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
