ABOVE BOARD with April Uchitel

CEO & Founder of THE BOARD. A seasoned match maker, accidental activist, and investor/advisor to emerging tech: SHOP MY, CAKE, MADA, & TRY NOW.

Journalist examining fashion, beauty and aging — rewriting the narrative, challenging clichés and exposing the grey areas. Author of “Clothes Minded” (out now).

Founder of Long Weekend. Stories on creativity, care, and connection — reflections on building brands, seeking meaning and staying inspired.

Rachel Roberts Mattox is a Brand Developer, Go-To-Market Strategist, and author of The Soul Of Brand, exploring what it takes to start and scale with integrity, and why we should care.

Creative who thrives in the process...the thinking, the studying, the collaboration, the growth, the teaching, the learning, the passion, the emotional energy, the spirit, the movement.

Fractional Chief Growth Officer + Strategic Advisor, the fwrd group

Editor-in-Chief of i/Edit, featuring interviews of leading creatives in fashion, design, architecture, photography, and food on their creative process, and the favorite places and talent they're obsessed with.

Jill Di Donto is a writer, editor, and content strategist in New York and Los Angeles. She's the author of the novel, Beautiful Garbage (Simon & Schuster) about the New York art scene in the 1980s.

Writer, editor, founder with a weekly newsletter inspired by beauty texts. Focused on what actually works, from serums to surgery.

Advising executives, designing systems and organizations. Founder at Velocity Co Executive Advisory and former Global SVP Design + Operations. Co-author, Org Design for Design Orgs.

We empower women through intentional programming, nurturing self-awareness & personal agency. Our cohort approach & research-driven curriculum ignite rooted leaders, fostering lasting transformation in their personal & professional realms.

Discovery is the defining pillar of my career-new designers, markets, and retail models. Founder of MaisonMarché, a sustainability-driven platform, and Co-Founder of Kirna Zabête, I champion what’s next in talent, consumer shifts & fashion’s future.

David is a veteran of creative marketing, primarily in the fashion, beauty and luxury space. He is based in Los Angeles, with his family and is the founder of two creative agencies SG Cartel & Storyhead.

Founder of Colella Legal Studio. Lawyer, strategist, and beauty industry insider. Your Beauty Lawyer

Co-Founder of I’m Not Dead & Head of Community at THE BOARD. A former ad exec, TEDx speaker, author, and podcaster she’s a mom of four, hope injector & fierce champion of women who believes we don’t expire—we evolve @imnotdead.x

Marketing and modern life through storytelling. Stockholm fractional CMO. Spent 15 years at H&M building and scaling social and digital to 100M. Novelist, actor, founder building a platform for creators and brands. Twin toddlers, husband, cavapoo.

Claire Keys Pytlik is a copy lead and voice architect, helping brands and business leaders craft and use their voices—for good and for growth. She is a proud Member and editorial lead for THE BOARD, a collective of top-tier fractional experts.

Insights, media, tennis, cooking

Adam Nelson is an award-winning writer, actor, and producer. His debut novel, Huckleberry Jim, a memoir-driven work of upmarket fiction, arrives in 2026.

PhD turned seasoned marketing executive. Health tech advisor. Heath and wellness nerd. Wife and mama. Storyteller and author at my core.

Amanda Aldinger is the founder of Antonym, a creative studio that leads sharp, elevated editorial direction for beauty, food, and lifestyle brands. Prizing ingenuity over mimicry, always.