Speakers

Amy Christiansen is the founder of the social impact luxury fragrance house, Sana Jardin.

Sana Jardin is an award-winning vegan perfume brand that builds financial resiliency for rural Moroccan women through a social enterprise model. Sana Jardin pioneered a ‘Beyond Sustainability™’ movement, which in addition to sustainable sourcing and packaging, is a vehicle for the economic development of women. The Sana Jardin cooperative trains floral harvesters to become microentrepreneurs by upcycling agricultural waste. The women receive 100% of the proceeds from their co-operative products.

Sana Jardin has been featured in Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and CNN. The fragrance house is sold in 160 retailers globally including Selfridges, Blue Mercury Credo and Harvey Nichols.

Amy holds a Bachelors and Master’s degree in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. She has 25 years’ experience in the non-profit sector, working to address issues of economic inequality through various posts including President Clinton’s Foundation, the Cherie Blair Foundation For Women and the Robin Hood Foundation. Amy is an Ambassador for the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, an Advisory Board member of Nest and a Board Member of Funtasia.

Alissa Demorest is a French-American senior editor with extensive experience in the luxury-goods sector and specific expertise in packaging from both a brand and a supplier perspective. Based in Paris, she has been at the helm of Formes de Luxe since 2015 and is currently Editorial Director of both Formes de Luxe and Luxe Packaging Insight.com.

Jennifer Edwards is an award-winning consumer researcher and brand strategist—operating at the intersection of technology, consumer behavior and trend forecasting.

Throughout her career, she has helped Fortune 500 brands, small businesses and personal brands tap into what really drives their consumer in order to best meet their needs now and in the future.  She leverages a toolkit of data-driven insights, qualitative research, intuition, trend forecasts and biosensory metrics to unlock deep-rooted consumer motivations.

While at L’Oreal Research & Innovation she was charged with driving innovation and creative research—bringing several successful disruptive products to market. As Global Director of WGSN, her work influenced the future of entertainment. She now works as a creative consultant for large multi-national and personal brands.

Richard Einhorn joined Crane in 2021 as Director of Business Development for Product Authentication. Prior to joining Crane Co., Mr. Einhorn served as CEO of Maven Diagnostics which developed advanced antigen tests for Leprosy, Schistosoma and COVID-19. Prior to that, Richard was President and Managing Director at SICPA STA Technologies leading the business from start-up through sale to SICPA and full integration. Mr. Einhorn has also held various technical and business development positions of responsibility at Cabot Corporation and Rohm and Haas.

Education:

Drexel University, Master of Science in Engineering Management

Drexel University, Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering

Andi Govindia, CEO and Co-founder of Riviter saw the power of visual virality firsthand when she was tasked with clipping celebrity sightings of the yellow LIVESTRONG wristband in 2004, which in its
first year raised more than $20M for cancer research. This formative experience led to nearly a decade of experience in enterprise marketing and an MBA from the University of Chicago
Booth School of Business. She has since led Riviter to backing from numerous organizations, including SXSW, the National Science Foundation, and Pritzker Group Venture Partners, and gets to live her mission of making cutting-edge innovation accessible to
industries and audiences who might otherwise be overlooked by tech.

A GRANDE GIRL BOSS

With a lifelong passion for beauty, Alicia Grande founded Grande Cosmetics in 2008 as the first “functional cosmetics” makeup brand. Alicia’s road to beauty success was navigated early on, when as a teen she dove into beauty retail, but it was when Alicia discovered a lash enhancing serum that truly worked for her most discerning client – herself after experiencing postpartum hair loss – that her entrepreneurial spirit kicked into high-gear.

Early in her beauty career, Alicia began her own radio show, “The Health Buzz,” on which she interviewed top experts and doctors about the latest beauty trends and innovations. Those innovations are what inspired her next big beauty adventure, the founding of Grande Cosmetics and the highly-coveted, award-winning product that started it all: GrandeLASH-MD Lash Enhancing Serum. A revolutionary serum that promotes longer, thicker-looking lashes.

