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2025 Retail Influencer
CEO Forum

Where culture, commerce and Al converge

An invite-only, exclusive forum for retail and brand
leaders looking to connect.

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Speakers + Moderators

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Bobbi Brown

Makeup Artist, Entrepreneur & Founder,

Jones Road Beauty

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Joanna Coles

Chief Content Officer

The Daily Beast
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Jessica Berman

Commissioner
National Women's Soccer League
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Tim Derner

Global Head, Marketplaces
Authentic Brands Group
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Colie Edison

SVP, Chief Growth Officer
Women’s National Basketball Association
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Jenn Maclever Edwards

VP, Customer Experience
Five9
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Gabrielle Fonrouge

Retail reporter
CNBC
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Zarna Garg

Stand-Up Comedian, Author, Actress
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Mindy Grossman

Partner, Vice-Chair
The Consello Group
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Clay Lute

Member
The Z Suite
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Joy Mangano

Co-Founder and CEO
CleanBoss
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Olivia Meyer

Member
The Z Suite
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Dhruv Patel

Chief Product Officer
Rokt
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Joon Silverstein

Chief Marketing Officer
Coach
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Alicia Tillman

CMO
Delta Air Lines
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Karin Tracy

Lead - Retail & Ecommerce
NA Group
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James Turco

Member
The Z Suite
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Phil Wahba

Senior Writer
Fortune

Additional speakers to be announced

Agenda
Monday, September 11
Retail CEO & Speakers Dinner
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Tuesday September 12

8:45 AM

Registration & Networking Breakfast
Morning Sessions: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Joanna Coles
State of the Gen Z Consumer
with ZEOs and Forbes 30 Under 30 Alex York
Ziad Ahmed, Patrick Finnegan, Zahra Biabani
Jake Borjseth, Maya Penn, Saad Amer, Michael Rubel
Courageous Leadership Keynote
with Coach/Coachtopia’s Joon Silverstein and Joanna Coles
Courageous Leadership Keynote
with Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal and CNBC’s Gabrielle Fonrouge
Unveiling New Gen Z Research
with our Z Suite and Retail Influencer Melissa Gonzalez
James Turco, Alec Beers, Tyra Mitchell, Sierra Mar Elia and Lindsey Hyams
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Beauty & Wellness Breakthroughs
with e.l.f. Beauty, Ulta Beauty, Kendo Brands (LVMH), Bubble and Glossy’s Jill Manoff
Laurie Lam, Elizabeth Oates, Sapna Parikh, Shai Eisenman
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Courageous Leadership Keynote
with Rebecca Minkoff and MSNBC’s Daniela Pierre-Bravo
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Courageous Leadership Luncheon Keynotes
with Stephanie Mehta, Mansueto Ventures (Fast Company, Inc. and Modern CEO)
Pfizer’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Sally Susman
Writer & Activist, Harley Preston
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Afternoon Sessions: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Celebration of Most Influential ESG Leaders Honorees
Courageous Leadership Keynote
with thredUP’s James Reinhart and Fast Company’s Elizabeth Segran
Building a Sustainable Brand
with Queenly, Marimekko, Archive, Justice Environment and Sourcing Journal’s Jessica Binns
Trisha Bantigue, Suvi-Elina Enqvist, Emily Gittins, Saad Amer and Sophia Richter
How AI is Transforming the Consumer Experience
with Hungryroot, Kendo Brands (LVMH), Lily AI and Retail and eCommerce Investor Janie Yu
Ben McKean, Sapna Parikh and Ahmed Naiem
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Mental Wellness & Inclusivity @Work
with True Religion’s Theresa Watts and Mental Wellness Expert Bea Arthur, featuring The Z Suite's Clay Lute, Sash Shaban and Eileen Wang
Courageous Leadership Keynote
with Macy’s Shawn Outler and The Business of Fashion’s Sheena Butler-Young
Rewriting The Workforce Playbook
with American Eagle Outfitters, WorkJam and The Business of Fashion’s Sheena Butler-Young, Featuring The Z Suite
Ashley Schapiro, Louise Clements, Taylor Light, Clay Lute and Tyra Mitchell
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Courageous Leadership Keynote
with Andy Dunn and Fortune’s Phil Wahba
Courageous Leadership Keynote
with Forever 21’s Winnie Park, Bunny’s Bae Bar’s Bunny Zingler, Rolling Loud’s Matt Zingler and Cosmopolitan’s Jessica Giles
Commerce, Culture & Community
with PepsiCo, Meta, Trndsttrs, the Gen Z Whisperer and Retail TouchPoints’ Alicia Esposito
Stacy Taffet, Karin Tracy, Jake Borjseth and Tiffany Zhong
Ask Me Anything
with The Z Suite, led by Joanna Coles
Cocktails and Networking: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
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Past Attending Brands + Media

