Bobbi Brown is a world renowned makeup artist; a beauty industry icon; a hotelier; a best-selling author; the founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and most recently, the founder and chief creative officer of breakout beauty brand, Jones Road Beauty, a collection of clean, indispensable beauty products that she launched in October 2020.

Bobbi was named one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women in 2021 and in 2022, was named one of Forbes "50 Over 50" most Influential Women. She has received the Glamour Woman of the Year Award, The Fashion Group International Night of Stars Beauty Award, and The Jackie Robinson Foundation’s ROBIE Humanitarian Award. She was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation and has been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. She holds honorary doctorates from Montclair State University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Monmouth University, and Emerson College.

Tory Burch is the Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Tory Burch LLC.

Tory launched her company in 2004 with a clear purpose: to build a global lifestyle brand and a foundation that would advance women’s economic power. Designed in her New York atelier, the collection includes ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, beauty, and home.  

In 2009, Tory established the Tory Burch Foundation. Its purpose: to increase women’s economic power by supporting entrepreneurs to build businesses that last.

World-renowned auctioneer and founder of the first auctioneering talent agency (Lydia Fenet Agency), Lydia Fenet is a trailblazer who is reshaping the landscape of her industry. She is the author of two bestselling books, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You and Claim Your Confidence, and the host of the Rockefeller Center-sponsored podcast Claim Your Confidence. Most recently, she hosted The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Summit in New York City in November.

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Debbi Fields is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies, a brand she launched in 1977 with a single store, a homemade chocolate chip cookie, and an unshakable belief in herself. With no formal business training and plenty of skeptics, Debbi built Mrs. Fields into one of the most recognizable and beloved food brands in the world, redefining what it meant to be a female entrepreneur at a time when very few women were given that platform. Her journey is a living example of conviction, resilience, and leading with instinct and heart.

Over the past decade, Debbi has continued to live the values that built her business. She’s made it her mission to encourage women to trust their ideas, take risks, and believe they are capable of building something extraordinary. A mother of five daughters and grandmother of two, Debbi remains a passionate advocate for following your dreams and betting on yourself—again and again.

Radhika Jones, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, is at work on a memoir titled "Bookish." She previously held senior editorial roles at The New York Times and TIME magazine, where she oversaw the Person of the Year and Time 100 franchises. She holds a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia, and serves on the boards of CARE and The Paris Review.

Judy Thelen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Beli, a restaurant list-keeping and social media platform that is transforming consumer recommendations and discovery. Since the app launched in 2021, Beli’s users have amassed over 90 million restaurant ratings, across over 30,000 cities worldwide—making it one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing review platforms.

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Mayssa Chehata is the founder of BEHAVE Candy. BEHAVE is the first low-sugar, clean-label candy that doesn’t spike blood sugar. It was her love of sweets and her father's diabetes that inspired Mayssa to create a better candy option. BEHAVE partners with chefs and food scientists to create candy that tastes too good to be true, in order to reduce the amount of sugar in the food system.

Mayssa is also the host of the ROCK BOTTOM podcast, a writer & speaker. She previously held roles at the NFL, Uber, Daily Harvest, and SoulCycle. She moonlights as a DJ.

Mélanie Masarin is the founder of Ghia and a writer who loves good food, good drinks, and bringing people together. Her work is rooted in modern Mediterranean living — food that's meant to be shared, drinks that feel celebratory, and moments that feel considered without being precious.

She grew up in a French-Italian household cooking recipes passed down by her grandmother, Mymo, and later adapted by Mélanie herself. The idea that food comes from the heart runs through everything she does.