A THRIVING BRAND

Over 15 years later, Alicia is the CEO at the helm of the #1 Lash & Brow Serum Brand in the US*, that has expanded internationally into multiple categories, including best-selling, beautyenhancing formulas that help promote bigger and better natural lashes, brows, lips, hair and more. Her female-founded brand employs a diverse staff of women of all ages and backgrounds to help keep Grande Cosmetics’ assortment of functional cosmetics robust, fun and inclusive. The brand proudly retails at grandecosmetics.com, Sephora, Ulta, Amazon and Salon Centric.

Believing that beauty starts from within, Alicia has followed her second passion by creating “Grande Gives Back”- a philanthropic initiative that has rasied over $700,000 to date for various charities including Working for Women, Dress for Success, Gabrielle’s Angels, Feeding America and many more.
The industry has rewarded her for her hard work with Grande Cosmetics winning over 100 significant beauty awards as a brand from leading publications such as ELLE, NewBeauty, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Shape, and Harper’s BAZAAR. Alicia’s most recent recognition from the beauty industry is the coveted 2023 CEW Female Founder Honoree award.

For more information about Grande Cosmetics or to interview Alicia Grande, please contact Jessica Colucci: [email protected]

An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC. Cheekbone Beauty aims to help every Indigenous person see and feel their value in the world while developing sustainable colour cosmetics that won’t end up in a landfill.

Jenn Harper is an Anishinaabe woman and is a member of the Northwest Angle #33 First Nation in Kenora, ON. Throughout her life, Jenn has struggled with accepting her Indigenous roots. She was estranged from her Indigenous family for much of her child and adult life. After learning about her grandmother’s experience in residential school, she understood how her family was affected by generational trauma.  Harper has been making a name for herself in the beauty industry for a number of years but gained popularity quickly after appearing on CBC’s hit show, Dragon’s Den in 2019. Since her appearance on the show, Jenn has been featured as Chatelaine’s “Woman of the Year in 2019”, Canadian Business’s “2022 New Innovator’s List”, and Entrepreneur Magazine’s “100 Women of Influence in 2022” list.

She continues to be deeply involved in all aspects of Cheekbone Beauty operations, including product innovation with the Cheekbone Beauty chemist and sustainability experts to reimagine beauty products, starting with raw ingredients all the way to how all products are packaged. As part of its sustainability mission, Cheekbone Beauty is associated with organizations such as Pact Collective, 1% for the Planet, and B.Corp. These partnerships show the brand’s commitment to both people and planet.

By early 2023, Cheekbone Beauty will be available in 50 Sephora stores across Canada as a Sephora Clean and Planet Positive brand. It will also be available in 600 JCPenney stores across the United States.

Giving back to the Indigenous community is critical to Cheekbone Beauty’s mission. To date, Cheekbone Beauty has contributed upwards of $200,000 in product, monetary, and project-focused donations to the organizations across North America and will continue to do so.

Neal is responsible for brand owner engagement initiatives and for communicating the company’s leadership role in the area of sustainability for North American markets. With over 30 years of experience in the paper industry, he is focused on working with brands toward not only establishing strategic alignment with respect to sustainable development goals but toward enabling them as well.

Holmen Iggesund has continued to expand its North American market presence since the establishment of their first US-based office in 1985, and brand owner engagement plays a key role in its expansion efforts.

Holmen Iggesund is the premium paperboard company for purposeful solutions. We invite our customers and partners to be part of creating the next generation of sustainable packaging solutions and graphical applications together with us.

Inger Heinke has been leading product and market development initiatives in the forest products industry for over 30 years. She has maintained an strong focus on sustainable products and material strategies throughout her tenure . She leads the new North American paperboard business development strategy for Billerud; a large producer and global marketer of a broad range of packaging materials, based in Sweden, with manufacturing sites in Europe and North America.

Joy Hoover is an executive leader and organizational development authority known as a thought partner, consultant, and speaker, digitally, on-air and in-person. As a safety activist for the last 13 years, Joy has been a tireless champion for social justice driving systemic change by creating access to essential holistic resources and spaces of belonging. Joy has demonstrated abilities building collective movements across all sectors to empower people who are often marginalized and underserved.

