Lisa Price’s journey begins like that of many entrepreneurs—with curiosity and determination mixed with moments of panic and a resounding belief that products that were made with love and delivered on their promise would find their following. It was a company born of Price’s love for fragrance and a passion for scent alchemy that formed the foundation of her high-performing products.

Carol’s Daughter began in Price’s Brooklyn kitchen. With a career in TV production, mixing up fragrances, perfume sprays, and creams served as a creative outlet. It wasn’t long before Price began dabbling in aromatherapeutic oils, educating herself on their healing properties.

In 1993, Price, with the gentle nudge from her mother Carol, began to sell her products. With $100 in cash and a cramped kitchen, she crafted a collection that would become the foundation of a beauty empire. Selling her homespun concoctions at flea markets, and later out of her living room, favorable word-of-mouth began to spread for early iterations of Almond Cookie, Hair Milk, and Black Vanilla Hair Smoothie—all of which retain their cult status today.

“To name my company, I listed everything I was, and wanted to be, and realized the most special thing that I am, is Lisa, Carol’s daughter.”

Over the next few years, word spread, with celebrities like Jada Pinkett-Smith, Erykah Badu, Rosie Perez, and Halle Berry becoming loyal customers.

During the Obama administration, Price was appointed to the National Women’s Business Council, an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration, on economic issues that face female business owners.

Price was featured in the film She Did That (2019) and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Black MBA Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2000), the Working Woman Magazine’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award (2001), and a Cosmetic Executive Women Achiever Award (2010). She is also the author of “Success Never Smelled So Sweet,” a memoir that chronicles her transformation from a young Black woman deep in debt to president of a paradigm-changing business. Price is also a member of the Board of Directors for First Watch Restaurants (July 2020.)

In April 2021, Price and Carol’s Daughter partnered with the world-renown doula Latham Thomas and her foundation, The Mama Glow Foundation to launch Love Delivered, an initiative focused on raising awareness of the Black Maternal Health Crisis in the United States and the importance of advocates and doulas at the times when Black birthing people and babies are most vulnerable—before, during and after birth. Love Delivered is working to positively impact the lives of Black birthing people and babies by raising awareness about Black Maternal Health amongst 100 Million people and directly engaging 10,000 people to be advocates.

More than three decades later, even amid massive industry disruption, new company leadership, Carol’s Daughter continues to thrive and remain relevant in an industry where brands come and go as quickly as trends change. In March 2025, after a decade under the L’Oréal umbrella, Carol’s Daughter begins a new chapter under the leadership of its founder and new President, Lisa Price, alongside an independent beauty entrepreneur with a proven track record of acquiring and growing beauty brands, including Dermablend, AcneFree, Baxter of California and Ambi.

Price and her husband, Gordon, have three grown children and still live in Brooklyn. When she can find the time, Price enjoys going to the beach, reading, crocheting, knitting, and watching movies.

Diamant Blazi enters his second year with the Cold Hearts as one of the most explosive and eclectic players the league has ever seen. Blazi averaged 15.4 PPG, 7.4 RPG and 2.7 BPG per 40 minutes in 18 regular season appearances for the Cold Hearts in 2024-25. In the playoffs, Blazi averaged 1.0 BPG, which landed as the seventh most of any player in the postseason. Blazi’s best game of the playoffs came in Game 3 of the Semi-Finals, where he scored 13 points and pulled down seven boards in 25 minutes of action.

Prior to joining OTE, Blazi was a First Team All-State selection by the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association at Jordan Christian Prep in 2024. Before coming to the US, he played as an amateur for Roanne in the French LNB Espoirs League. In addition he also played for the 3×3 French National Team in 2022. On top of his basketball acumen, Blazi is also a star off the court with 3 million followers on Instagram and 7.4 million followers on TikTok.

