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Carla Vernón

Founder at The Honest Company

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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About

Carla Vernón is CEO and a Board Director of The Honest Company (NASDAQ: HNST), a personal care company, and also serves as a board member at Hasbro. She previously held roles as Vice President of Consumables Categories at Amazon and as a Corporate Officer at General Mills, where her positions included Operating Unit President of the Natural and Organic portfolio. Vernón holds a bachelor's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, and she serves on the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino.

Experience

  1. HasbroBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  2. Harvard Business ReviewFounding CEO Advisory Board Member - HBR Executivecurrent2025 — present
  3. The Honest CompanyChief Executive Officer and Board Directorcurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles Metropolitan Area
  4. AmazonVP Consumables Categories2021 — 2022Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  5. General MillsDivision President - Natural & Organic Division2017 — 2020Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  6. General MillsVice President & Corporate Officer2013 — 2020Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  7. General MillsVarious PNL Roles1998 — 2013Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  8. United States SenateOffice of Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, Constituent Services Assistant1993 — 1995Greater Chicago Area
  9. The Nature ConservancyProgram Associate, Princeton Project 55 Community Service Fellow1992 — 1993Chicago, Illinois, United States

Skills & more

Strategy96Management40Cross-functional Team Leadership32Customer Insight16Strategic Thinking8Strategic Planning14Consumer Products20Marketing Strategy28Product Development24Business Strategy13Brand Management74Consumer Package Goods4
+12 moreConsumer Packaged Goods MarketingTurnaround SpecialistMarketingLeadershipTeam CultureInnovationTeam LeadershipMentoringBusiness CoachingSocial Media MarketingChange ManagementProject Management
  • FCC Certified Radio Operator — Federal Communications Commission

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Who is Carla Vernón?
Carla Vernón is CEO and a Board Director of The Honest Company (NASDAQ: HNST), a personal care company, and also serves as a board member at Hasbro. She previously held roles as Vice President of Consumables Categories at Amazon and as a Corporate Officer at General Mills, where her positions included Operating Unit President of the Natural and Organic portfolio. Vernón holds a bachelor's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, and she serves on the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino.
Where did Carla Vernón go to school?
Carla Vernón studied at Princeton University (AB, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology); Texas McCombs School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA).

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