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Sam Sarullo is the Chief Marketing Officer of Daniel's Jewelers, a family-owned North American jewelry chain based in Culver City, California. A 20-year veteran of e-commerce and digital marketing, he built his reputation scaling online sales and omnichannel strategy for mid-market specialty retailers, including stints as VP of E-Commerce Marketing at ULTA Beauty, VP of Global E-Commerce at PacSun, interim Chief Digital Officer at Mana Products, and Head of E-Commerce and General Manager at Lakeshore Learning. At Daniel's, he steers marketing across traditional and digital channels with a focus on serving Hispanic and multicultural customers.
Tammy Redpath is the Chief Marketing Officer of EVEREVE, the Edina, Minnesota-based women's fashion retailer, a role she stepped into in April 2026. She brings more than three decades of retail and brand leadership, most of it at Target Corp., where she rose from store management to senior vice president of marketing and served as president of Target's India operations. Before EVEREVE she was CEO of Inside Edge Commercial Interior Services, chief engagement officer at Lakeshore Learning Materials, and an independent leadership and brand consultant. At EVEREVE she leads global marketing strategy, brand positioning, and customer engagement across the retailer's stores and digital channels.