BROBE

Allison is a wife, mother of three, CEO, mentor, and speaker. Allison was inspired to create the original "Brobe" – a patented bra and robe combination for women undergoing breast surgeries – when a friend diagnosed with breast cancer described the pain, discomfort, and difficulty of healing while managing pain, swelling, and post-op drains for weeks. Realizing the lack of functional and feminine products available for women, she created something that gave women dignity and beauty during (what most would say is) the most challenging time of their life. Brobe has become the leader in adaptive clothing by expanding beyond the breast cancer market to offer a range of products globally for cosmetic surgeries, open heart, organ transplants, and pediatric surgery recovery. Allison has won numerous awards, including ABJ’S Profiles in Power, Dallas Market Center’s Next Big Thing, and Women’s Chamber Rising Star, and was honored as one of ten businesswomen selected for the 2017 Tory Burch Fellows program. She’s an honorary graduate from the School of Hard Knocks and has mentored students at McCombs School of Business, UT’s School of Communications, and St Edwards University Entrepreneurship program.

Susan is an accomplished B2B, B2C, and Direct Response veteran. Working both in front of and behind the camera for more than 3 decades she has developed deep ties in the product marketing industry helping to create and execute a multitude of successful campaigns, and more than $500 million in sales. She is thrilled to be directing Brobe International’s first foray into B2B with the goal of making Brobe’sfull line of products available to everyone needing support and care during and after their recovery from surgery. “Brobe International’s B2B division is truly an honor to be developing. The product is impeccable but its mission is even more important to me. More than 50 million surgeries are performed annually in the US alone, a staggering number of patients and families to touch. I am both proud and incredibly grateful to be part of making that possible. Incidentally, I am also a long-time Brobe customer and a huge fan.”-Susan

Denise has 20 years of accounting experience and has been working with Brobe for five years. She handles all the accounting, bookkeeping, invoicing, reports, and monthly books. Denise has extensive experience working with D2C and B2B companies, from small businesses to large corporations.

Gilbert has 30+ years as a manufacturing broker and supply chain specialist and information management.Gilbert has worked with Brobe for 8 years being the go to for all supply chain, distribution and import/export expertise between China and the US.

Jeff Meltzer is an award-winning and acknowledged leader in the B2B and DTC Industries. His more than 35 years of experience in the industry have generated over $1.5 billion dollars in product sales to date. Jeff’s expertise includes the creation of hundreds of financial proformas, offer models, marketing campaigns, and thousands of retail store placements. He is recognized as one of the original creators of both the long form and short form infomercial formats, and has over 2000 shows, commercials, product videos, and social media campaigns, to his credit. Jeff has consulted on and produced campaigns for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Michelin, Dupont, Capital One, Aerus /Electrolux, Sharp, SeroVital, Worx, Furi, and ArmorAll, as well as numerous other classic campaigns. Jeff has been instrumental in envisioning and building the structure for Bobe’s introduction to B2B sales and marketing and will continue to be an invaluable advisor over the next years of company growth.

Jeff resides in the Bay Area and works with global startup ecosystems and entrepreneurs. He’s an Adjunct Instructor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Silicon Valley in Your Pocket, a global virtual startup accelerator serving 100s of companies across 30+ countries. He is an angel investor with equity positions in 180+ companies and an advisor & investor at Berkeley SkyDeck. He is an Executive Board Member for the Rutgers Business School Road to Silicon Valley Program. He worked at Cognizant & Brillio as GlobalHead for Mobility & UX practices. He is a keynote speaker at global tech & startup events. He holds a BA in Economics / Finance from Rutgers College and an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Holly is the founder of Education Industry Representatives Group, a K-12 consulting company. Holly has 40+ years of building companies and taking their product from B-C and B-E. Holly has the vision for taking companies, with exceptional products, into the K-12 space using experienced sales reps to facilitate the relationships. Holly has spent her career advocating for the dignity of all children. She feels the work of Brobe is accomplishing the same dignity for women, children, and men undergoing traumatic stress after surgery.

Rachel has served as an advisor to Brobe International on marketing and product strategy since Jan 2020. Rachel is currently Vice President of Product at Nomi Health. Prior to Nomi Health, Rachel served as Executive Vice President of Product at One Drop for seven years. Before her career in healthcare startups, Rachel spent four years as an IP attorney representing clients in the life sciences sector. Rachel received a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.