Brands

Adorama

Anthropologie

Casper

Cast Jewelry

Centric Brands

Charlotte Russe

Coach

Coachtopia

Commando

Fast Company

FreshDirect

GoPro

Hanky Panky

Hudson's Bay Company

Khaite

M.M. LaFleur

Marquee Brands

Meta

Michael Kors

Milani Cosmetics

Parlux Fragrances

PetMeds

PetRx

Ralph Lauren

Rebecca Taylor

Retail Minded

RICH Haircare

Saks off Fifth

Shakti

Simon Properties

skinworldwide

Target

The Children's Place

The Estee Lauder Companies

The Taubman Company

ThirdLove

TikTok

Tory Burch

Value Retail

Media

Business Insider

The Business of Fashion

CNBC

Cosmopolitan

Fast Company

Forbes

Fortune

Glossy

Hearst Media

Mansueto Ventures

MSNBC

Retail Refined

Retail TouchPoints

Sourcing Journal

WWD

In partnership with
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Location
Manhatta

28 Liberty Street, 60th floor, New York Map

Agenda

4:15 PM
Opening Remarks
Stacy Berns, Founder and President, Berns Communications Group Joanna Coles, Chief Creative and Content Officer, The Daily Beast

4:20 PM
Where Commerce Meets Culture: Flying Fans, Fueling the Game
Joanna Coles in conversation with Alicia Tillman, CMO of Delta Air Lines, and Jessica Berman, Commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League

4:40 PM
Voice of a Generation: Gen Z, Culture and the New Rules of Engagement
Joanna Coles talks with Clay Lute, Olivia Meyer and James Turco of The Z Suite and Jennifer Edwards, VP of Customer Experience at Five9

5:00 PM
AI at Scale: How Brands Are Powering the Next Wave of Growth
Phil Wahba, Fortune Senior Writer, in conversation with Karin Tracy, NA Group Lead, Retail and E-Commerce at Meta; Tim Derner, Global Head of Marketplaces at Authentic Brands Group; and Dhruv Patel, Chief Product Officer at Rokt

5:20 PM
Power Plays in Fashion: Coach x WNBA’s Playbook for Cultural Impact
Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC Retail Reporter, in conversation with Joon Silverstein, CMO of Coach, and Colie Edison, Chief Growth Officer of the WNBA

5:40 PM
Power in Partnership: Stories of Friendship, Reinvention and Cultural Collaboration
Mindy Grossman, Partner and Vice-Chair of The Consello Group, in conversation with Joy Mangano, Co-founder and CEO of CleanBoss

6:00 PM
Cocktails and Networking Hosted by Cart.com and Narvar

7:00 PM
Dinner Hosted by Mastercard

7:15 PM
Still Bobbi: A Beauty Trailblazer on Keeping It Real While Building Billion-Dollar Brands
Joanna Coles in conversation with Bobbi Brown

7:40 PM
Laugh Loud, Live Bold: The Zarna Garg Effect
Joanna Coles in conversation with comedian Zarna Garg and her daughter, Zoya Garg

Networks
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What is The Z Suite?
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What is the
Retail Influencer Network?