Josh Goldberg

Managing Director

Threadstone

Michael Parness

Chief Marketing Officer

Outward Hound

Michael Parness is currently the CMO of Outward Hound where he leads the Marketing and E-commerce teams. He has a unique background in both Marketing and as a Product Designer with over 150 media awards and 11 Utility Patents. He is a proven growth leader with over 20 years’ experience scaling Private Equity and Publicly owned companies in Consumer Products, Baby, Pet, Entertainment, and Quick Serve Restaurants. He has worked with over 50 brands including Disney, Tefal Cookware, Mattel, Hasbro, McDonald's, Coca-Cola,  Infantino and more. 

Bryan Jaffe

Managing Director

Cascadia Captial

Susun An

Lab Leader, Safety and Microbiology Lab

Amorepacific R&D Center

Marie Cesbron

Director of Innovation

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Marie Cesbron is a health&beauty leader with over two decades of hands-on experience transforming global brands such as Lancôme, Maybelline, Vichy Laboratories and building innovation capabilities within L’Oréal R&D as well as Walgreens Boots Alliance. She currently is Director of Innovation at Walgreens Boots Alliance’s consumer brand arm. Deeply in tune with changing consumer behaviours and macro-trends, she is passionate about the merge between wellness, health and beauty. She has worked and lived in Paris, New York and London. Marie holds an MS in Marketing from HEC Paris and a BS in Psychology from Paris Descartes University.