Join the conversation as Don Frey, Chief Innovation Officer at The Honest Company, and Akemi Ooka, Head of IBA’s Supply Chain and Sustainability Resources, discuss IBA’s newest program offerings in Supply Chain and Sustainability. Learn about the new committee and its members, key program pillars, and topics of interest. And don’t forget to jump in the Q&A--they would like to hear from you about how Supply Chain and Sustainability issues have affected your business and what you’d like to see covered in 2022. Speakers: DON FREY, Chief innovation Officer, THE HONEST COMPANYThe Supply Chain and Sustainability Committee, Committee Chair 
BIO:
Don has over 35 years of experience in developing products in the personal care, beauty, supplements and household cleaning industries. He started his career working at Procter & Gamble where he learned fundamentals of process, management, research, risk mitigation, brand management, and had the opportunity to live and work in an international market. He then went on to work at smaller companies like Jafra and Avon where he learned the importance of decision making in the absence of data, the importance of speed, and the true power of sales in a company. At Method, he had the opportunity to work at a values-based start-up and understand how culture can drive excellence in both people and in product, how vision can inspire people as much as salary and recognition, and how to nurture both while still bringing process and scale. Now Don is the Chief Innovation Officer for the Honest Company. Honest is a company focused on developing products that are safe, effective, sustainable and well designed. During his tenure thus far at Honest, Don has overseen the relaunch of approximately 90% of Honest’ product portfolio.
Akemi Ooka, HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN AND SUSTAINABILITY RESOURCES, IBA 
Bio: Akemi Ooka is the Head of Global Supply Chain Resources for the
Independent Beauty Association. With over 20 years of CPG experience,
from Fortune 500 companies to small startups, Akemi's experience ranges from
product development to sourcing and supply chain. At The Clorox Company,
she was a product developer and open innovation broker before leading the
chemical procurement group. She served as method’s first Procurement
Director, followed by Senior Director of formula/fragrance development.
She was most recently VP of Product at J.R. Watkins in Oakland, CA, developing
innovative products for the personal care, home care, and OTC segments.
Akemi has a B.A. in Chemistry from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry
from UCLA
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