CLEAN BEAUTY CONNECT 2021

Mia Davis

Tiila Abbitt

Dr. Mark Smith

Dr. Mark Smith graduated with a M.Chem (Hons.) degree in chemistry and an interdisciplinary PhD. between chemistry and genetics. Before joining NATRUE in June 2014, he worked in research in biotechnology (Leeds, UK) and pharmaceuticals (Montréal, Canada) where he was involved in the coordination of strategic and internationally collaborative interdisciplinary projects. Mark became Director General of NATRUE in July 2016, where he is responsible for the running of the association, and takes the lead role in all political, regulatory and scientific affairs.

Heather D’Angelo

Carta was founded in 2017 by Heather D’Angelo, a San Francisco-based perfumer, musician (with the band Au Revoir Simone), and ecologist. The dream for Carta originated while she was collecting botanical samples from the Malaysian rainforest as part of her research at Columbia University. After several years of working with plant-based aromatic compounds, she developed an understanding that scent, like music, is a transportative instrument. Both have the arcane power to suspend moments and places in time. The line, named after the Italian word for map, reflects the spirit of linking scent and place.

With Carta, D’Angelo explores the artistry of perfume, influenced by her background in musical composition and scientific inquiry. Rooted in her passion for environmental conservation, D’Angelo’s romance with scents is shaped and driven by a commitment to conscious practices and a desire to share the stories behind Carta’s ingredients.

Kimberly Shenk

Kimberly Shenk is the co-founder and CEO of Novi, an AI enabled marketplace that helps brands and manufacturers develop more sustainable products. She brings her experience as a consumer brand founder and Data Science Leader - prior to Novi she co-founded NakedPoppy, an e-tailer and startup in the clean beauty space, served as Head of Software Product & Data Science for Eventbrite and Domino Data Lab, and as a Data Scientist & Captain in the United States Air Force. Kimberly holds an M.S. in Operations Research from MIT and a dual B.S. in Mathematics and Operations Research from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Anna Brightman

When Anna discovered that more than 500,000 tonnes of coffee grounds that are consumed each year in the UK alone are sent to landfill, she decided to start collecting coffee from cafes across London and transforming them into skincare products. Since launching four years ago UpCircle has saved over 275 tonnes of coffee. Based on their current rates of growth it is estimated that this will rise to 1000 tonnes in the next 5 years. The brand also rescues and reuses ingredients from the argan, tea, juice, date, olive and wood industries.

Margarita Arriagada

Margarita Arriagada is an entrepreneurial Founder/CEO, with the rare ability to envision the future and manage the now.

This visionary and strategic balance is showcased in her creation of Valdé, a distinctive luxury, clean and sustainable beauty brand. 

Arriagada is a beauty industry expert and strategic advisor through her own agency Top Shelf Consulting (TSC) but her beauty growth stems from spending 11 years at Sephora USA as head of Color Cosmetics, SVP of Merchandising and eventually Chief Merchant. 

Margarita's expertise at Sephora US ranged from long range merchandising strategy with a focus on differentiation, innovation, compass to evolving consumer trends and elevating the client experience. She earned a reputation as an inspirational leader, mentor and passionate about talent and brand development.

Eliza Flanagan

Eliza and Mary’s ambition is to make refills mainstream. To broaden the appeal and reduces our consumption for single-use plastics in the home.

We need politicians, industry, designers and makers to consider end of life - both in material design and products. We need to cherish more that which we have already and make things last longer.

All life has impact, but let's make it a positive one. Live well, but don't be greedy. 

It's like the old sages say and what really is common sense: 

what goes around, comes around.

Ericka Rodriguez

Ericka Rodriguez is the founder of Axiology, a planet-first beauty company.

Dixie Lincoln-Nichols

Heather Deeth

Heather Deeth is responsible for Lush’s raw material supply chain ensuring Lush’s strict ethical standards on non-animal testing, fair pay and conditions for workers and reducing environmental impact are upheld and progressed throughout all levels of supply.

With a global reach, her work has taken her to the agricultural region of Northern Uganda, the argan forests of Morocco, the banks of the Amazon River and manufacturing facilities throughout Asia in search of the highest quality and sustainable materials that make a difference for the people and places they originate. In packaging, her team has embraced the use of 100% post consumer materials and circular economy in paper and plastics for over 10 years and are active industry leaders.  For the last six years Heather and her team have developed long term investment projects designed to support economic growth and regeneration in areas that have suffered environmental degradation through conflict, climate change and natural disaster. Through the Sustainable Lush Fund, Heather’s team supports the creation of agroforestry systems to revitalize the environment, engages with farmers to create appropriate long term development and builds value adding processing close to where the ingredients are grown.

Alyssondra Campaigne

Alys Campaigne is a problem solver for public good. She is a Principal with Planet+Purpose Solutions, a boutique consulting practice that develops and manages corporate sustainability initiatives, helping clients minimize their environmental footprint, prioritize and manage complex regulatory and retailer requirements, and equip current and future leaders to be champions of change. Alys has helped clean beauty brands become B Corp Certified, expand philanthropic partnerships through 1% for the Planet, conduct carbon footprint assessments, and design and launch robust packaging stewardship programs. She is also a founding partner at Engage Strategies, a strategic services and community engagement consulting firm where she creates, evaluates and manages campaigns to achieve policy change in diverse fields such as juvenile justice, marine conservation, climate and energy, prescription drug abuse, food safety, and asset inequality. She has worked on strategic advocacy for over thirty years, advising congress, major environmental organizations, foundations, candidates, and companies.

Alys moved to Charleston, South Carolina after spending a decade in Washington, DC helping create and lead the External Affairs department of the Center for American Progress, working as legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and as a legislative aide in the U.S. House and Senate, where worked on chemical safety and children’s health and served on the congressional delegation to the international climate change negotiations. She began her career at the National Audubon Society and Nathan Cummings Foundation in New York. Alys holds degrees with honors from Wesleyan University and New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. She serves as vice chair of Charleston Waterkeeper and as a volunteer guardian and litem for abused and neglected children.