Joy is the founder & driving force behind three nationally renown social impact startups and recently won Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2022 Iconic Women of Distinction Awards! Other recognitions Joy’s received are Vegas Inc’s Women Inspiring Nevada 2021, the Soroptimist International of Las Vegas 2020 Ruby Award, and the Clark County Law Foundation’s 2019 Champion of Justice Through Service.

Joy has been featured in hundreds of print and media articles globally including: NPR, LA Times, Huffington Post, Yahoo Finance, Vice, Cosmetics Design, The Street, and dozens of local and regional news outlets.

Joy is an accomplished Tedx speaker and loves engaging with audiences ranging from 50 to 10,000 people. She’s been invited to speak to some amazing companies including: Lululemon, Rimini Street, Hard Rock, Zappos, Spark Women’s Retreat, The Justice Conference, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Lewis and Clark Law School, University of Nevada Reno, Porsche, the City of Las Vegas, and more.

Equipped with 17 years of marriage, 15 years of entrepreneurship, and 10 years of therapy, Joy and her husband Phil (and their fierce little ladies Vivian and Ruby) are leading a movement of humans who give a sh*t. They’re currently fulfilling that mission through their latest social enterprise ‘Esōes Cosmetics’. Esōes is the first-ever personal safety smart cosmetics which include patent pending products that combine an ecosystem of solutions to fight drug facilitated sexual assault and violence.

“Ame Igharo is the senior director of sustainability strategy at Ulta Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the U.S. In her role, Ame develops and executes Ulta Beauty’s long-term strategy, aspirations, and vision for environmental sustainability while managing Conscious Beauty at Ulta Beauty™, the retailers’ innovative way to provide transparency and education as guests seek and discover products aligned to their personal wants, needs and values. The leading strategic initiative works across five key pillars: clean ingredients, cruelty free, vegan, sustainable packaging, and positive impact.

Throughout her 20-year career, Ame has been passionate about the power of internal and external partnerships and mentorship to create impact. She has served as a board member of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry and Eggs and currently mentors several next generation climate leaders.

Prior to Ulta Beauty, she was a marketer at leading beauty companies including L’Oreal, Shiseido and Elizabeth Arden before transitioning into the sustainability sector. She was previously at EDF+Business, partnering with leading companies such as Walmart, Tyson Foods and McDonald’s to accelerate progress on climate. Ame is a graduate of Williams College and received her MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University.”

Sam Klomp is currently working for Tiffany and Co supporting the Global Packaging Category. Sam supports the packaging category end to end, including packaging development, sourcing, and distribution. Sam has led Tiffany’s sustainability reporting for the packaging category and is constantly seeking out new innovative sustainable solutions. Prior to Tiffany, Sam graduated from the College of New Jersey with an Engineering Science Degree. He began his career working at Nestle Health Science in a technical packaging role.

Sheri is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of MSLK, a branding agency based in New York. MSLK specializes in helping beauty companies find their voice in today’s crowded marketplace through 360° positioning — from overall brand strategy to brand identity, packaging, websites and digital marketing campaigns. Sheri has worked with clients such as Aveda, Chanel, Joico, John Masters Organics, Maybelline, Ouidad, Redken, Sephora, in addition to many smaller brands.

She frequently speaks about marketing and branding at conferences around the world. In 2002 Sheri co-founded the non-profit organization, Spark Design Professionals and in 2012 Evolve Symposium. Both produce events and workshops dedicated to best practices and business acumen for design agencies.

Stephen Letourneau is the Chief Branding Officer and member of the Board of Directors for Better For You Wellness, a publicly traded plant-based science-focused wellness company. He is responsible for the ideation, creation, and development of brand ethos, product development, and leading the strategy surrounding the launching and growth of individual luxe skincare and wellness product lines.

Stephen’s passion is overseeing the ethos of luxury products for a discerning luxury wellness consumer and helping define trends in the luxe space in the short term, knowing that it will determine the overall consumer market for the next decade. Looking at each product focusing on a unique end-user experience, then reverse engineering the moment of engagement to fill that need. Stephen has an extensive background in the luxe skincare, functional beverage, and other wellness categories. As a thought leader in luxe skincare and wellness, Stephen has spoken at intimate gatherings for the press, financial institutions, and C-Suite panels to discuss the global skincare and wellness trends and how the different international markets will embrace and amplify the space.

