Craig Brommers is the Chief Marketing Officer at American Eagle, the #1 jeans brand among men and women, ages 15-25. Craig was instrumental in the recent relaunch of American Eagle’s Live Your Life platform, which encompasses everything the brand stands for – self-expression, community, culture, optimism, and connection.
American Eagle continues to be at the forefront of youth culture through influencer partnerships, product collaborations, sports and gaming, and community impact. Previously, Craig led global marketing for a number of notable retail brands, including Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Calvin Klein.
Joanna Coles, OBE Is a creative executive, producer, and best-selling author, managing a portfolio of TV and podcast projects with ABC, Amazon and Apple. She sits on three public boards (Snap, Sonos, Bark) and advises Masterclass, Klarna and Cornell Capital, a private equity company. She is also the Executive Producer of Hulu’s The Bold Type (on Netflix globally), the five season TV drama inspired by her career.
Coles is the former Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, responsible for 300 magazines globally. She is also a director of the private tech companies Density, and Grover, Europe’s largest tech-rental platform based in Berlin, and KDC the global beauty manufacturer. And she advises the non-profit Women Entrepreneurs New York City, an initiative to expand female entrepreneurship, with a focus on underserved women and communities. In 2020 she also raised the Northern Star Special Acquisition Series, NSI merged with Bark, the dog toy and treat company.
The British-born editor moved to the U.S. in 1997 as the New York Bureau Chief for The Guardian, before becoming the New York Bureau Chief for The Times of London.
Coles joined Hearst in 2006 as editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, where she co-produced the Style Network’s unscripted show Running in Heels. She was also the on-air mentor for Project Runway AllStars. She was named editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, the world’s largest women’s media brand, in 2012. She was the executive producer of the unscripted series So Cosmo on E! in 2017.
Over the course of her career, Coles has won numerous prestigious awards for journalism and media leadership, including a Matrix Award, and a National Magazine Award for Cosmopolitan. the first in its 50 year history. She was recently described by The New York Times as “one of the most powerful people in media.”
Coles is the author of the best-selling Love Rules, published by HarperCollins, about relationships in the digital age, now being made into a TV show for FX.
She lives in Manhattan and has two sons, with the author Peter Godwin.
Kristen D’Arcy is a results-oriented global marketing leader with proven success in developing integrated programs that drive ROI. As True Religion’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer, she is responsible for all aspects of marketing, including content creation, creative, brand, public relations, influencers, social media, partnerships, and philanthropy.
Kristene began her career on the agency side of the business and has worked on major accounts for Tribal DDB Worldwide and R/GA. Her first brand-side role was as Senior Director of Marketing for Ralph Lauren. She was then named Senior Vice President of Ecommerce and Digital Media at Oscar de la Renta before joining Coty Inc., where she rose to become Global Head of Content and Innovation. She joined American Eagle Outfitters, leaving as Vice President, Integrated Marketing and Media to become Chief Marketing Officer for Pacific Sunwear. She most recently served as CMO for Homedics, where she increased the health and wellness company’s DTC sales by 80%.
With a specialty in the luxury, fashion and beauty industries, Kristen’s expertise includes running high-performing e-commerce sites, developing strategic marketing campaigns supporting some of the largest and most well-known brands in these industries and finally, innovation, bringing disruptive, new technologies to market for brands. She has also had significant success in designing omni-channel, global brand marketing campaigns with influencers and celebrities, which have driven business growth and consumer engagement.
Kristen’s work has been recognized through numerous industry accolades, such as on AdAge’s Best Marketers Under 40 and AdAge’s Top Digital Marketers lists, and on Brand Innovator’s Top 50 Women in Brand Marketing list.
NJ Falk is a multiple Webby, Davey, and Communicator award-winning creative, journalist and serial entrepreneur focused on emerging luxury, fashion, lifestyle and direct-to-consumer brands. Her current roles are as Managing Partner of luxury performance athletic footwear brand Athletic Propulsion Labs (APL), since the brand was founded in 2009, and as a Co-Founder and Chief Mentorpreneur® at The Forward Female which is a consulting and creative agency for female entrepreneurs.
