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Boardroom Beauty

Lydia Drakeford

The Boardroom Beauty Podcast exists to cultivate community and conversation amongst the best in beauty. Tune in for weekly interviews with "Boardroom Beauties" who are advancing the industry through inclusion and innovation. Follow for more on instagram @boardroombeautypod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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37:32

Roxana Ontiveros, Topicals' Sr. Product Marketing...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2025/08/07

In this episode of the Boardroom Beauty Podcast, host Lydia Drakeford interviews Roxana Ontiveros, a Senior Product Lead at Topicals. They discuss Roxana's journey from being a first-generation college student to a leader in the beauty industry, emphasizing the importance of centering community, innovation, and impact in her leadership. Roxana shares her thought leadership in product development, the significance of diversity in leadership, and her passion for creating inclusive beauty products

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44:15

Kara Brothers, President of Starface, Talks Leading...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2025/07/23

In this episode, we sat down with Kara Brothers, President of Starface. From navigating a career after Google to building a culturally relevant brand that embraces experimentation, Kara shares what it means to move with clarity, curiosity, and trust in the process.🎧 In this episode we talk about: ✨ Building a brand through experimentation ✨Trusting intuition over outdated timelines ✨ Beauty with cultural and fashion relevance✨ Letting go of people pleasing ✨ Why leadership should feel human Hosted

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33:42

Industry Titan, Kenya Eldridge's Insights on Career,...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2025/07/17

Kenya Eldridge has made a career out of proving that marketing isn’t just about syncing channels or media investments, it’s about shaping the soul of a brand. With leadership roles at Estée Lauder, NARS, and Shiseido, she’s built connections between brand and consumer that go beyond selling products, but moving culture and empowering purchasers. In this episode, we’ll discuss: Kenya’s personal blueprint for navigating the beauty industry, from early roles to executive leadership, and everything in

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42:54

Chanel Tyler Reveals How She Went from Beauty Exec...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2025/04/23

The Boardroom Beauty podcast is BACK! and we are so excited to kick it off with the return of Chanel Tyler a former beauty executive turned lifestyle creator with experience as the Global Head of Beauty at Youtube and the former Director of Marketing at La Mer!Tune in as we sit down with Chanel Tyler to discuss topics like:✨ career detours & redirection✨ creator economy trends & the creator shift✨ identifying burnout & setting boundaries ✨redefining luxury, leadership, and ambition on

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50:44

Kiana Murden Sr. Beauty Writer at Vogue on Commerce...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/08/29

Kiana Murden, Senior Beauty Writer at Vogue, shares her pivot from brand management to editorial work, highlighting the importance of community and making career sacrifices. From working at P&G and Unilever after undergrad to her decision to pursue a career in PR and her transition into editorial work, Kiana stresses the value of taking career breaks and pursuing further education when the timing feels right. In this conversation, Kiana, emphasizes the importance of pursuing a path that aligns

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1:08:38

Celebrations, Funding, Wellness, and more with...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/08/14

In this episode of Boardroom Beauty, we collaborated with Too Smart for This Podcast by Alexis Barber, the founder of TOO Collective, a wellness brand. Because August is Black Business Month, we decided to have a chat with two of our favorite black beauty founders to give us the real on their current state of being in a world where DEI is under attack and access to capital is very limited. Desiree Verdejo is the founder of Hyper Skin, a vegan, clean, and cruelty free skincare line focused on

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45:55

Daisy Boateng, AVP at IT Cosmetic Shares Keys to...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/07/24

Daisy Boateng, a British-Ghanaian, new girl-mom, fashionista, author, and founder of The Step Up Sorority is a L’Oreal veteran. She has 14 years under her belt working in Paris, London, Melbourne, and New York City in brand management, digital, and now communications, Her track record for success and delivering strategic solutions at brands like Maybelline, NYX Cosmetics, Essie, and L’Oreal Paris has given her endless insight to share with The Boardroom Beauty Podcast. In this episode she shares

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40:58

A New Approach to Body Care with Yasmin Zeinab,...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/07/10

Yasmin Zeinab, the founder of ABI AMÉ, discusses the development of her innovative hero product, Summer Skin, which she launched her brand with just last year after conducting extensive market research in over 1,000 conversations with prospective customers to identify pain points and create solutions, centering her customer from the inception of the brand. Our conversation lightly touches on the importance of timing in the market and the growth potential of body care as well as where there was white

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1:00:12

Milan Crawford, Head of Social at Shea Moisture on...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/06/26

Milan Crawford joins the Boardroom Beauty Podcast as the Head of Social for Shea Moisture. Her recent work has entailed leading up highly visible activations for the brand as they continue to bring innovative products that solve the unique needs of their targeted clientele and much more. In this episode Milan shares where her personal passions align with her professional career, her perspective and expertise on all things social and creator-led content, and much more. Tune into this episode to hear

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54:59

A News Debrief with Tatiana Pile, Managing Editor at...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/06/13

Tatiana Pile joins Boardroom Beauty Podcast to give us a debrief on all of the industry buzz. As a Managing Editor at Glossy, her role is to cover the evolving nature of the beauty and wellness industry at their intersection of business, tech, and pop-culture.In this episode with Tatiana we discuss:The challenges of being an underrepresented beauty editor in the trade publication spaceFenty’s expansion into the hair care category and celebrity beauty brandsBeauty’s commitment (and lack thereof) to

