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Jessica A. Stark
Jessica has an extensive background in integrated marketing and branding, as well as licensing and business development.

She began her business career as an investment banking analyst at Chase Securities in the Real Estate Mergers & Acquisitions group. After working at Chase, Jessica decided to combine her business experience with her passion for marketing and fashion, and joined the Public Relations team at Louis Vuitton. Jessica has also held various marketing positions at Gucci, Conde Nast and New York Magazine.

Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications at Judith Ripka jewelry for over 10-years. In this role, Jessica was responsible for all marketing initiatives for the Couture Collection at retail and wholesale, domestically and internationally, as well as Judith Ripka's record breaking QVC business. It was through her Judith Ripka QVC work that Jessica fell in love with licensing and bringing great products at a great value to customers everywhere. During her tenure, Judith Ripka was ranked #1 in the jewelry category at QVC and #7 within the overall network.

In 2012, Jessica established a consultancy with Mehran Farhat focusing on branding, product development and licensing. Via this platform, Mehran and Jessica partnered with David Kanbar, co-founder of Skinnygirl, and Tom Bruno, one of the original "founding 5" on the Grey Goose team, to create REMIX Cocktails by DJ Pauly D, http://www.remixcocktails.com and REMIX Energy, http://www.energybyremix.com. Jessica and Mehran continue to work together to help their clients develop brands and then, bring to market.