Rick Kornbluth is a Senior Executive with multi-industry experience and a proven track record growing consumer personal care businesses. Known for his relationship and leadership skills, he currently serves as CEO of Kevin Murphy ($340M in retail revenues) an International manufacturer of Professional Hair Care and Hair Coloring products. Kevin Murphy has globally earned the reputation of being the most successful Professional Haircare brand over the past 10 years, growing market share with a CAGR of +25% over the past 5 years. Previously he was President/CEO of Wella Corporation a division of Procter and Gamble. Wella Corporation retained Kornbluth after he led the sale of Graham Webb to them in 2001. Kornbluth resides in Del Mar, California with Kimberly, his wife of 38 years. Together they have two children, Ashley 31 and Dylan 27.

Russ Taylor is a dynamic businessman, a leader in the tech space, and a born entrepreneur. As CEO, President and Founder of Fusion of Ideas, Taylor is steward of the only American mobile integration company of its kind offering end-to-end mobile device branding experiences, in-house app development as well as mobile integration programs & consulting for some of the largest brand names in the world. Founded in 2003, Fusion of Ideas has a rich history of disrupting the mobile device market, first with never-before-seen carbon fiber accessories featured in nationally acclaimed outlets such as Wired Magazine and Gizmodo. In 2010, a few years after the launch of the first iPhone, Taylor’s custom solution for a blocked antenna issue on the iPhone 4 was the buzz around town, most notably recommended by America’s favorite technology guru himself, David Pogue of The New York Times (now a tech correspondent on CBS News Sunday Morning). As smart personal electronic devices increased in popularity, Taylor followed his keen entrepreneurial instinct and expanded his services to include mobile integration and customization in the B2B market. This opened the door for Fusion to work with businesses of all sizes, leading to exponential growth in a short span of time. In 2014, Fusion of Ideas closed its retail space and moved to an office in Lake Forest, California, where it now focuses solely on servicing clients in the B2B market. Taylor is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he studied advertising and marketing. In his spare time, Taylor finds great satisfaction in racing his Z28 Camaro in the Super Touring Series of the National Auto Sport Association. Outside of the track, he enjoys leading a troop of Boy Scouts, traveling, and spending quality time with his family. Taylor resides in Ladera Ranch, Calif. with his wife Debbie and their two young children.

President and CEO of BPI Sports, Jennifer Hughey, was brought on in 2017 to help take this fast-growing company to the next level. Jennifer brings with her a 20+ year track record of successfully building teams, driving cost savings, improving efficiencies and providing the leadership necessary to support top and bottom line growth in CPG companies both large and small. She has been in the sports nutrition industry since 2010 when she started at Glanbia Performance Nutrition, formerly Optimum Nutrition. During her time there she held many different roles including Interim COO and SVP Supply Chain. Formerly the Chief Supply Chain Officer for Bauer Hockey, she was instrumental in marketing and selling the company to PE out of bankruptcy. Prior to Glanbia Jennifer’s first position in operations was as VP of Supply Chain at Electrolux Floorcare. She was there for 7 years establishing best in class supply chain team and helping turn that company around and position it for success in the global floor care market. Prior to Electrolux Jennifer started her career at Quaker Oats Corporation in their corporate finance team and then proceeded to spend the next 10 years of her career holding many different accounting/finance positions such as controller in other CPG companies including Whirlpool and Illinova Energy Partners before making the move to operations. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and her Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame. As the current leader of BPI Sports, she has made an immediate impact growing the business under her leadership. With a true understanding of the retailers, industry, and market as a whole, Jennifer has provided BPI Sports with the competitive edge that has them positioned to truly embody their tagline in the coming years. Simply put, BPI Sports will be better and stronger with Jennifer at the helm. To stay active she likes to take Barre classes, play golf, snowboard and walk her dog, Julia.