As an e-commerce pioneer and expert, NJ also juggles her roles as an angel investor, mentor, board member and strategic advisor for female-focused luxury and consumer brands including, Modern Picnic, DeMarson, StarFace, Bumo, 11 Honoré, Artha and The Key. She is a member of The DealMakeHers, the exclusive invite-only network of leading female dealmakers who are shaping the way consumers shop today, the NYU Stern Fashion & Luxury Advisory Council, and was recently honored as a CommerceNext 2024 CommerceXcellence Award winner and 2024 Leader To Watch, one of YOTPO’s 2022 Amazing Women in Ecommerce, and by Cupshe as one of their Women Making Waves
Some of her previous achievements include being the Founder and Creative Director of her Webby award-winning agency, The UXB, and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the now sunset Webby award-winning fashion blog, The Blonde and The Brunette ,former Contributor at Forbes and ForbesWomen, and her current roles as a Monse Girl, an Executive Member and Webby judge of the IADAS (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences ) as well as formerly a Money Inc. columnist, former brand ambassador for Net-A-Porter, and an Official Member of Forbes Los Angeles Business Council.
Falk was recently named on the LA Times 2023 C-Suite Visionary list , and was a keynote speaker at Attentive’s inaugural Thread Conference ,the GELF (Global Leaders in Ecommerce) Conference, GROW LA and the Visionary Woman Gen V Conference as well as a recent Attentive Fireside Chat. She is deeply involved in the philanthropic world and her prior positions at American Express, MGM, and Universal Studios provide her with unique perspectives on the challenges women face in their business and personal lives.
Having trademarked the term Mentorpreneur®, NJ shares highly practical and actionable business, lifestyle, and fashion advice, often derived from topical issues, to help women succeed in their diverse roles. She strives to do it all with a bit of élan and a steady stream of enthusiasm. Notably, she was a Miss USA 2024 Judge and is featured on Modern Luxury Angeleno’s Best Dressed List 2024.
Falk earned an MBA from The NYU Stern School of Business and a BFA in from the NYU Tisch School of The Arts.
Ashley Graham is an American supermodel, designer, author and entrepreneur whose influence has reshaped the fashion and media industries and redefined traditional beauty standards. Ashley has worked in numerous areas of the fashion industry including editorial, catalogue, runway, commercial, television and film. In February 2016, Ashley made history as the first size 14 model to ever be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swim. In January 2018, she became a brand ambassador for Revlon, making her the first curvy model of her generation to receive a major beauty contract.
Ashley has been featured on the covers of Vogue, British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar UK, Cosmopolitan, SELF, New York Magazine, Maxim and many more. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including Forbes’ coveted “30 Under 30” list and cover feature; Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” with Mattel simultaneously creating a one-of-a-kind Barbie in her likeness; People’s “25 Most Intriguing People of the Year”; Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the Word”; The Daily Front Row’s “Fashion Force of the Year”; and GQ’s “International Female Model of the Year”. She was honored at the 2023 Women Making History Awards and in 2019 United Nations’ Women for Peace Association presented her with their first Women Empowerment Award.
Ashley is a sought-after television personality and has hosted internationally televised programs such as ABC’s “Countdown to the Oscars” in 2019 and 2023, Miss Universe, Miss USA and Lifetime’s “American Beauty Star”, a competition series to find the next best hair or makeup artist. In 2023, she hosted HGTV’s “Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge”, where teams transformed a Southern California home into a real-life Barbie Dreamhouse. Most recently, Graham hosted Roku’s “Side Hustlers” alongside entrepreneur and investor Emma Grede.
Ashley is regularly invited to speak about body image, self-acceptance and female empowerment. Her first TEDx talk “Plus Size? More Like My Size” given at TedxBerleeValencia was viewed over 4.3 million times.
Mindy is a high-energy, disruptive leader with extensive experience in building and transforming consumer brands.
