Jury of Cosmoprof & Cosmopack North America Awards

Lía De Sola is a passionate brand developer. As the Global Brand Development Manager at Unilever in New York for the Global Masterbrand Dove Men + Care team, she is responsible for leading the global digital, outreach & PR strategy for the brand across categories, as well as supporting the skin cleansing innovation mix development. Prior to this role, she was leading the core skin care innovation mix development for Vaseline worldwide as a Senior Global Brand Development Manager Associate. Previously, Lía was based in London where she spent two years as a Senior Global Brand Development Manager Assistant leading the global innovation pipeline for the core of Dove Skin Care, with a special focus on purposeful communication development and sustainability. Prior to that position, she worked at Henkel, Deloitte and Procter & Gamble.

Nyakio Grieco, entrepreneur and cofounder of inclusive retail site Thirteen Lune, began her journey in beauty at a young age, learning the importance of clean ingredients and formulas from her Kenyan grandparents. After working in the entertainment industry, she launched her namesake line, Nyakio Beauty, in 2002. Nyakio and her partner Patrick Herning founded Thirteen Lune in December 2020, in an effort to not only provide minority-owned brands with greater visibility, but also debunk the myth that Black and Brown people make products only for their own races and ethnicities.

Yarden is the Co-Founder of Spate, the artificial intelligence trends platform for beauty. Prior to Spate, Yarden co-founded and led the Trendspotting division at Google – where she launched renowned reports such as The Google Fashion Trends Report and The Google Skin Care Trends Report. Her work at Google included spotting top trends such as Turmeric, Cold Brew, and Face Masks. Yarden was named the Future Voice of Fashion by The Business of Fashion, based on her work in leveraging data science for consumer trends prediction.

Kelly Kovack, CEO and Founder of BeautyMatter, is a noted beauty authority, brand advisor, and strategist. She began her career in beauty as one of the original executive team members at Bliss in the role of Managing Director of the Bliss Catalog, taking on the way women bought beauty. This venture fundamentally changed the way beauty products were merchandised, distributed, and marketed to consumers leading the acquisition of Bliss by LVMH. As Vice President of Marketing for Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare, she was on the forefront of defining the cosmeceutical category. Kelly also founded consultancy group Purpose Built providing concept to counter solutions and strategic advisement for startups to Fortune 500 brand and everything in between. She has also built her own brands, most recently award-winning fragrance brand, Odin, co-founded in collaboration with the men's fashion brand.

Andrea Nagel has been reporting on the beauty industry for more than 20 years. For the past 8 years, she has established CEW as the beauty industry’s go-to resource for beauty intelligence and content via its newsletter, Beauty News, and the organization’s 30+ annual events by identifying the industry’s most relevant topics, companies, and speakers. Previously, she was the Mass Market & Salon Industry Beauty Editor at WWD.

With over 20 years of CPG experience, from Fortune 500 companies to small startups, Akemi’s experience ranges from product development to sourcing and supply chain transformation. Akemi has run chemical procurement at The Clorox Company, formulation, and fragrance development at Method, and was most recently VP of Product at J.R. Watkins, overseeing development, quality, regulatory compliance, claim support, and third-party manufacturing oversight for hand care, personal care, home care, and OTC remedies. She now heads up the Independent Beauty Association’s (IBA) global supply chain and sustainability programming, supporting small to medium-sized businesses in the beauty and personal care sector. Akemi holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Born and raised in New York, Jamie O’Brien is a global beauty marketing and innovation expert, specializing in dermatological skincare. After seeing the positive impact of dermatology firsthand, Jamie became passionate about skincare and its ability to improve quality of life. This realization led to her career at L’Oreal. In her current role as Senior Manager of Global Marketing and Product Innovation on the SkinCeuticals brand, Jamie builds 360-degree marketing campaigns and develops global innovation, animation, and expansion strategies to launch consumer-centric, medically relevant offers, for both the brand’s end-users and medical professionals. Prior to SkinCeuticals, she managed the international launch of CeraVe in 2017, as the first product manager following the brand’s acquisition by L’Oreal. Jamie began her marketing career at Carol’s Daughter brand and Garnier Skincare. She is alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing program and a member of the Cosmetic Executive Women professional organization.

As Global Partnerships Director, Fernanda leads BEAUTYSTREAMS’ partnerships and collaborations with key organizations around the world, working closely with regional teams on both strategic and operational levels. Fernanda has over 17 years of experience as a correspondent and editor for international digital media and was previously the Latin America Trend Director at Stylesight. Fernanda’s diverse background, and a Master's Degree in Marketing allow her to lead international projects and build strong collaborations with leading trade shows, beauty associations, and global consumer and trade press worldwide. Fernanda has been directing co-marketing initiatives with Cosmoprof Bologna, North America, and Asia for more than 5 years, initiating iconic industry projects. For the past 2 years, she has been working with the non-profit Openstreams Foundation, helping to promote the vital Stop Age Anxiety movement, just launched worldwide.

Ron is a veteran cosmetic chemist with over 20 years’ experience in creating innovative, successful beauty products for leading beauty brands such as Revlon, Avon, L’Oreal, Estée Lauder, Clinique. After devising a new way to stabilize Vitamin C, he founded influencer agency, BeautyStat, where he has helped both start-up and large brands grow brand awareness, engagement, and product sales. His clients include Shiseido, Coty, P&G Beauty, AHAVA and Stila Cosmetics. He is also a resident beauty expert for Allure magazine and Refinery29.

Noah Rosenblatt is President North America at Space NK. He joined Space NK in 2015, bringing more than eight years of beauty experience with prior roles at LVMH and 20 years of retail industry experience working with numerous emerging brands looking to expand their footprint in the US. Noah currently oversees the North American wholesale distribution with both the Space NK Luxury division and BEAUTYSPACENK Prestige division. He is responsible for developing strategies to increase brand awareness, expansion, deepen customer relationships and evolve the Space NK brand in-store and digital experience. In addition, Noah has been instrumental at developing and implementing a new division called BEAUTYSPACENK focused on the prestige beauty category. Within the last year the initiative has been built to add scale for brands while bringing accessibility to customers – when where and how they chose.