Daniel Hamburger most recently served as CEO of Renaissance, the leading learning analytics company. From 2006-2016 he served as President and CEO of Adtalem Global Education (formerly DeVry Education Group), a global provider of educational services. Prior, he served as Chairman and CEO of Indeliq, a SaaS-based education company backed by Accenture Technology Ventures, and President of WW Grainger Internet Commerce. He started his career in consulting at Accenture and then at Bain & Co. Hamburger earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and his bachelor's and master's degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Marc Jourlait was appointed CEO of Kodak Alaris on January 1st, 2017. Kodak Alaris is an independent, privately held company formed in 2013, a global technology leader on a mission to unlock the power of images and information for businesses and consumers. Prior to Kodak Alaris, Marc was Deputy CEO at Navico, the global leader in Marine Electronics, a Private Equity (Altor) owned portfolio company bought by Goldman Sachs in 2016. Before Navico, Jourlait was Vice President and General Manager for Bose Europe, where his responsibilities included running the entire European operations, sales, and marketing, retail and distribution across all of Europe for Bose. Marc has previously held senior general management, product, and marketing positions in some of the world's leading companies including Apple, HP, Seagate, and Technicolor. Marc has triple (!) citizenship (France, USA, Canada), and has lived and worked in France, the United States, Japan, and Canada. Marc and his wife Jennifer just moved to New York City after living in Paris the past 10 years and before that 15 years in the SF Bay Area Silicon Valley. Marc enjoys travel, food, and wine, mountain biking, running. Oh, and he really enjoys food and wine. He is French after all!

Steve Sheinkopf is the third-generation owner of Yale Appliance and Lighting based in Boston, Massachusetts. He quite literally went from the bottom to the top – from putting away boxes, wire, and piping in the basement of his father’s store to cleaning the light fixtures on the ceiling! He’s worked in his family’s business for over 30 years and exhibits many unique abilities which make him a successful leader. Describing himself as part sales, part operations with a healthy dose of HR and Customer Service, Steve has added blogging and social media duties to his repertoire. He’s twice been mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine for Content Marketing and Social Media engagement. His mom was so proud! Steve has a simple goal: He wants Yale to be the best retail experience anywhere. To that end, he’s focused on creating an appealing environment for both customers and staff because he knows customers are never happy with dissatisfied workers. Yale has won an array of awards from Best of Boston to the Massachusetts Retailer of the Year. Steve attended the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

Seth Radwell, was most recently the CEO of The Proactiv Company, a newly formed joint-venture (May 2016) between Nestle Skin Health and GuthyRenker. Prior, he served as President & Chief Revenue Officer of Guthy-Renker, the worldwide leading direct-to-consumer beauty company, where he led the transition of the company from its traditional focus on TV direct response to a much broader marketing footprint in the e-commerce space. Today, G|R is a world-class multi-channel marketer with newly developed competencies in digital, mobile, and social marketing which complement its broadcast channel prowess. Nestle Skin Health is a global leader focused on meeting the world’s increasing skin health needs with a broad range of innovative and scientifically-proven products. Mr. Radwell is a veteran e-commerce and direct marketing executive, having previously served as President of e-Scholastic, and Executive Vice President of Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing and education company. In this role he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of Scholastic’s online businesses and e-commerce. During his tenure at Scholastic, he grew online revenues from $150 million to over $400 million. Scholastic.com rose to number 42 on the Internet Retailer Global Top 500 e-commerce sites. Under Mr. Radwell’s leadership, Scholastic’s content sites won numerous awards including the prestigious Webby Award and People’s Choice Award for Best Kids Site in 2007. The Teachers Site had the distinction of being the number-one preferred site for classroom teachers. Mr. Radwell was also responsible for the development of new interactive products and services on the site for teachers, parents, and children. Prior to joining Scholastic, Mr. Radwell was President, Marketing and Editorial Group for Bookspan/Bertelsmann, the premier direct marketer of general interest and specialty book clubs, such as Book of the Month Club, Doubleday Book Club, and Literary Guild, where he led the transformation of the book club business from a paper-based direct marketing business to a multi-channel business. Mr. Radwell was responsible for all editorial, marketing, media and digital functions for the company. He was also responsible for conceiving, developing and building some of the largest new book club businesses such as Black Expressions and Mosaico. Prior to joining Bertelsmann, Mr. Radwell served as Senior Vice President, Content for Prodigy Services Company, where he pioneered new e-commerce revenue streams for the online service business. In 1996, Prodigy did the first online bookselling deal with Amazon and began commercializing online book sales to Prodigy members – at that time a pioneering business. Prior to his days in e-commerce and the Internet, Mr. Radwell spent six years with management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where, as a leading member of McKinsey’s telecommunications and media practice, he managed client relationships over a wide range of industrial and consumer companies. Mr. Radwell received a Master’s degree in Public Policy, with a concentration in International Trade and Finance, from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Columbia College. Mr. Radwell has served as an executive board member and officer of the DMA (Direct Marketing Association) as well as the DMEF (Direct Marketing Education Foundation) and is a frequent speaker on direct and interactive marketing. He is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