Aside from merchandising for brands like RH, J Crew, and Kate Spade, his experience in both Human Resources and Operations gives him the ability to connect and lead the right people for the growth of the brand while maintaining an intimate knowledge of supply chain logistics to hit sales targets on time. Stephen has served as an Advisory Board Member for Nemacolin Resort in Farmington, PA, since August 2015. Stephen is a past Council member of the George Washington University School of Business and Digital Marketing Advisory Council.

Evelio Mattos

Host of the Packaging Unboxd Podcast and Creative Director of IDPdirect.com

With over 15 years of experience under his belt, Evelio is a salt & peppery seasoned vet who’s just getting started.

He’s seen the rise and fall of keepsake packaging, navigated the more is better mentality of the 2010s and even helped define sustainability in the early 2020s.

Armed with cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence and his eye on the future, he’s a real slick operator. With a style and flair reminiscent of Harvey Keitel’s portrayal of the Wolf in Pulp Fiction, he’s a force to be reckoned with, helping you make the impossible possible.

So get in, buckle up, grab your popcorn, and ride into the future.

Jamie Matusow is the Editor-in-Chief of Beauty Packaging magazine, where she writes about packaging suppliers, beauty brands, market trends and innovations in the global cosmetics packaging industry. She has held positions at a variety of magazines for more than 20 years, for the past 10, at Beauty Packaging.

CEO of Bluebird, the climate-friendly sourcing & marketing platform, designed for beauty brands and their suppliers. Dozens of brands like Rhode, Dieux, and Versed use Bluebird to source climate-friendly packaging and substantiate claims, enabling suppliers to find new leads and easily stay on top of their brands’ product development and repack schedules.

Nirav is responsible for integrating and leading our entire Global Direct Procurement Organization, Strategies and Supplier Relationships. He drives the direct materials sourcing and supply base strategy and transformation initiatives to meet our company growth and value creation needs, including sourcing and supplier innovation, cost and cash, sustainability, service, quality, responsiveness and business continuity.

Nirav has an extensive background in all areas of Procurement. In his prior role at Edgewell Personal Care, he served as the SVP, Global Procurement and Supply Chain. In this role, he was responsible for Global Direct and Indirect Procurement, Sales & Operations Planning as well as Global Supply Chain.  During his tenure at Edgewell, he successfully modernized their Global Procurement and Supply Chain functions by implementing Category Strategic Sourcing, Design-To-Value, Integrated Business Planning (IBP), and Data Governance and Analytics. In a prior role, Nirav also led the Acquisition and Integration Planning for Harry’s.

John is a beauty industry packaging innovation expert with extensive experience working with global companies such as Olaplex, Amway, L’Oréal and Estee Lauder. John has led numerous strategic initiatives throughout his career, helping FMCG companies realize their product innovation vision by bringing together their marketing functions with internal manufacturing & supply chain, as well as best in class external suppliers.  He is an imaginative thinker that possesses the rare ability of balancing his natural analytical and creative talents to bring value to a broad spectrum of initiatives.  He has a passion for bringing product concepts to life and possesses the know-how to get it done. From front-end innovation strategy, and product conceptualization, to supply chain management and go-to-market execution.

He has championed projects such as establishing an enterprise-wide packaging innovation strategy for Amway and overseeing the complete product line renovations of Garnier Haircare and MAC Cosmetics Skincare.

Having this knowledge enables him to quickly identify customer needs and deliver impactful solutions for all stakeholders involved.

Liz Morris is the Global Brand Manager-Packaging at Tiffany & Co and has been with Tiffany & Co since 2017. Before coming to Tiffany, she had her own company, Sanitation Creations, and holds multiple patents for a waterless toilet. She has focused her career for the past 10+ years on sustainable packaging solutions. She has a MBA and a Master of Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in Packaging Science.