Prior to Consello Group, Mindy served as the President and CEO of WW International, and as a member of the board of directors through March 2022. She joined the company in July 2017 where she led the organizations rebrand from Weight Watchers to WW to reflect their new purpose – “To inspire healthy habits for real life. For people, families, communities, the world – for everyone,” to be the brand to democratize wellness for all. Mindy also oversaw the digital transformation of WW; launched three breakthrough food program innovations; led the formation of WWGOOD and the Healthy Living Coalition; as well as the WW Presents “Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” national tour.
Prior to WW, Mindy served as the CEO and a member of the board of directors at HSNi where she oversaw a $4 billion direct to consumer retail portfolio. She positioned HSNi as a leader in boundaryless retail, integrating entertainment, content, commerce and community and offering customers a seamless shopping experience across multiple channels. Prior to that, Mindy served as CEO of IAC Retail, the former parent company of HSNi. She successfully took IAC Retail public in 2008 and subsequently became CEO of HSNi until 2017.
Before joining IAC, Mindy served as a Global Vice President at Nike, Inc., where she oversaw its $4 billion global apparel business and served as co-chair of Nike’s Women’s Leadership Council.
Earlier in her career, Mindy served as President and CEO of Polo Jeans Company, Vice President of New Business Development at Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, President of Chaps Ralph Lauren and Senior Vice President of Menswear for Warnaco, Inc. She also held senior positions at Tommy Hilfiger and Oxford Industries.
Throughout her career, Mindy has been widely recognized for her leadership including being named to Forbes Magazine’s “The 100 Most Powerful Women;” The Financial Times “Top 50 Women in World Business;” TIME Magazine’s “50 Most Influential People in Healthcare;” and was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Corporate Innovation. She was also a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Mindy was appointed to the Digital Economy Board of Advisors for the Chamber of Commerce during the Obama administration, where she served as an advisor from 2014 to 2017. She also served as the Chairman of the National Retail Federation and Chairman of the NRF Foundation.
Mindy currently serves on the National Board of Directors of the American Heart Association and is also a member of the Board of Directors of VF Corporation, Herself Health, Fanatics, Inc. and Hungryroot.
Niki Hall is Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Five9. Her focus is on all areas of B2B marketing, including demand generation, partner marketing, product marketing, field enablement, branding, corporate communications, analyst relations, channel marketing, marketing analytics, and events. She rejoins the company after serving as VP of Marketing for nearly two years starting in 2017.
Passionate about people, process and technology, her personal philosophy is that people are a company’s greatest asset, and actively invests heavily in creating and motivating best-in-class teams to scale companies. With over 20 years’ experience in marketing, Niki has established and grown business market positions by developing clear, differentiated positioning while building and extending value, increased awareness, and driving demand and market differentiation.
Before Five9, Niki was CMO of digital experience analytics company Contentsquare, where she was responsible for building the brand, raising awareness, and cementing Contentsquare as a major player in the global CX market. As a four-time Stevie winner for Women in Business, Niki has also been a recognized on INSIDER’s list of 19 execs shaping the future of marketing technology. Previously, Niki was CMO at Selligent Marketing Cloud and held marketing leadership roles at Poly and Cisco.
Niki has a bachelor’s degree in communications and marketing from California State University East Bay.
Stacey Hawes is an award winning executive with over 25 years experience. She’s an accomplished President, Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Data and Performance Officer with P&L experience. Stacey’s enthusiasm for data-driven go-to-market strategies, combined with her client focus makes her a transformational leader with deep experience aligning and leading large cross-functional teams including Sales & Marketing, Product Management, Engineering, Data & Analytics, Operations and Delivery. Stacey is passionate about helping retailers and e-commerce companies exceed their marketing and overall business goals.
During her tenure as President of Epsilon’s Data Practice she led the digital transformation of the business and drove revenue to record growth. She is recognized in the AdTech/MarTech industry for her ability to develop data-driven solutions for small, mid-size and Fortune 500 brands.
In her current role at MERGE she is serving as Chief Data and Performance Officer where she leads a team of over 150 employees. She is responsible for driving the agency’s data and digital strategies, Marketing & Sales, PR & Communications as well as Analytics. Her role is to ensure MERGE delivers best-in-class solutions to their clients.