Lucinda Martinez is a brand builder, culture shaper, and strategic marketer with more than 25 years of experience leading global media and entertainment brands, including HBO, HBO Latino, Netflix, and Comedy Central. She is known for pioneering multicultural marketing and launching award-winning campaigns for titles such as Game of Thrones, Insecure, The Wire, and The Defiant Ones. Over the course of her career, she has overseen portfolios generating more than $37 billion in revenue and managed marketing budgets up to $300 million.

She currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at HarbourView Equity Partners, where she shapes the narrative around intellectual property as a cultural and financial asset, leading brand and marketing strategy across a portfolio that includes Mucho Mas Media, MACRO, and Usher’s 2024 concert film Rendezvous in Paris. In 2022, she founded The CultureShaker, a strategic marketing firm focused on audience-first, culturally aligned campaigns, which now operates as HarbourView’s first operating partner under its Create Platform.

Monica Raye Simpson is the Executive Director of SisterSong, the southern-based national Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective. Monica is a proud Black Queer Feminist born and raised in rural North Carolina and is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University, a historically black university (HBCU). For nearly 20 years, Monica has been organizing for LGBTQ liberation, civil and human rights, and sexual and reproductive justice. As a creative and cultural strategist, Monica lives by the charge set by Nina Simone that says, “It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times” and is deeply committed to using the power of cultural organizing to educate the masses and dismantle systems of oppression. Monica is also a member of the Trust Web and has been committed to dismantling poverty mindsets and organizing across class to develop pathways for personal and systemic transformation around wealth. She is certified in “Power, Innovation & Leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School and has been featured on major news outlets such as MSNBC, CNN and Democracy Now. Monica has received numerous awards for her innovative leadership including – Fast Company Queer 50 awardee, STATUS List awardee, being named a New Civil Rights Leader by Essence Magazine and being named as one of TIME 100’s most influential people of 2023.

Charlene Polite Corley combines data and storytelling to amplify the power of historically excluded audiences from women’s sports to Rural America.

As VP, Inclusive Insights at Nielsen, Charlene is the principal researcher for Black/African American audiences on the Business Impact, Inclusion & Belonging Thought Leadership Team. Her work showcases media trends and the influence of Black culture to highlight opportunities for brands and programmers to connect through inclusion.

Charlene brings over 15 years of experience in sales, client service and market research roles to her current role. As a thought leader, she has been featured on Good Morning America, Essence, AfroTech, Cannes Lions, SXSW and more.

Charlene is a proud graduate of Florida A&M University, wife, and mom of two.

Imani Greene, M.B.A. is the Founder and CEO of AAmplify MEDIA, a Washington, D.C.–based agency specializing in paid media strategy, influencer integration, and behavior change campaigns. With over 30 years of experience, she has led groundbreaking initiatives in public health, policy, advocacy, and consumer marketing.

Imani is recognized for directing some of the nation’s most visible campaigns, including the largest federal media buy in U.S. history—a $750 million effort to promote COVID-19 vaccinations. Her expertise spans every channel, from television and radio to programmatic, social, and influencer-driven activations, where she designs campaigns that move audiences to evaluate, and then reevaluate.

Widely respected for her strategic acumen and clarity of vision, Imani is a frequent speaker and trusted advisor, shaping conversations on media, culture, and impact across industries.

Anthony Ramos is a Grammy®-winning artist, Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominated actor recognized for his dynamic range across film, television, music, and Broadway. Ramos is known for inaugurating the dual roles of “John Laurens” and “Philip Hamilton” in the Tony Award-winning phenomenon Hamilton, earning an Emmy® nomination, before going on to star as “Usnavi” in Jon M. Chu’s In the Heights. His portrayal earned him a Golden Globe® nomination and recognition from IndieWire and W Magazine’s year-end Best Performance round-up. He also starred in Universal’s tentpole feature, TWISTERS, directed by Academy® Award nominee Lee Isaac Chung. Ramos can be seen in Sony’s recent feature, DUMB MONEY, directed by Craig Gillespie. He is currently in development with Mattel Films, Shadow Machine, and Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions on a new animated version of BOB THE BUILDER that he is producing and will also star in. In October 2025, Ramos will star in Kathryn Bigelow‘s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE at Netflix, alongside Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, and more. Next year, he will go on to star in Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty on FX alongside Evan Peters, Ashton Kutcher, and Jeremy Pope.

