Women’s Leadership Awards Digital Journal
Inspiring Stories from Beauty Leaders
The CEW Women’s Leadership Awards Platform celebrates women and achievement, disruption in the industry, and offers valuable insights on topics related to women’s empowerment, equality and excellence.
We are excited to share the next iteration of this program, The Women’s Leadership Awards Digital Journal, the most innovative content CEW has created in 2020. This is your exclusive access to hear insights and inspiration from Black female founders, leading beauty executives, the next wave of beauty talent and advice from women’s empowerment experts.
The 26 Black Female Beauty Entrepreneurs You Need to Know
CEW is proud to unveil this year’s Indie26, a report on the 26 Black female-founded beauty brands filling beauty’s gaps, and how they’re winning in a space that’s been challenging to navigate.
To see the full Indie26 Report, 26 outstanding Black female-founded beauty companies disrupting the beauty industry, purchase the Digital Journal.
5 Minutes with C-Suite Beauty Execs
Meet the women who are making tectonic shifts in beauty from companies including CVS Health, L’Oréal USA, First Aid Beauty, RéVive Skincare, Laura Mercier, The Esteé Lauder Companies and WWD.
Beauty Industry Champion
Ones to Watch
The next generation of C-Suite talent is making waves in beauty—and CEW is putting them in the spotlight.
Get insider access to the 2020 Achiever and Top Talent Honorees by purchasing the Women’s Leadership Awards Digital Journal.
Getting Personal with Women’s Empowerment Experts
How do women’s empowerment experts stay motivated? How are they navigating COVID-19, and the challenges it has brought? We enter their homes with this video feature, “CEW 26 Questions: Getting Personal.”
Access to the Women’s Leadership Awards Event On-Demand
WOMENS’ LEADERSHIP AWARDS – ON-DEMAND SESSIONS
Opening
- Carlotta Jacobson, President, CEW
- Jill Scalamandre, President, bareMinerals, Buxom and CEW Chairwoman
- Maya Allen, Beauty Director, InStyle
Fireside Chat
- Sarah Kunsty, Managing Director, Cleo Capital
- Interviewed by Jill Scalamandre, President, bareMinerals, Buxom and CEW Chairwoman
Indie26 Honorees and Panel Discussion
- Melissa Butler,Founder & CEO, The Lip Bar
- Mahisha Dellinger, Founder & CEO, Curls Beauty Brand
- Taraji P Henson, Founder & CEO, TPH by Taraji
- Moderated by Andrea Nagel, Vice President of Content, CEW
Honor and Recognize Achiever Award Honorees
- Maly Bernstein, Vice President, Beauty & Personal Care, CVS
- Erica Culpepper, General Manager, L’Oréal Multi-Cultural Beauty
- Elana Drell-Szyfer, CEO, RéVive Skincare
- Lilli Gordon, Founder & CEO, First Aid Beauty
Thought Leader Talk – Fran Hauser
- Fran Hauser, Startup Investor at Hauser Ventures, LLC., Author of The Myth of the Nice Girl
Opening
- Jill Scalamandre, President, bareMinerals, Buxom and CEW Chairwoman
- Jackie Fields, Senior Beauty Editor at People
Thought Leader Talk – Laura Gurski
- Laura Gurski, Senior Managing Director Consumer Goods Division, Accenture
Beauty Industry Champion
- Beauty Industry Champion: Jenny B. Fine, Executive Editor, Beauty, WWD and Beauty Inc.
- Interviewed by Carlotta Jacobson, President, CEW
Thought Leader Talk – Mika Brzezinski
- Mika Brzezinksi, Co-Host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Founder of “Know Your Value”
Honor and Recognize Achiever Award Honorees
- Jane Lauder, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc
- Alexandra Papazian, President, Laura Mercier
Thought Leader Talk – Sarah Willersdorf
- Sarah Willersdorf, Managing Director and Partner, The Boston Consulting Group
Thought Leader Talk – Shelly Zalis
- Shelly Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient
Honor and Recognize Top Talent Award Honorees
- Introduction by Jill Scalamandre, President, bareMinerals, Buxom and CEW Chairwoman
- Award Presentation by Carlotta Jacobson, President, CEW
- Vivianna Blanch, Vice President, Integrated Consumer Communications, L’Oréal Paris
- Ophelia Ceradini, Vice President, Digital Technology and Innovation, ELC Online, Estée Lauder Companies
- Erum Chaudhry, Vice President, Marketing Beauty & Skincare, Christian Dior
- Maris Croswell, Senior Director, Pantene North America, P&G Beauty
- Chopin Rabin, VP, Global Integrated Communications, Nars Cosmetics
- Maria Salcedo, VP, Merchandising & Strategy, Ulta Beauty
- Usha Vijay, VP, Global Marketing, Consumer Fragrance, Symrise
- Janet Chan, VP of Brand, nugg beauty (Member-Nominated Honoree)
Thought Leader Talk – Kristy Click
- Kristy Click, Senior Client Officer, Ipsos
Stepping Up To Advance Racial Equality: Learnings For Beauty Leaders
- Kelly Vanasse, Chief Communications Officer, P&G Beauty
- Anitra Marsh, Vice President, P&G Global Skin & Personal Care Communications
- Lela Coffey, Vice President, P&G North America Hair Care Portfolio and Multicultural Consumers
- Alissa Fitzgibbons, Senior Director, P&G North America Hair Care Portfolio Communications
- Moderated by Jen Chamberlain, Senior Director, Industry Relations, P&G Beauty
Women Not Objects Case Study
- Madonna Badger, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Badger & Winters
Johnson & Johnson Leading With Company Purpose and Personal Passion: Diversity
- Natasha Haubrich, Senior Director, Global Innovation, NEUTROGENA at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
Johnson & Johnson Leading With Company Purpose and Personal Passion: R&D
- Barbara Green, Senior Director, Research & Development at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
Johnson & Johnson Leading With Company Purpose and Personal Passion: WELLNESS
- Katie Decker, President, Essential Health, Global at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
24 Seven’s Insite Scoop, Leading Ladies Edition
- Celeste Gudas, CEO, 24 Seven
Get access to Empowerment Experts and all recorded content from the Women’s Leadership Awards Virtual Event when you purchase the Digital Journal.
Why Purchase the Digital Journal?
Hear insights and inspiration from Black female founders, leading beauty executives and the next wave of beauty talent
Get advice from women’s empowerment experts
Support women’s achievement
Celebrate and be inspired by cross generational leadership and rising talent in the industry
A special section on WWD’s Jenny B. Fine
Access to the recorded version of the Women’s Leadership Awards Virtual Event on-demand
The Women’s Leadership Awards Digital Journal Rates
Member Rate: $50
Non- Member Rate*: $75
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CEW’s Women Leadership Awards is an event and content program supporting CEW’s mission of advancing all women, at all levels of the industry. It will incorporate the 2020 Achiever Award honorees, in addition to beauty’s rising talent: the Top Talent honorees. To align with this platform, and support CEW’s mission, become a sponsor.