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42:12

Hannah Harris, Founder of Brown Girl Hands & Brand...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/06/04

Hannah Harris is a Los Angeles-based marketer, creator, and advocate known for her work at the intersection of beauty, culture, and community. Currently working in Brand Marketing at Summer Fridays,her beauty aareer started in 2020 when Hannah founded Brown Girl Hands, turning an online community addressing the lack of diversity on our social media feeds into a content studio working with Glossier, Merit, Summer Fridays, Allure, Sephora, and Essie, you name it. The youngest honoree on Glossy's "Top

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46:50

Brand & Product Marketer KiKi Donaldson's Day in the...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/05/21

Kewanna (KiKi) Donaldson has been Glossier’s Senior Manager of Brand & Product Marketing at Glossier since the pandemic, a very pivotal and critical time for the brand. With her leadership, she’s supported major brand initiatives from the expansion of their brick & mortar presence, bringing product innovation to life, and sustaining the strength of their core via reanimation. KiKi’s background in sports and hospitality taught her what experiential excellence entails. She is a people-first

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1:00:16

Building & Engaging a Black Beauty Community with The...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/05/15

The Black Beauty Club Co-Founders, Tomi Talabi & Asmeret Berhe-Lumax, give us the build to their current success in co-founding an international black beauty community. The Black Beauty Club is a community born from the pandemic, originating on the Clubhouse app. It has since flourished into in-real-life events and forums as well as an active online community. The purpose of The BBC community activations are to "drive insightful thought leadership & cultural conversations around the

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43:40

Brooke DeVard of Naked Beauty Podcast Gives Us the...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2024/04/02

Brooke DeVard started the Naked Beauty Podcast 8 years ago when she couldn't find the depth of conversations she wanted to hear in beauty. With Naked Beauty she hosted guests from across the industry and has built an engaged community of Beauty Enthusiasts ranging from consumers to seasoned professionals. She has spent a bulk of her traditional career in marketing within Fashion, Media, and Tech before becoming a full time entrepreneur, content creator, and industry thought-leader in beauty

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37:58

Lydia Drakeford, Podcast Host & Senior Partner...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2023/12/27

Lydia Drakeford is the Producer and Host of the Boardroom Beauty Podcast. In this final episode of season 1, Lydia is interviewed by Tori Douglas, a former guest of the podcast and Manager of Digital Experiences at Fresh Beauty. Together they reflect on the first season of Boardroom Beauty and Lydia's aspirations for Season 2 as she expresses her gratitude for the new community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:15

Toni Payne, Topicals' New Head of Influencer & Brand...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2023/10/20

Toni Payne has joined Topicals as their new Head of Influencer Marketing & Brand Strategy after spending her career in fashion, bringing the Coach brand back to life and previously in music, working alongside artists like Doja Cat, SZA, Solange Knowles at RCA & Interscope Records. Toni is bringing a fresh perspective to the beauty industry with her diverse experiences and robust network.Tune into this episode for: 💄Toni’s beauty debut from fashion & music 🤝🏾Building a transferable

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49:13

Delanique Millwood, Founder & CEO of Skintellect has...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2023/10/11

Delanique Millwood, the CEO of Clear Skin, is now also the CEO & Founder of Skintellect. Skintellect is a carefully curated marketplace selling nothing but the best with the purpose of Amplifying Black Beauty Brands. Delanique has taken an editorial approach to social commerce, marrying storytelling, education, and e-commerce for a seamless experience. With Skintellect, beauty shoppers are connected back to the African diaspora with access to the richness of the continent via beauty products

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51:53

Simedar Jackson, Founder, Of Other Worlds: Creating a...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2023/09/29

Meet Simedar Jackson! The founder of Of Other Worlds Skincare👽🛸, a clinically conscious skincare brand for the skin-curious. Simedar is creating a universe in which beauty is ungoverned via the skincare experience by empowering via education, innovating with empathy and expertise, and co-creating alongside community. Of Other Worlds has been incredibly successful in their early stages, winning Glossier’s 2023 grant, joining Sephora’s Accelerator and more!Tune in to hear Simedar’s journey as we

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44:28

Roya Shariat, Glossier's Director of Social Impact &...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2023/09/19

Meet Roya Shariat✨, the woman behind Glossier's Social Impact and Brand Partnerships such as their WNBA partnership and their Grant Program that invests in Black beauty entrepreneurs to address legacies of inequity, exclusion, and barriers to fundraising.In this episode, we sit down with Roya Shariat✨ to chat: 🏀Shooting her shot in her career 🤝🏾Social Impact & Partnerships at Glossier💖Rundown of Glossier’s 2023 Grantees 🗝️Advice for future Glossier Grant applicants Learn more about this

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43:59

Saba Bokhari, Sr. Manager of Advocacy & Influencer...

Boardroom Beauty ·

2023/09/14

Meet Saba Bokhari! Saba is a Senior Manager of Advocacy, Influencer Marketing and Social Commerce at L'oreal✨ where she inspires, educates and supports brands like Redken and Kerastase to keep innovating! Tune into this episode for our chit chat about: 🛣️Her career journey & curated role 🤝🏾The creator economy & creator partnerships🛍Social Commerce in Beauty💖Career inspo & advice 💄Product recommendations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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