Stacey possesses outstanding communication skills along with integrity, intelligence, enthusiasm, business savvy and grit. She is best known for servant leadership, inclusive and inspirational leadership style. She’s an accomplished public speaker in the MarTech/AdTech space and well-recognized in the industry. Some of her accolades include:
Business Insider Top 20 Executives Shaping the Future of Marketing Technology 2020
HERoes Top 100 Role Models Women Executives 2019
Advertising Age Woman to Watch 2017
Folio Magazine Top 20 Women in Media 2014
Emilie leads Mastercard Data & Services global Retail and Commerce segment and commercial team.
Emilie’s team of experts works with Mastercard to develop strategies, products and capabilities that drive business results for Mastercard’s clients within Retail, Grocery, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharmacy, Restaurants, Telcos, and Travel & Hospitality. Her commercial organization partners with Retail & Commerce companies to bring marketing and consulting services and industry leading platforms in Loyalty, Personalization, Economic Performance, and Analytic Measurement, to deliver business results.
A passionate advocate for the consumer, her team believes that business outcomes are best achieved when personalized and engaging experiences are provided to each and every customer. Prior to Mastercard, Emilie managed loyalty and strategy teams for dunnhumby and Accenture, building up over 20 years of experience in loyalty, retail, consumer strategy and analytics.
Stephanie Mehta is chief executive officer and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures, publisher of Inc. and Fast Company.
From March 2018 to January 2022 she served as editor-in-chief of Fast Company, where she oversaw digital, print, and live journalism. Under her leadership Fast Company was a National Magazine Award finalist in design for three years in a row, and the title added two new annual conferences.
From February 2016 to February 2018 she was a deputy editor at Vanity Fair, where she helped produce the annual New Establishment list and conference, launched a new female founders conference, and edited cover stories on Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. From 2014 to 2016, she led the editorial conference division of Bloomberg Media.
Stephanie worked at Fortune from 2000 to 2014, rising from writer to deputy managing editor, the No. 2 spot on the masthead.
Stephanie worked at the The Wall Street Journal from 1994 to 2000 and started her journalism career at The Virginian-Pilot and Ledger Star newspaper in Norfolk, Va.
I am Tyra Mitchell, a public relations assistant for BCG. I enjoy all things consumer behavior, pop culture, and marketing and have been featured in Forbes. Outside of the office, I spend my time traveling the world, exploring food from different cultures, and shopping at sample sales. My favorite hobbies include scrolling on book, wedding, and comedy TikTok. When I’m not on the app, I’m religiously reading the next big fantasy novel.
I grew up in Jordan before moving to Atlanta for university; a double major in Neuroscience & Behavior, and Business. I am always curious why I and others behave the way we do and how we’re influenced by the world. I play soccer, squash, and the guitar and am a huge LEGO fan. Passionate about fashion and design, and grateful to be a part of the Z-Suite family!
Martha was raised in Nutley, New Jersey, in a family of six children, where she was encouraged to be curious about everything. She developed her passion for cooking, gardening and home keeping at an early age. Her mother taught her the basics of cooking, baking, canning, and sewing; her father introduced her to gardening at the age of three. Martha earned a bachelor’s degree in history and architectural history at Barnard College. Upon graduating, she became a stockbroker on Wall Street, where she gained her early business training. After moving to Westport, Connecticut, in 1972, she developed a catering business that showcased her remarkable talent and originality. Her unique visual presentation of food and the elegant recipes she created for her thriving event and catering business were the basis for her first book, Entertaining, published in 1982. This year she will publish her 100th book.
Martha’s business sense and creative vision provided the framework for launching her namesake company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in 1996, an expansive multimedia portfolio built around her eponymous Martha Stewart Living. Her television shows have collectively earned 18 Emmy Daytime Awards and five James Beard Foundation Awards.
The Martha Stewart™ brand reaches over 100 million fans per month, with over 13 million followers on social media, and continues to inspire new devotees everyday through channels including The Martha Stewart Podcast (in partnership with iHeart), three series on The Roku Channel, and through products that can be found at multiple retailers around the world.
