Kari Gran

Kari co-founded Kari Gran in January of 2011. Since then she has been the company’s key formulator, as well as the primary consumer-facing spokesperson. Kari is recognized within the clean-beauty industry as an early leader, and has spoken to key industry groups, including Sustainable Cosmetics Summit North America and Clean Beauty Con. Kari has been formulating beauty products for over 25 years, having studied formulation at Bastyr College, and with Formula Botanica (a leading European school teaching organic cosmetic science), as well as in consultation with respected formulator, Joan Morais in California. In her prior life, Kari spent 15 years as a successful real estate agent in Seattle. Like Lisa, she began her career learning the art of rabid customer service working in the accounting group at Nordstrom.

Lisa co-founded Kari Gran in January of 2011. Early in her career she worked in two of Seattle’s biggest advertising agencies, where she developed brand and promotional campaigns, most notably for the launch of Cellular One service in the Pacific Northwest. She then spent 20 years as a managing broker, becoming one of the top-selling agents of luxury real estate in the Seattle market. She cut her teeth as a salesperson at Nordstrom, where she stole many of the ideas and practices that created the world-class customer-service ethos at Kari Gran Inc.

Brent has served as President and Chief Operating Officer at rover.com (NASDAQ:ROVR) since January 2014. Previously, he served as president at Code Fellows from 2013 until 2014. Brent brings an extensive background in eCommerce and digital marketing, having served as EVP, Call Products, at Marchex; GM, Search & Display, at Microsoft; and VP/GM, Vertical Networks, at aQuantive. Brent participated in the 2018 Kari Gran preferred stock offering and has been a close advisor to the company since that time.

Clark is a consultant and operating partner at Periscope Equity. He has been on the board of LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP), a leading company in the field of data connectivity, since 2009 and is currently chairman of the board. Prior to that Clark was an executive at Razorfish, a leading Seattle-based global consultancy in digital marketing and technology, serving as CEO and most recently as chairman. Prior to joining Razorfish, he was CEO of Calla Bay, Inc. and was previously director of sales and marketing for a division of McCaw Cellular Communications. In his early career he spent 12 years in traditional advertising, including the position of executive vice president/managing director for Cole & Weber, a division of Ogilvy & Mather.

Laura joined Kari Gran over three years ago, bringing extensive marketing and eCommerce experience directly related to the skincare category. Prior to joining the company, Laura worked for five years at Paula’s Choice Skincare, serving originally as senior marketing and merchandising director before being promoted to eCommerce director. Paula’s Choice was acquired by Unilever in the summer of 2021. Laura began her career in marketing as project manager lead at Sanmar, followed by stints at several Seattle advertising agencies.