CEW has announced its 2018 Achiever Award honorees. Now in its 43rd year, the Achiever Awards honor women who have reached the highest levels of the beauty industry.

And -- this marks the first year of CEW’s MEN-tor Award — created to recognize a male leader’s advancement of women. CEW is also presenting a Scent Innovator Award.

Carlotta Jacobson, president, CEW, says, ”CEW was founded with a singular vision of helping women in the beauty industry achieve, advance and inspire. We're delighted to continue to honor our members' accomplishments and contributions…this month we reached a significant milestone – 10,000 members internationally – whom we will continue to empower and support as they pursue leadership roles in the beauty community." 

CEW’s 2018 Achiever Award Winners

The 2018 CEW Achiever Award honorees are:

• Danyelle Boilard Paul, EVP & General Manager, Groupe Clarins USA (shown above, top row, far left)


• Lynn Emmolo, Chief Global Officer, Rodan + Fields (above, bottom row, far left) 


• Tiffany Masterson, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Drunk Elephant (above, top row, second from left)


• Vasiliki Petrou, Global EVP Prestige, Personal Care, Unilever (above, bottom row, second from left)


• Tara Simon, SVP, Merchandising, Ulta Beauty (above, top row, third from left) 

The Inaugural MEN-tor Award

This year’s recipient of the first-ever MEN-tor Award is Marc Rey, president and CEO, Shiseido Americas. (above, top row, far right)

Rey is being honored for his role in advocating for and increasing the presence of female leaders.

The Scent Innovator Award

CEW will present the Scent Innovator Award to Shoval Shavit Shapiro, founder and chief creative of Amkiri.

Amkiri is a long-lasting fragrance 'ink' that is applied to the skin as body art. (Shapiro is shown above, bottom row, far right) 

More About the Achiever Award Honorees

Danyelle Boilard Paul, EVP & GM, Groupe Clarins USA has overseen its portfolio of skincare, cosmetics and fragrance brands in the U.S. and Canada since 2002.

Lynn Emmolo, chief global officer, Rodan + Fields, has spent 30 years leading beauty brands like L'Oréal, Avon and Rodan + Fields, into new markets internationally.

Tiffany Masterson, founder & chief creative officer, Drunk Elephant, says her passion for learning about beauty products' composition inspired the development of products that improve skin health.

Vasiliki Petrou, global EVP Prestige Personal Care, Unilever, has led socially conscious campaigns across the company’s portfolio for more than two decades.

Tara Simon, SVP, Merchandising, Ulta Beauty, channeled a love for the industry into her work at Ulta and has a commitment to empowering other women.

The 2018 CEW Achiever Awards Luncheon

The awards will be presented at CEW's annual Achiever Awards luncheon, which will take place on Friday, September 21st at The New York Hilton Midtown.

Tickets are available here.

The event is sponsored by Meredith, IFF, Arcade Beauty, 24 Seven, Beauty IQ, Nordstrom Beauty, Wells Fargo Securities, Sephora, Tarte, IT Cosmetics, Anisa, Fusion PKG, Beauty Inc, Coty, Array, Stila, WWD, Consultancy Media, Badger & Winters, Moblty, Urban Warrior, Suite K and Kaplow Communications.