Martha is a member of the “TIME 100” list and was named one of “America’s 25 Most Influential People” by TIME. She was included on the list of “50 Most Powerful Women” by Fortune magazine five times, and she has been named by Forbes magazine one of the “100 Greatest Living Business Minds.”
She established the Martha Stewart Center for Living at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, with a mission to help older adults to live healthier, longer lives. Martha serves on the board of Hudson River Park Friends.
Martha is the proud mother of Alexis Stewart and grandmother of Jude and Truman Stewart.
Dr. Jen Welter is a groundbreaking, barrier-busting force of nature. She is a female trailblazer, a sports pioneer, PhD, passionate leader, world-renowned speaker, entrepreneur and source of inspiration around the globe. Her relentless pursuit of individual excellence and success in challenging the status quo time and time again, fuels her current drive to help others achieve their best—in sports, health and wellness, professional pursuits and in life.
She is driven by the belief that “Greatness is a choice you make over and over. And when you choose personal greatness—big or small—it becomes a part of who you are.” In every realm she tackles, Dr. Jen is a game changer, bringing vision, power and purpose to her mission of breaking the chains of what has always been and redefining what is and will be.
She tackled her football career with fearless tenacity and an unprecedented track record of pioneering firsts. Building on her remarkable career in women’s football, that included 2 Gold medals with Team USA, 4 World Championships and 8 All-Star selections, Dr. Jen busted into the men’s game, as the first female running back signed to a men’s professional team. Blending her passion for the game with a powerful, unique communication style, she broke through the biggest boys club of all, the NFL, as the first female coach in the league and the Madden NFL 20 video game. In order to share her journey into a playbook for overall success, coach Jen published “Play Big, Lessons in Living Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL.”
Though Play Big came out in 2017, Dr Jen’s next book will surely be about playing even bigger, kicking glass, and recovering from the challenges along the way because she has done everything from being the Head Coach of the first Australian Women’s National Team, the assistant Defensive Line coach for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football, the Linebackers coach for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL, and the first female head coach in Madden.
Coach Jen works to shift culture beyond the football field working with major brands like EA Sports and Barbie becoming the first female Head Coach in Madden and Coach Barbie in the Women in Sports Collection. Who would have thought a woman could be both a coach in Madden and a Barbie.
Dr. Jen’s belief in the power of sport to transform society inspired her to create sustainable platforms and inclusive programs to help women in leadership, give girls access and empower kids to overcome challenges through physical, emotional and social well being.
A Day in the Life, the ultimate fan fantasy experience for women, getting women onto the field and into the game. Grrridiron Girls, the first national movement for girls in flag football, teaching confidence through football. A Day in the Life and Grrridiron Girls are in partnership with UN Women in pursuit of the joint mission to promote gender equality on a global scale.
Dr Jen has been honored and quoted by President Obama as a female pioneer and role model.
She has coached everyone from kids in sports camps to C-level executives, on how finding your voice and having fearless conversations can fuel positive change. Dr. Jen’s message of overcoming life’s obstacles with grit, tenacity and limitless possibility has received worldwide acclaim, by audiences ranging from global companies and top schools to brands, nonprofits, professional sports teams, and globally as a sports envoy with the State Department.
Dr. Jen was knighted by Prince Raphael Andujar Vilches to the Sovereign and Royal House of Cappadocia, Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen giving her the Title Dame Dr Jen Welter, Lady Coach. As Prince Raphael says, knights no longer battle with swords, they fight with heart and deeds.
On and off the field, whether you call her Dame, Lady, Dr. Coach, or all of the above, Jen Welter inspires uses her linebacker skills and big heart to tackle challenges, and inspire others to Play Big. She is Leigh Steinburg’s Philanthropist of the year, the April Cover of I Am Unbreakable Magazine, Top 100 KNOW women 2024, a role model, an auntie, and a proud dog mom to Boss her rescue chihuahua Pit Bull mix dog.