Allie Egan
Allie is the Founder and CEO of Veracity, a holistic approach to beauty targeting the root cause – hormones – with clinically-proven skincare and supplements and at-home testing for personalized care. Prior to founding Veracity, Allie was the CEO of Cynthia Rowley and has extensive experience in the beauty industry through her time at some of Estee Lauder’s best brands, including Origins, Clinique, and La Mer. She began her career in consumer investing at L Catterton. Allie is a certified Hormonal Health Coach and board member of the Global Wellness Institute’s Hormone Initiative. She holds a BS in Finance and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School.
Chris Payne
Chris Payne is the CEO of jane iredale – The Skincare Makeup®, the pioneering clean beauty brand best known for makeup that improves the health of the skin.
Having served more than 20 years in beauty executive roles, Payne has a proven track record driving brand growth and engagement with an eagerness to improve the status quo. Since joining jane iredale in 2019, he has worked to uphold the brand’s iconic role within professional beauty while fostering brand loyalty in a new generation of clean beauty enthusiasts, driving more than a 130 percent increase in new account openings within one year.
Prior to jane iredale, Chris served as CMO for PCA Skin where under his leadership, the brand more than doubled its revenue within two years and was successfully acquired by Colgate-Palmolive. Chris was also Senior Vice President at Arcade Beauty, Vice President at Clarisonic, where he was instrumental in its sale to L’Oréal in 2011, and held various previous roles with L’Oréal.
Shereene Idriss
Board-certified Dermatologist and Founder of Idriss Dermatology in NYC Dr. Shereene Idriss is unlike her peers. In a time when top-name dermatologists have signed on as corporate-brand figureheads, joining in on false marketing hype to appear relevant Dr. Idriss has become a household name for doing just the opposite. She rose to organic fame through her #PillowtalkDerm series on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube for candidly speaking about skincare, sharing the science-based truth behind it all. In doing so, she amassed a following of 1.7 million+ “skin nerds” across IG, YT and TikTok, who called on her to create her very own skincare line minus any of the B.S. and with that, PillowtalkDerm was born.
Maya Benayoun
Maya Benayoun, the CEO of BeautyFix MedSpa, is a visionary leader with a diverse background in finance and beauty. With six locations spanning across New York, Connecticut, and Florida, BeautyFix is a pioneering MedSpa, Plastic Surgery, and Training Center offering innovative injectables, body contouring, and skincare services.
Maya's career began in finance, where she worked as an M&A Investment Banker at Lazard, collaborating directly with L'Oréal's CEO and executive team on strategic beauty acquisitions. This financial acumen, combined with her business education from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, laid the foundation for her entrepreneurial journey.
Maya's passion for holistic well-being is reflected not only in her leadership but also in her love for Pilates and her role as a dog mom to two cherished doodles. She finds inspiration in travel and embraces diverse cultures as she continues to elevate BeautyFix's mission of enhancing natural beauty and self-confidence.
Maya Benayoun's dynamic leadership has propelled BeautyFix MedSpa to the forefront of the aesthetics industry, reshaping the way people approach self-care and beauty enhancement.
Tim O'Toole
Taulant Avdija
Taulant Avdija is an attorney-at-law and Partner in charge of the Regulatory & Compliance department within BDO's Financial Services Department that. He holds a CAS in Financial Regulation and a CAS in Digital Finance Law and advises and supports banks and financial intermediaries in the implementation of new regulatory requirements. Over the past 10 years, he has been involved in major anti-money laundering investigation and remediation projects. He plays an active role in the training of actors in the financial sector, regularly acting as a trainer for various institutions.
- Taulant Avdija is an attorney-at-law and Partner in charge of the Regulatory & Compliance department within BDO's Financial Services Department that. He holds a CAS in Financial Regulation and a CAS in Digital Finance Law and advises and supports banks and financial intermediaries in the implementation of new regulatory requirements. Over the past 10 years, he has been involved in major anti-money laundering investigation and remediation projects. He plays an active role in the training of actors in the financial sector, regularly acting as a trainer for various institutions.
Pascale Köster
Pascale Köster is a partner at Walder Wyss Zurich. She specializes in corporate and regulatory investigations as well as in related criminal, administrative and civil litigation proceedings. She advises both Swiss and foreign clients in local as well as cross-border cases and has special expertise in white collar (fraud, corruption, etc.), healthcare and ESG related cases. Pascale Köster was educated at the University of Bern (MLaw in 2013 with a specialization in International and European law). During her studies, she worked as a student assistant at the Institute of Civil Law at the University of Bern. Before joining Walder Wyss as junior associate in 2013, she gained working experience as a law clerk at the District Court of Berner Jura-Seeland. She was admitted to the bar in 2016. In 2021, she completed the Master of Advanced Studies in Economic Crime In‐ vestigation (MAS ECI) at the Lucerne School of Business. Pascale Köster's professional languages are German, English and French. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and is admitted to practice in all Switzerland.
Whitney Potts
