2023 Speakers
Co-Chairs
Sharon Blinkoff
Counsel
Locke Lord LLP
Rohini Gokhale
Global Marketing Counsel
Estée Lauder Companies
Government Speakers
Michael Ostheimer
Attorney, Advertising Division
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Linda M. Katz, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office of Cosmetics and Colors
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
In-House and Corporate Speakers
Ming Zhao
Co-founder & CEO
PROVEN Skincare
Dr. Robb Akridge
CEO/Founder
OPULUS Beauty Labs
Monique Davis
Vice President, Global Local & Cultural Innovation
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc
Camille Friedlander
Legal Counsel
Benefit Cosmetics (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
Madeleine Giaquinto
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Greenleaf Health
Ryan Gooley
Director, Business Development – Recall & Remediation
Sedgwick
Marietta Jo
General Counsel
Supergoop!
David Joyal
VP Legal, Global Supply and Patents
COTY (New York, NY)
Jaclyn Kaczmarek
Counsel II
Ulta Beauty
Robert J. Kiefer
General Manager
REACH24H USA Inc.
Dr. Rick Kingston
President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs & Co-founder
SafetyCall International
Carrie Kovalerchik
Senior Legal Counsel
Unilever
Sabina Mizrachi
VP, Litigation & Global Product Regulatory
Estée Lauder Companies
Akemi Ooka
Head of Global Supply Chain Resources
Independent Beauty Association
Jackson Pai
Counsel, International Trade Group
Crowell & Moring
Emily Perez
Owner & Founder
Latinas in Beauty
Jamila Powell
Owner & Founder
Naturally Drenched
Jennifer Santos
Attorney
National Advertising Division (NAD)
Andrew Shapero
Senior Engineer
Roux Inc.
Kimberly Smith
Attorney and Beautypreneur
Marjani (Washington, DC)
Craig Weiss
President
Consumer Product Testing (Fairfield NJ)
Larry Weiss
CEO and Founder
Symbiome
Margaret Whittaker
PHD, Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist
ToxServices LLC
Law Firm Speakers
Sophia B. Castillo
Partner
Downey Brand LLP
Tonya Esposito
Shareholder
GreenbergTraurig
Gustav W. Eyler
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Rachel Gartner
Counsel
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Heidi Forster Gertner
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Christopher Hanson
Partner, Chair, FDA Regulatory Compliance & Litigation Group
Nelson Mullins
Sam Jockel
Attorney
Alston & Bird
Aliza R. Karetnick
Partner
Ballard Spahr LLP (Philadelphia, PA)
Paavana L. Kumar
Partner
Davis & Gilbert LLP
Riëtte van Laack
Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara
Cynthia Liebernam
Partner
Keller and Heckman LLP
Diane C. McEnroe
Partner
Sidley Austin
Cynthia L. Meyer
Partner
Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker, LLP
Shawn R. Obi
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP
Arameh Z O’Boyle
Member
Mintz
Jessica O’Connell
Partner
Covington & Burlington
Raqiyyah Pippins
Partner
Arnold & Porter
Kiri Lee Sharon
Partner
Foley & Lardner
Sylvia E. Simson
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP (New York, NY)
Harry Valetk
Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP
