Tina Sharkey

Tina Sharkey is a consumer brand builder, global operating executive, professor, entrepreneur, and public and private board member. The co-founder of iVillage and Brandless, where she was also CEO, Tina has created and scaled global brands and businesses that have transformed the way we communicate, shop, and share.  She is currently an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Iovine-Young Academy at the University of Southern California (USC) where she teaches her course The Web3 and Community Playbook for Brands and Businesses. She is also on Academy’s faculty, co-leading purpose-driven innovation and entrepreneurship.

Tina currently serves on the national board of the Public Broadcasting Network (PBS), Heyday, a platform pioneering a marketplace-native approach to eCommerce, and Havenly, the world’s leading interior design platform. She is a Strategic Advisor to BFA Industries, the largest beauty community in the world where she previously served on the Board. She has served on the Board of Directors of HomeAway and held leadership roles at Johnson & Johnson’s BabyCenter, AOL, Time Warner, Sesame Street Digital Group, and Silicon Foundry. She is working on her first book.