Additional credits include HBO’s reimagining of the Emmy® Award-winning series  IN TREATMENT opposite Uzo Aduba, his role opposite Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the Academy® Award-winning film A STAR IS BORN, starring as ‘Mars Blackmon’ in Spike Lee’s critically-acclaimed Netflix series SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT, playing ‘Mr Piranha’in the animated feature BAD GUYS for DreamWorks, voicing ‘King Trollex’ in Paramount’s animated feature film, TROLLS WORLD TOUR, and starring as ‘Noah Diaz’ in TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS.  He also took on the role of the Hood in Marvel’s limited series, IRONHEART, for Disney+ and appeared in BAD GUYS 2 alongside Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, and Mac Maron. Ramos earned rave reviews for his role as ‘Manny’ in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s award-winning film MONSTERS AND MEN, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Prize.

Beyond acting, Ramos, a multi-hyphenate, is a recording artist that embraces his Latin music roots like never before on his recent singles “I Was The One,” “Vicariously,” and “Se Fue.” He is also partnering with Brooks Running to train for his first marathon in November 2025.

Born and raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to Puerto Rican parents. Ramos also owns Milly’s, a bar and restaurant in Bed-Stuy named after his mother. Created in partnership with his brother and close friends, the project is a reflection of his deep roots in family and community.

Vanessa Sewell is the Head of Monetization at Zip, where she connects payments and commerce media to drive growth for merchant partners. She leads initiatives that enhance partner performance and expand co-marketing opportunities across sectors such as fashion, electronics, and travel. Her work spans launching innovative in-app campaigns, structuring direct merchant partnerships tied to revenue outcomes, and creating new revenue streams in digital commerce. Prior to Zip, Vanessa held roles at Block, THG Beauty, and Publicis Groupe.

Audrey Cochran is the VP of Television and Digital Research for Urban One, the country’s largest African-American owned and operated multi-media company. She is a skilled media scholar whose experience spans over 25 years researching and promoting the value of the African American consumer market for cable networks, including: Urban One, Black Entertainment Television (BET), UPTV, and ASPIRE TV. For most of her illustrious career, Audrey has been responsible for conducting research on the television landscape, particularly marketing and targeting diverse viewers.

Tracy Sturdivant is a culture shaper, trend-spotter, and champion for change.

As the founder and CEO of The League, Tracy helps brands, creators, and communities connect the dots between culture, current trends, and social impact—translating big ideas into action. With a deep understanding of how culture shapes how we see, think and show up in the world, she has spent her career helping movements and brands create groundbreaking campaigns that shift narratives, drive civic engagement, and inspire people to take action.

Before launching The League in 2017, Tracy made her mark as a pioneering leader in social justice and innovation. As Executive Director of State Voices, she raised millions to empower grassroots organizers and mobilize voters across the country, pioneering a game-changing model that put cutting-edge data and technology in the hands of state and local changemakers.

A sought-after thought leader, Tracy has taken the stage at SXSW, Cannes Lions, Glassdoor’s Equal Pay Roundtable with Secretary Hillary Clinton, the Atlantic’s “Inclusion in Action” Summit, and more. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Fast Company, Refinery29, Elle Magazine, and Glamour, and she has been a guest on Sirius XM News, NPR, and Women’s Radio Network.

Recently. Tracy’s impact was recognized with four Anthem Awards in 2024, including a Silver Anthem Award for Best Influencer Collaboration in Human & Civil Rights, a testament to her leadership in leveraging culture and community to drive real impact.

When she’s not shaping the culture of change, Tracy is feeding her creative side by testing new recipes, discovering live music festivals, and sharing adventures with her son.