176 people · Dealmaker Summit NYC 2026
Who’s in the room
Founders, investors, retailers, and operators attending the Summit. Tap an attendee to open their profile.
Adam Knight
Co-founder
YASO
Alex Fedotoff
CEO
Trybello
Ali Goldstein
President, Mergers & Acquisitions
L'Oreal USA
Alisa Lask
CEO
Rion Aesthetics
Alison Hahn
Former SVP, Makeup & Fragrance
Sephora
Allegra Poschmann
CEO
Pact Studio Inc.
Amanda Geiger
Director
Citi
Amanda Schutzbank
Co-Founder & General Partner
Willow Growth Partners
Amanda Wallbrink
Vice President
Bansk Group
Amber Stevenson
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank
Andrew Ross
Founder & President
Desswood Advisors
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
Brad Dransfield
CEO
Go-To Skincare
Brenton Howland
CEO
Lyra Collective
Brian Thorne
Partner
Silas Capital
Camie Parsons
CEO
Freude, LLC
Carla Ruiz
Partner
PJT Partners
Caroline Chiaroni
Vice President
The Jordan Company (TJC)
Caroline Weintraub
VP
True Beauty Ventures
Caroline Wood
Associate
PJT Partners
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
Colin Welch
Managing Director & Partner
TSG Consumer
Colleen Baum
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Connor Brown
VP
RoundTable Healthcare Partners
Cristina Nuñez
True Beauty Ventures
Damien Baur
HEAD OF M&A
PIERRE FABRE SA
Darryl Adie
CEO
AKT London
David Gaylord
CEO
Bushbalm
David Paresky
Director
Advent International
Diana Melencio
General Partner, Brand Capital Fund
XRC Ventures
Dimitri Haloulos
CEO
Rodan and Fields
Dylan White
EVP of Finance & Operations
Caldera + Lab
Elisa Zanca
Pettenon Cosmetics
Elizabeth Brown
Consumer Investor
Provenance Consumer
Emery Ink (test)
Editor
Beauty Independent
Emine Erselcuk
Co-founder
Skyn Dip
Eric Masella
Co-founder / COO
CORÈT
Erin Anderson
Director
Manna Tree Partners
Estelle Benz
CEO
Inference Beauty
Evan Mintz
Principal
Humble Growth
Fabio Franchina
President
Framesi
Fernando Acosta
CEO
RoC Skincare
George McCabe
President
FillTech USA
Gina Cetina
Director
Lazard
Ilya Seglin
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Cascadia Capital
Ivy Northstar (test)
Partner
Northstar Ventures
Izzy Hemington
Principal
Unilever Ventures
James Kilgour
Founder & CEO
KilgourMD
Jamie Schwartz
Director
Encore Consumer Capital
Jared Pobre
CEO
Caldera + Lab
Jay Brandimarte
CFO
RoC Skincare
Jeannie Jarnot
CEO
Beauty Heroes
Jeff Valenty
Board Member
VB Cosmetics - Dazzle Dry
Jeffery Bedard
Founder & Executive Chairman
Revance
jem mcilveen
Principal, Business Development
Amazon Supply Chain Services
Jen Hunt
VP, Business Alliances
Recom
Jeremy Soine
CEO
Face Reality
Jessica Tully
Vice President, Client Strategy
ForceBrands
Jill Granoff
Senior Advisor
Eurazeo
Jill Scalamandre
CEO
Beekman 1802
Jim Hartman
Founder & CEO
Ourself
Joel Coret
Founder
CORÉT
Joia Doss
Founder
Arli Strategic
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
Kelly McPhilliamy
Managing Director, Head of Health & Beauty
Citigroup
Kevin Gould
Co-founder & CEO
Glamnetic & INH Hair
Kevin Kim
Director, Investment Banking
Raymond James
Kevin Krisowaty
VP/Wealth Advisor
Bernstein Private Wealth Management
Kevin Murphy
Managing Director
Sonoma Brands Capital
Kim D'Angelo
