lmaillian@nul.org
Speaker Bio
Lauren Maillian’s diverse career spans the beverage, consumer brand, marketing, tech, and venture capital industries. She recently served as the chief strategy officer of Province Brands, an innovative luxury cannabis beverage company, where she provided strategic counsel on business and brand development. Previously, Maillian was a founding partner at Gen Y Capital Partners, an early stage venture firm focused on technology-enabled companies. At age 19, she co-founded and served as COO of an award-winning winery, making her the youngest self-made winery owner in the country.
Through LMB Group, her strategic marketing and brand advisory company, Maillian succeeds as a change agent and influencer, creating messaging that resonates with millennials and women. She has worked with J.P. Morgan Chase, DeVry, Cover Girl, Bumble and Bumble, and others to tell their stories and more authentically connect with the consumer.
Maillian’s storytelling ability and passion for innovation inevitably led to television as the Master Marketer and co-star of the startup focused docu-series, “Quit Your Day Job” on Oxygen (NBCU). She is also the author of the bestselling business memoir, “The Path Redefined: Getting To the Top On Your Own Terms.”
Lauren Maillian’s diverse career spans the beverage, consumer brand, marketing, tech, and venture capital industries. She recently served as the chief strategy officer of Province Brands, an innovative luxury cannabis beverage company, where she provided strategic counsel on business and brand development. Previously, Maillian was a founding partner at Gen Y Capital Partners, an early stage venture firm focused on technology-enabled companies. At age 19, she co-founded and served as COO of an award-winning winery, making her the youngest self-made winery owner in the country.
Through LMB Group, her strategic marketing and brand advisory company, Maillian succeeds as a change agent and influencer, creating messaging that resonates with millennials and women. She has worked with J.P. Morgan Chase, DeVry, Cover Girl, Bumble and Bumble, and others to tell their stories and more authentically connect with the consumer.
Maillian’s storytelling ability and passion for innovation inevitably led to television as the Master Marketer and co-star of the startup focused docu-series, “Quit Your Day Job” on Oxygen (NBCU). She is also the author of the bestselling business memoir, “The Path Redefined: Getting To the Top On Your Own Terms.”