Dominique Gagnon (she/her/hers)

Dominique Gagnon has worked in a variety of roles across the consumer brands, retail brands, professional services, and advertising industries. Dominique began their career in 1992 as a Marketing & Sales employee for Laboratoires Expanscience, a family-owned and operated business. In 2001, they served as an Advertising & Consumer Insight Intern for Arnold Worldwide. In 2002, they became a Management Consultant for Vantage Partners, LLC. In 2007, they were a Innovation & Marketing Summer Associate for Unilever. In 2008, they were a Concept-to-Launch Innovation Lead for Omnicom. From 2009 to 2011, they were a Strategic Innovation & New Brand Incubation employee for Nestle. In 2011, they founded Isbel & Co., a FemTech startup for sexual wellness and relationship therapy for women and couples. From 2018 to 2021, they were a Chief Innovation Officer for Caldera + Lab, a direct-to-consumer men's prestige clean skincare brand. Dominique also served as a business and marketing strategist and product development consultant for Sunjewels, a fine jewelry producer, and as a strategic advisor for OVME, a medical aesthetics company. In 2021, they became the VP/GM of Consumer Brands for Debut, an unconventional innovation company.

Dominique Gagnon holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Wellesley College. Dominique also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).