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A 25-years-in serial entrepreneur, I’ve built, launched, and scaled nearly 70 brands in the last 5ish years as the Chief Builder at JC+CO growth accelerants. Most recently, I acquired the Canadian ethically sustainable kids’ DTC brand, mini mioche, and formalized its position as the best kids clothes on - and for - the planet. We have done this through building partnerships with 1% for the Planet and Climate Neutral Certified, launching our resale marketplace, and producing with true sustainability - not greenwashed sustainability - at the forefront of everything we do.With a methodical approach to hunting for market gaps, I’m delighted by everything from detailed data digging to precise pixel placement, and have a pretty crazy capacity for work. I am all about the pace, and dig the extraordinary magic of making something from nothing. I started my first business at nineteen and sold my second at twenty. I’ve run ventures in consumer products, entertainment, consulting, publishing and advertising, and have always been digitally driven. My award history is heavy with marketing fumes, but I’m most exhilarated by actually doing the work of scaling exceptional, innovative consumer product brands, with the heart of a bootstrappy entrepreneur.I’ve been a business and innovation contributor to numerous publications, and a keynote speaker and panelist at events throughout North America. I’m religious about the Oxford comma, always up for a dark comedy, and still wondering when fetch is going to happen.

ilah Cibis is a jewelry designer and jeweler based in Worcester, MA. She has a BFA from Boston University and is a graduate from the prestigious North Bennet Street School's Jewelry Making and Repair program. Prior to starting iLAH Jewelry, ilah ran a bespoke jewelry studio just outside of Boston for 16 years. She is an expert in jewelry CAD design and was one of the first five jewelers in the US to start selling lab grown diamonds. An early adopter, she saw that lab grown diamonds would be the future of the industry providing a cost effective option for the average consumer and the potential for carbon neutral diamonds. She seeks to educate consumers about the pros and cons of lab grown diamonds without the bias that most jewelers have towards the higher profits available in natural diamonds.

Holly Berrigan is the founder of MYSA Natural Wine. As a serial entrepreneur and current sustainable agriculture student, she's built a platform focused on sustainable consumption through partnerships with organizations like 1% for the Planet and The Carbon Fund. She has a WSET Level 3 certification with Distinction, is a member of Slow Food USA and writer for the Porto Protocol, as well as a student in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts Stockbridge.

Henna Pryor, PCC is a dynamic Workplace Performance Expert and an award-winning 2x TEDx and global keynote speaker, virtual presenter, author, and professional executive coach. Her playful style and high-impact talks blend 2 decades of work with corporate leaders and teams, with a fresh, science-based approach to taking more strategic risks and boosting social and mental fitness for success at work.She has been invited to speak twice for TEDx in NYC and Wilmington, DE, and brings her expertise to a variety of global organizations including Google, Workday, Johnson & Johnson, and JPMorganChase. She has also been featured in top media including Forbes, NBC, Washington Post, Fast Company, Inc., Business.com, HuffPost, and many more.Henna founded Pryority Group – a fast-growing performance growth firm – to expand on her belief that the key to most people’s success is learning to strengthen mental and social muscles in order to boost risk-taking, maximize influence, and be braver in the work that we do.She’s been named a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence and SXSW Workplace track speaker, and her best-selling book, Good Awkward, was endorsed by NFL Quarterback Russell Wilson and former HBR Editor Karen Dillon, and was named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of the Year.Additional Professional ExperienceHenna’s finance career began with several years in external audit working in the Big 4 with Ernst & Young LLP, before pivoting into an explosive 14 year career with a $2 billion dollar publicly traded staffing firm. During this time, Henna consistently was a perennial “Gold Performer” (top 10% in the firm every year) and recipient of numerous accolades and awards, including the highly coveted Diamond Club “Performer of the Year” Award (#1 in the firm).Education and Certification SummaryBS in Finance, University of Delaware, Honors Program (1999)Masters in Accounting, University of Virginia (2000)Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential, International Coaching Federation, 2022 (ACC earned in 2019)Certification for Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance (LCOP), Executive Coaching, American University (2019)Certified Public Accountant (licensed in 2004)

A native resident of the Connecticut shoreline & a first-born daughter with a lifelong affinity for clothes, Hayley Segar is a beach-loving problem solver...who always hated swimwear. "I always loved fashion, but hated swimsuits. I knew there was something wrong with it, but coudn't put my finger on the exact issue. I just sucked it up and wore subpar swimwear that dug and squeezed, year after year."That was, until April of 2019 when Segar had her lightbulb moment after trying on dozens of swimsuits. "I literally said out loud out of frustration, 'I just want a swimsuit that fits like my favorite no-show underwear does.' And it was in that moment that it hit me. I knew had to create it."Fast forward to November 2021 when Hayley launched her patent-pending swimsuit concept that is truly 'onewith' a wearer's body. Size-inclusive, edgeless, dig-free, and elastic-free, onewith is everything normal swimwear, as we know it, is not. Women wanting swimwear that fits like underwear is nothing new; onewith is simply the brand that brought it to life, filling a white space in an otherwise saturated industry. onewith consistently goes viral for this reason.Hayley is a graduate of the University of Connecticut. She is a self-described "cat-person convert," and resides in CT with her two beloved rescued Ragdolls, Remy & Chloe.