Saks Global
Kosho Sato
Investment Partner
Joyance Partners
Kristen Wiley
Founder & CEO
Statusphere
Kristin Odegaard
Investor
KAJRO Ventures
Kristina Lee
Principal
Monogram Capital Partners
Lara Schmoisman
CEO
The Darl
Larissa Jensen
SVP Global Beauty, Industry Advisor
Circana
Laurent Droin
Partner
Felix Capital Partners LLP
Lexie Bartlett
Principal
General Atlantic
Lia Roh
Global Lead
AJU
Lisa Guerrera
Co-Founder
Experiment Beauty
Lisa Johnson
President of Sales and Marketing
Epicutis
Lisa Stein McCummings
Managing Director
NOMURA SECURITIES INT'L
Lorne Lucree
CEO
Wizard Wellness
Luc-Henry Rouselle
DC Advisory
Lucrezia Del Papa
OLIVELLA
Mandy Zhou
Managing Director
Barclays
Manica Blain
President
Top Knot Ventures
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
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
Megan LaRiviere Davis
Senior Partner Development Manager
Amazon
Melissa Niebes
CEO
FP Labs
Melisse Shaban
CEO
Aramore Skincare
Mia Young
Senior Vice President Merchandising, Makeup, Fragrance, & Private Label
Ulta Beauty
Michelle LeBlanc
VPMM Beauty/Personal Care & HST
CVS Health
Michelle Park
US Beauty Practice Lead
Egon Zehnder
Mike Jatania
Founder
Aurea
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
Naomi Whittel
Founder & CEO
OMI WellBeauty
Natalie Messing
Investor
Alliance Consumer Growth
Natasha Sokol
Founder, Chief Brand Officer
SMOQUES Beauty
Nathan Puksta
Founder & CEO
FILAMENT SCIENCES
Nick Giannuzzi
Humble Growth
Nicole Biunno
Vp of Sales
Goodier Labs
Nicole Eckels
Founder & CEO
Glasshouse Fragrances
Nicole Fourgoux
Operating Partner
Stride Consumer Partners
Nicole Green
Advisory
Beauty Independent
Nini Zhang
Managing Director
Bank of America
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
Reed Mercer (test)
Senior Buyer, Prestige
Mercer & Co.
Reuben Carranza
Executive Chairman
Bansk Beauty
Rich Gersten
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
True Beauty Ventures
Robert Acheson
CEO
VB Cosmetics
Sanjay Devi
SVP, Business Development
L'Oreal USA
Sarah Ensslen
Principal
Yellow Wood Partners
Sarah Gibson Tuttle
Founder & CEO
Olive & June
Sarah Mountcastle Mitchell
GM
Boka
Sasha Radic
Managing Director
Jefferies
Scott Uzzell
CEO
Helen of Troy
Selena Cox
CVS Health
Shana Randhava
President
Marubeni Consumer Platform
Shaun Westfall
Managing Director
North Point
Shawn Haynes
President Americas
PBO Skincare US Inc.
Sherif Guirgis
Chairman & CEO
Violet Grey
Simone Dominici
CEO
KIKO Milano
Sinem Kaynak
SVP personal care
Unilever
Sophie Wayman
Skin, Hair & Own Brand Director
Space NK
Soubhi Alhayek
Chief Brand Officer
KilgourMD
Sri Rayasam
Director
Deutsche Bank
Tarina Stasi
Founder/Executive Search Partner
Merit Search
Taylor Bryant
Editor
Beauty Independent
Taylor Donnell
Recom
Tehmina Haider
Partner
L Catterton
Tess Bramble (test)
Founder & CEO
Aurora Beauty Co.
Tina Bou-Saba
Founder
CXT Investments
Tom Kucemba
Business Development and Commercial Ops
Goodier Labs
Tommaso Corradini
Bioline
Umberto Doni
Co-Founder & CEO
Giardini di Toscana
Valeria Cavalcante
VAGHEGGI
Yelim Yeoum
Investment Banking Associate
RBC Capital Markets
Zach Rieken
CEO
Odele Beauty
Zack Zavalydriga
Board Advisor
Board Advisor