Powerhouse Effect: How Influencer Marketing Supercharges Every Channel

Renee Ogaki is the CEO & Founder of OGAKI, an award-winning social-first agency for prestige and luxury beauty brands. With over 15 years of experience in digital strategy, social media, and influencer marketing, she has helped shaped campaigns for pioneering brands like Charlotte Tilbury, Diptyque, U Beauty, D.S. & Durga, T3 Micro, and more. Renee's career in social media and influencer marketing began even before the launch of Instagram, witnessing and driving the space’s evolution from its earliest days. Her expertise and leadership have earned her recognition across outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Business, and Business Insider, among others.

Jay Small is a sought-after hair stylist and Trichologist in Los Angeles with over 24 years experience, whose clients consist of high profile business and creative leaders. He trained as an apprentice to the owner of Paul Mitchell and worked globally in education and product development for John Paul Mitchell Systems. Jay is incredibly passionate about the creative process both in terms of styling hair as well as developing effective products, people love to use.

POV Beauty co-founder and CEO Ani Hadjinian is a visionary leader and entrepreneur with over 20 years of executive experience. Before POV, Ani founded creative consultancy Pure Heart Labs, working with clients like Augustinus Bader, K18, and Mary Claire Haver’s Pause Life. Prior, she launched EVER Skincare at Stella & Dot and held a decade-long tenure at Estée Lauder Companies under the mentorship of legends like Tom Ford and Bobbi Brown. Now back home in LA with her two teenagers and a Pomeranian, Ani has cultivated a global perspective through her professional years spent in New York, San Francisco, and Paris.

Kelly Kovack is the CEO and Founder of BeautyMatter, a noted beauty authority, brand advisor, and strategist.

She began her career in beauty as one of the original executive team at Bliss, taking on the way women view beauty as the Managing Director of the Bliss Catalog. This venture fundamentally changed the way beauty products were merchandised, distributed, and marketed to consumers, leading to the acquisition of Bliss by LVMH.

As Vice President of Marketing for Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare, she was on the forefront of defining the cosmeceutical category.

Kelly also founded consultancy group Purpose-Built, providing concept-to-counter solutions and strategic advisement from startups to Fortune 100 brands.

She has also built her own brands, most recently the award-winning fragrance brand Odin, co-founded in collaboration with the men’s fashion brand.