Dar Vasseghi has enjoyed a prestigious career in specialty retail food brands for more than 20 years. He began his career at McDonald’s (AT THE AGE OF 16!!!) and has worked for many of the largest food brands in the world, including Yum! Brands, Dunkin’ Brands, Arby’s, Jamba Juice, and Chobani. Dar became the CEO of Yoshinoya USA in August of 2013, and under his direction, Yoshinoya has recorded four years of continuous annual same-store sales growth through both higher average check and steady increases in transactions. Dar graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS in Finance and Economics and later attained his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. In addition to his professional achievements, Dar is an accomplished guitarist who had toured globally.

Susan Lintonsmith is an accomplished business leader with nearly 30 years of success in generating sales and profit growth in global and national assignments in public and private industries. Susan is currently President and CEO for Quiznos, a Denver-based global restaurant company with locations in 32 countries. Susan joined Quiznos in July 2012 as the Global Chief Marketing Officer and became President and CEO in July 2016. Previously, Susan was the Chief Marketing Officer at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers for over four years where she led many initiatives including strategic planning, menu development and the launch of the highly successful loyalty and 3rd party gift card programs. Prior to that, she served as the Vice President and General Manager at WhiteWave Foods where she led the Horizon Organic business and the launch of Horizon Organic milk plus DHA, the first milk with Omega 3. She served as Vice President of Global Marketing at Western Union for four years, and previously was director of marketing for the Coca-Cola Company (5 years) and Pizza Hut Inc. (7 years). Susan has her MBA in Marketing and Finance from Indiana University and her Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. Susan lives in Colorado with her husband, two teenage sons, and two adorable dogs.

Dale Easdon is on a mission to scale clean eating without compromise. As the chief executive officer of Snap Kitchen, he is responsible for taking the company’s omnichannel business model to the next level. Under his leadership, the team is focused on introducing quick store pickup, healthy meal planning, and home delivery—all driven by the new digital app. Previously serving as the chief operating officer, Easdon’s tenure has been marked by an expansion to a state-of-the-art kitchen, wholesale growth, and a proven track record for building winning teams who focus on performance-based leadership. Dale’s commitment to cooking fresh hand- cooked meals to scale is a true differentiator for the brand. Before joining Snap Kitchen, Dale spent time at Taylor Farms, where he served as the chief operating officer. He also spent over eight years at LSG Sky Chefs, holding multiple positions within the company, including chief operating officer for the UK office. During his time at LSG Sky Chefs, Dale was responsible for various roles, including managing over 9,000 employees, strategic deployment, operational excellence globally and his final assignment which had him managing the US market with revenues of $850 million. Prior to LSG Sky Chefs, Dale spent over nine years as a senior director of food services at Continental Airlines during the business turnaround under the leadership of Gordon Bethune. Dale graduated from Manchester University and The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. He built his career driving lean manufacturing with training alongside The Porsche Group in Germany, where he also attended the Porsche Academy for Lean Logistics. Dale, originally from Scotland, lives in Austin with his wife Linda, and he is the proud father of four children.