Posner

Partner

Giannuzzi Lewendon

Katie Klencheski

CEO

SMAKK Studios

Katy Denning

Beauty Independent

Kaylee Tao

Investor

Stripes

Panelist

Kelly McPhilliamy

Managing Director, Head of Health & Beauty

Citigroup

Panelist

Kevin Gould

Co-founder & CEO

Glamnetic & INH Hair

Panelist

Kevin Kim

Director, Investment Banking

Raymond James

Kevin Krisowaty

VP/Wealth Advisor

Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Kevin Murphy

Managing Director

Sonoma Brands Capital

INVESTOR

Kim D'Angelo

Saks Global

RETAILER

Kosho Sato

Investment Partner

Joyance Partners

Kristen Wiley

Founder & CEO

Statusphere

Kristin Odegaard

Investor

KAJRO Ventures

INVESTOR

Kristina Lee

Principal

Monogram Capital Partners

Lara Schmoisman

CEO

The Darl

Panelist

Larissa Jensen

SVP Global Beauty, Industry Advisor

Circana

Laurent Droin

Partner

Felix Capital Partners LLP

Lexie Bartlett

Principal

General Atlantic

INVESTOR

Lia Roh

Global Lead

AJU

Panelist

Lisa Guerrera

Co-Founder

Experiment Beauty

BRAND

Lisa Johnson

President of Sales and Marketing

Epicutis

BRAND

Lisa Stein McCummings

Managing Director

NOMURA SECURITIES INT'L

Lorne Lucree

CEO

Wizard Wellness

BRAND

Luc-Henry Rouselle

DC Advisory

Lucrezia Del Papa

OLIVELLA

BRAND
Panelist

Mandy Zhou

Managing Director

Barclays

Manica Blain

President

Top Knot Ventures

INVESTOR

Maria Steingoltz

Managing Director

L.E.K. Consulting

Marissa Lepor

Managing Director & Partner

The Sage Group

mark reidy

Senior Director - M&A

P&G

Mark Rice

CEO & Co-Founder

Ogee

BRAND

Mark Waddoups

COO

Freude, LLC

Matthew Weber

Managing Director

Deutsche Bank

Mattia Miglio

Aurora Beauty Zones

Maud-Marine Sicre

Senior Account Executive

Amazon Shipping

Maura Kent

VP, New Business

Merchant Financial Group

Maxwell Stock

Founder & CEO

Epicutis

BRAND

Megan LaRiviere Davis

Senior Partner Development Manager

Amazon

Melissa Niebes

CEO

FP Labs

Melisse Shaban

CEO

Aramore Skincare

BRAND
Panelist

Mia Young

Senior Vice President Merchandising, Makeup, Fragrance, & Private Label

Ulta Beauty

Michelle LeBlanc

VPMM Beauty/Personal Care & HST

CVS Health

RETAILER

Michelle Park

US Beauty Practice Lead

Egon Zehnder

Panelist

Mike Jatania

Founder

Aurea

Panelist

Mitchell Collens

Partner

Alix Partners

Monica Okusa

Consultant

Egon Zehnder

Nader Naeymi-Rad

Beauty Independent

Nadia Pelaez

Head of Beauty and Wellness

Ardea Partners

Nancy Berger

Advisor

Statusphere

Panelist

Naomi Whittel

Founder & CEO

OMI WellBeauty

Natalie Messing

Investor

Alliance Consumer Growth

INVESTOR

Natasha Sokol

Founder, Chief Brand Officer

SMOQUES Beauty

BRAND
Panelist

Nathan Puksta

Founder & CEO

FILAMENT SCIENCES

BRAND

Nick Giannuzzi

Humble Growth

INVESTOR

Nicole Biunno

Vp of Sales

Goodier Labs

Nicole Eckels

Founder & CEO

Glasshouse Fragrances

BRAND

Nicole Fourgoux

Operating Partner

Stride Consumer Partners

INVESTOR

Nicole Green

Advisory

Beauty Independent

Panelist

Nini Zhang

Managing Director

Bank of America

Panelist

Oliver Chen

Managing Director Retail, Luxury, New Platforms Sector Head

TD Cowen

Philippe Gorge

European head I Health and Beauty

L.E.K. Consulting

Pinaki Majhi

Founder

MONA BRANDS LLC

Pooja Reddy

Director

Greenhill & Co

Presca Ahn

Investment Director, BOLD & Head of North America

L'Oréal

INVESTOR

Reed Mercer (test)

Senior Buyer, Prestige

Mercer & Co.

RETAILER
Panelist

Reuben Carranza

Executive Chairman

Bansk Beauty

INVESTOR
Panelist

Rich Gersten

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

True Beauty Ventures

INVESTOR
Panelist

Robert Acheson

CEO

VB Cosmetics

BRAND

Sanjay Devi

SVP, Business Development

L'Oreal USA

INVESTOR

Sarah Ensslen

Principal

Yellow Wood Partners

INVESTOR
Panelist

Sarah Gibson Tuttle

Founder & CEO

Olive & June

BRAND

Sarah Mountcastle Mitchell

GM

Boka

BRAND

Sasha Radic

Managing Director

Jefferies

Panelist

Scott Uzzell

CEO

Helen of Troy

Selena Cox

CVS Health

RETAILER

Shana Randhava

President

Marubeni Consumer Platform

Shaun Westfall

Managing Director

North Point

INVESTOR

Shawn Haynes

President Americas

PBO Skincare US Inc.

BRAND
Panelist

Sherif Guirgis

Chairman & CEO

Violet Grey

Panelist

Simone Dominici

CEO

KIKO Milano

BRAND

Sinem Kaynak

SVP personal care

Unilever

INVESTOR

Sophie Wayman

Skin, Hair & Own Brand Director

Space NK

RETAILER

Soubhi Alhayek

Chief Brand Officer

KilgourMD

BRAND

Sri Rayasam

Director

Deutsche Bank

Tarina Stasi

Founder/Executive Search Partner

Merit Search

Panelist

Taylor Bryant

Editor

Beauty Independent

Taylor Donnell

Recom

Panelist

Tehmina Haider

Partner

L Catterton

Tess Bramble (test)

Founder & CEO

Aurora Beauty Co.

BRAND

Tina Bou-Saba

Founder

CXT Investments

Tom Kucemba

Business Development and Commercial Ops

Goodier Labs

Tommaso Corradini

Bioline

BRAND
Panelist

Umberto Doni

Co-Founder & CEO

Giardini di Toscana

BRAND

Valeria Cavalcante

VAGHEGGI

Yelim Yeoum

Investment Banking Associate

RBC Capital Markets

Zach Rieken

CEO

Odele Beauty

BRAND
Panelist

Zack Zavalydriga

Board Advisor

Board Advisor

INVESTOR