Jenna Jackson
Jenna Jackson is a Principal at CAVU Consumer Partners focusing on growth in the beauty and wellness categories. She sits on the boards of OSEA and Necessaire. Prior to joining CAVU, Jenna was Managing Director of Branded Consumer at Imperial Capital where she focused on beauty and other growth initiatives for the firm. Earlier in her career, Jenna worked in merchandising for Gap Inc and wantful.com and founded her own luxury handbag brand, august. She also leads a series of events called #mindthefundinggap, a place for underserved female founders and funders to connect in order to transform the consumer landscape. Jenna earned a B.A. in English from The University of California, Berkeley where she was a 4-year letter winner on the Women's Volleyball team.
Deven Hopp
Jared Shum
Marie La France
Sandra Velasquez
Anish Buch
Mathieu Joubert
Charlene Valledor
As a product developer and brand strategist, Charlene specializes in creating meaningful product experiences that turn customers into instant ambassadors and die-hard fans. With a love for both science and storytelling, she builds brands that marry product innovation and unique, authentic messaging that the consumers can feel at every touch-point.
After a successful career in developing award winning products for Hourglass Cosmetics and Em Cosmetics, Valledor cofounded SOS Beauty in 2016, and has since helped to launch and innovate products for some of the most exciting brands to enter the market, such as Patrick Ta Beauty, Merit Beauty, and Oak Essentials.
Valledor holds a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Chemistry from California State University, Long Beach.
Seth Rodner
Seth Rodner is Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Skinbetter ScienceÒ (https://skinbetter.com/about/), one of the aesthetics industry’s fastest growing and most scientifically innovative clinical skincare brands. He also serves as President of The Skinbetter Science InstituteÔ, where he was instrumental in publishing the Project AesCertÔ Guidance, designed to facilitate safe cosmetic practices during the pandemic; and developing The DREAM InitiativeÔ, focused on Driving Racial Equity in Aesthetic Medicine.
Previously Seth gained a unique combination of public company executive officer, federal government, and private law practice experience spanning a nearly 30-year business and legal career, having served as Chief Legal Officer for Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX), a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. specializing in international cartel enforcement, and a law firm partner focused on white collar defense, regulatory proceedings, and board counseling in healthcare and life sciences.
Seth earned his B.A. in 1991 from Amherst College and J.D. in 1994 from Duke University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Duomo Biosciencesä, and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