Gina DeSantis is the lead creator behind her brand Gina DeSantis Ceramics. Gina has worked with clay since 1999 but founded her business in 2013. She began her ceramic studies at her local community college and by 2006 earned her MFA from Kent State University. You may have seen her work in Uncommon Goods, Anthropologie, McGee & Co, Shoppe Amber Interiors and the Sundance catalog as well as over 400 retailers around the country. Ms. DeSantis can share her insight on fine craft, home decor, running a small business as a female entrepreneur and life as a working artist. Prior interviews for reference:https://medium.com/authority-magazine/gina-desantis-on-five-things-you-need-to-be-a-highly-effective-leader-during-uncertain-turbulent-ae3fa5b79bachttps://canvasrebel.com/meet-gina-desantis/

Gigi Nevarez PR & Marketing, Owner. I am a creative with over two decades of hands-on expertise in public relations, sales, content creation, marketing and radio. If I don't believe in it - I can't sell it. Visit www.giginevarez.com to see my work.

From a young age, I have used my imagination to create stories. Whether it be via styling, costume design, or acting, I have the mindset to bring ideas to life. Working with clothing for me is an intentional process: an expansion of my own creative ethos and a reflection of my personal beliefs. I believe we could change the world by simply being conscious of what we put in and on our body.After finishing a fashion design program at FIDM in 2006, I led design rooms and development teams for brands, such as Wildfox and Henry Duarte. However I felt a drive to follow a deeper passion of theater, story telling and costumes. My focus has been on costume design, pattern making, and custom design since 2016. With each projects individuality I have a reliable source of talents and knowledge when it comes to the fashion industry. In 2020 I started taking acting classes and truly pursuing my dream of being in front of the camera, this is where I met Arielle and the rest is history.

Our founder, Ellie, has been a student and practitioner of homeopathy for 25 years, and it's safe to say she is obsessed with natural wellness!After 15 years spent in a high-demand, high-stress job, Ellie found she was running out of gas. She developed asthma, strong chemical sensitivities, and a set of perplexing allergies... to seemingly everything. After prescription after prescription failed to alleviate her symptoms, and a bad chemical reaction sent her to the hospital, she began to wonder "Is this just my life now, or is there something I can do differently?" This question led her to look outside of conventional medicine where she discovered the natural world of homeopathy. Ellie spent months pouring over ingredients, their functions, and how they could best be absorbed into the body. Using herself as a guinea pig she found some formulas gave her relief while others provided longer-term wellness. Her chemical sensitivities abated, her head cleared, and her energy increased–life changing!There was no way she was going to keep this information to herself! She began sharing it, immediately, with the women in her life, and then strangers. And then in 2000, Sprayology® was born.

Vezzani noticed a gap in the corporate gifting market and created Sugarwish, a revolutionary gifting platform that makes good on its promise to deliver happiness, using a sweet and innovative approach. Sugarwish is a rapidly growing, Denver based gifting company with a unique “recipient picks” feature, and digital-to-physical delivery model. Previous to co-founding Sugarwish in 2012, Vezzani was Vice President of Business Development at Razor Technical Staffing based in Denver, CO. Razor Technical Staffing was named one of the fastest growing companies in Colorado and was on the Inc 5000. Vezzani started her career as an Account Executive for Washington Mutual in Seattle where she was consistently one of the top performers in the company. Sugarwish is included in Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America, and Elisabeth has been named one of the Top 100 Women of Impact by Entrepreneur magazine 2021.

Elisabeth Noel Jones is the Founder & CEO of luxury e-commerce gifting platform, GiftMeChic. Elisabeth is an expert in the fields of gift-giving, gift experiences, the art of being chic, female entrepreneurship and brand building. She is a seasoned retail and wholesale executive with past experience as the North American CEO of Kilian Paris, and a buyer for luxury stores Bergdorf Goodman & Saks Fifth Avenue. In parallel with GiftMeChic, Elisabeth consults, curates, and procures gifts for retailers, hotel groups and various private clients around the globe...

Dr. Christina Han is a Canadian and US board-certified dermatologist and is the Director of Dermatology at False Creek Dermatology in Vancouver. She completed both her medical school and dermatology residency training at the University of British Columbia. Her busy practice consists of medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. She sees a broad range of patients, including pediatric and adult patients. Her clinical focus includes inflammatory dermatoses, such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, acne and rosacea as well as skin cancer.Dr. Han’s professional affiliations include the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with subspecialty training in Dermatology, the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Dermatology Association, the American Academy of Dermatology, the Pacific Dermatology Association and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology.