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Julie has over a decade of beauty industry experience, including her tenure as the beauty director at ELLE, where she established herself as a thought leader in the beauty and wellness space. Along with ELLE, her writing has appeared in The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, The Zoe Report, and Man Repeller. Julie has been featured as a beauty expert by Real Beauty, Violet Grey, The Coveteur, Refinery29, Byrdie and in WWD. She has been a recurring guest on the podcasts Lady Lovin’ and Glowing Up. In addition to her editorial work, Julie has appeared in campaigns for Levi’s, 7 For All Mankind, Shiseido, Neutrogena, Dior, Nike, MeUndies, Frank and OLLY nutrition.

Brian is a Founder of Square One Politics, and former Head of Innovation for Hudson’s Bay Company. He successfully brokered the relationship between HBC and WeWork resulting in a transaction of over 1.3B US. Prior to that, Brian founded and ran Dinner Lab, a company with over 100 full-time employees that secured over 11M in venture capital funding. They hosted over 1,000 culinary experiences across 31 cities in the United States. Brian has been featured on Anderson Cooper 360, ESPN, The Today Show, CBS News, and has spoken at TEDxGoldenGateED, The Feast Social Innovation Conference, and Universities throughout the country.