Mr. Mark Nixon brings over 30 years of experience in the Graphic Arts industry where he began as a litho printer for prominent commercial print operations in England. Since joining Scodix in 2012, Mark has been part of the Scodix management team mainly focused on the North American and UK regions. Prior to joining Scodix, he was Sales Manager at Howson Algraphy selling printing consumables. After the company’s Dupont acquisition, he, advanced early desktop publishing systems. Following, he was at Scitex selling proprietary high end page makeup systems and disruptive applications, becoming the United Kingdom Scitex/Creo Country Director. Next he was with KBA UK as Executive Sales Director and board member.

Laurie Pressman is the Vice-President of the Pantone Color Institute. In addition to managing a global consortium of color and trend experts, Laurie presents on color and trend to design audiences worldwide and works directly with leading brands on their brand visual identity and product color selections. Laurie is also involved in the development of Pantone’s color research and color trend forecasting products and sits on the Home Products Board at FIT and the Fashion Advisory Board at Savannah College of Art and Design.

As the Director of IFF Fine Fragrance Marketing, North America, Amy believes that marketing’s role is to translate human emotions and behaviors into purposeful visual stories that make us believe in the invisible power of scent.

Her career and degrees in education, fashion, skincare, merchandising and product development all led her to be the passionate marketer and team leader that she is today.

With fifteen years of experience in marketing on the fragrance house side, Amy is strongly focused on understanding socioeconomic trends to bring creative vision and thrives on identifying opportunities within a highly competitive and change intensive environment. Her drive, dedication and love for the fragrance industry helped her to receive a Fragrance Foundation Notable Award in 2015 and continues to enable her breadth of industry knowledge which includes a global scope of brands from specialty, masstige, prestige, niche and indie.

Lisa has been the Print Production Director at Coty, Inc, LLC for the past seventeen years overseeing the Consumer Beauty and Luxury brands based in NY. She is a seasoned creative operation professional with 35+ years of experience in design and print production. She is a well-respected leader with extensive knowledge of pre-press production, color matching, and print processes. Lisa reviews all phases of the design for print feasibility to identify and course-correct potential print challenges while working with engineering, and the designers are part of her expertise.

Nicole leads the strategic direction of solutions-driven not-for-profit Canopy, and is committed to ensuring that the power of the global marketplace leverages tangible conservation gains for the world’s forests, species, climate, and frontline communities. Canopy has transformed unsustainable supply chains, kickstarted commercial production of innovative solutions, and greened the practices of 750+ large companies including H&M, Li and Fung and Penguin Random House. Nicole is a member of the UBS Global Visionaries Program, an Ashoka Fellow, recipient of a Canadian Environment Award Gold Medal, recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada, and winner of the 2020 Climate Breakthrough Award.

Christian Saclier is a multifaceted Innovation and Creative Design expert, who currently serves as the Vice President of Design Innovation at PepsiCo. His focus is on operationalizing innovation through design, leading to added strategic business value across PepsiCo’s global brands and businesses. With over 20 years of experience in multiple industries (Pharmaceuticals, Skin Care, Food & Beverages) at leading companies such as Roche, Novartis, Nestlé and now PepsiCo, Christian has taken the stage to share his unique cross-functional knowledge at design and innovation conferences all over the globe. Associate professor in Design & Innovation Strategy at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and a respected guest lecturer at highly ranked MBA and Design schools worldwide, Christian Saclier is leveraging and extending his hands-on practical knowledge in a variety of future-facing industries.

Brian Saputo is the President and CTO at SeaCliff Beauty Packaging.  He has responsibility for business development including innovation, engineering, sustainable solutions, and strategic partnerships.

Brian has over 30 years of experience in packaging development that started with MS in Packaging Engineering at Michigan State University and a minor in Waste Management/Sustainability.  With a specialized focus in the beauty industry, he has always maintained a leadership role in the sustainability space leading ESG efforts at both P&G and Rodan & Fields.  Brian began his career innovating packaging for salon hair care industry brands Sebastian Professional and Wella, based in Los Angeles in California.  After an acquisition of those companies by Procter & Gamble, Brian moved to Geneva, Switzerland and continued to lead packaging development for many different divisions including professional hair care, deodorants, shave care and aerosol capability.

In 2015, Brian joined Rodan & Fields to help build a new Packaging Development organization.  He hired and developed a team of 8 engineers responsible for establishing test methods, lab and prototyping capabilities.  During his 5 years with R&F, they experienced unprecedented double-digit growth.

Carly is Pact Collective’s Program Director. She’s passionate about moving the beauty industry toward circularity. She brings 5+ years of experience working with communities to maximize environmental and social impact, including a hard-to-recycle takeback program.

A Beauty Industry veteran passionate about entrepreneurship, product development, providing solutions, and making an impact in people’s lives by serving her team, clients, and community.  Her education is in business. A Beauty Industry veteran is passionate about entrepreneurship, product development, providing solutions, and making an impact in people’s lives by serving her team, clients, and community.

BIOGRAPHY OF TERRACYCLE FOUNDER & CEO TOM SZAKY

Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle, an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, creating and operating first-of-their-kind platforms in recycling, recycled materials, and reuse. Across 21 countries, TerraCycle is on a mission to rethink waste and develop practical solutions for today’s complex waste challenges. The company engages an expansive multi-stakeholder community across a wide range of accessible programs, from Fortune 500 companies to schools and individuals.

In 2019, TerraCycle launched Loop, a circular reuse platform that enables consumers to purchase products in durable, reusable packaging. Since its debut, Loop has developed into the leading global reuse platform and is available in France, Japan and the U.S. Loop is a key step in helping to end the epidemic of waste that is caused by ‘single-use’ consumption.

Tom and TerraCycle have received hundreds of social, environmental and business awards and recognition from a range of organizations including the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Fortune Magazine, Time Magazine and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Tom is the author of four books, Revolution in a Bottle, Outsmart Waste, Make Garbage Great and The Future of Packaging. Tom created, produced and starred in TerraCycle’s reality show, “Human Resources” which aired on Pivot from 2014-2016 and is syndicated in more than 20 foreign markets on Amazon and iTunes.

CONTACT: Lauren Taylor, Senior Vice President, Communications

609-656-5100 x3705. [email protected]

Alexandra is the founder and project manager of Co2ral, a boutique sustainability consulting agency. At Co2ral, Alexandra focuses on 3 main business streams: conducting carbon emissions calculations, developing sustainability training programs for companies, and devising sustainable product strategies for companies in the personal care sector. From 2017-2020 Alexandra worked at EcoVadis as a Senior Sustainability analyst conducting hundreds of company sustainability assessments, developing EcoVadis’ Carbon Action Module, and helping Fortune 500 clients identify sustainability metrics to track supplier progress.

She is passionate about helping young and small companies find their path to being sustainability leaders in their field. Alexandra integrates product design concepts, supply chain management and customer communications into client specific solutions and strategies.

Alexandra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College and a Master’s degree in Corporate Sustainability from UC Santa Barbara.

Born and raised in Costa Rica, Marcial Vargas has been interested in environmental protection from an early age. After joining Quantis in 2014, he started developing the ‘Absolute Sustainability’ science, supporting sustainability leaders to understand environmental issues in order to build resilient strategies and working on the development of international standards for sustainability management.

Diana Verde Nieto is the Co-founder of Positive Luxury an ESG platform that help luxury companies adapt and transition to a new climate economy by assessing their ESG performance, forecast social and environmental risks and opportunities and future proof their business. Diana is a pioneer in ESG and a globally recognised figure in the sustainability field. Diana holds a degree in Global Leadership & Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and she has been trained by Former USA Vice President, Al Gore at the Alliance of Climate Protection and subsequently being honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Diana is an advisor to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and Grass Roots Soccer, an adolescent health organisation that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilise youth in developing countries

Stephanie White, Sales Manager for Bormioli Luigi-  Prestige Perfumery US division. Based in New York City, with over 7 years of experience in the Beauty packaging industry. Stephanie has a real passion for seeing her client’s concepts come to life and enjoys developing new products for luxury brands. She believes glassmaking is an artwork and every project is special in it’s own way.