Board of Directors
Holly Fulger, Executive Director & Founder
Holly Fulger is an actress, writer, and producer. As an actress, she is best known for her roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie series ZENON, GIRL OF THE 21st CENTURY, and as Holly in the sitcom, Ellen. Being in the spotlight, Holly has experienced the good, the bad, and the misguided aspects of beauty in American culture. She has written numerous articles on beauty. An article she wrote for iCNN sparked an additional conversation where Holly and seven other women were interviewed on their perception of beauty. To Holly, the most interesting part of this was listening to other women’s stories and hearing how difficult it was for them to really say what is beautiful about themselves.
This began her exploration into true beauty and in 2012 she created Speaking of Beauty, a web series and website, dedicated to opening up the conversation. This was followed by her book, Speaking of Beauty’s Inner Beauty Journal, based on interviews with 16 women of different ages, races, and backgrounds. The result was a guide to help women recognize that their individuality defined their beauty, not their skin color, age, or body size.
This evolved into The Hollywood Beauty Detective web series in 2016, which was dedicated to shining a light on the illusion of beauty, and then to the nonprofit, True Beauty Discovery, digging even deeper into our beauty ideals psyche.
Through each incarnation, Holly has built and led teams, created numerous opportunities for individuals, and held strong that every girl and woman is beautiful and deserves to feel that way. She is committed to redefining the Western beauty image and seeks to inspire a new generation of girls and women to reframe their own definitions of what is beautiful. Her hope is by exploring other versions of beauty, True Beauty Discovery will open up the conversation about beauty to create a more inclusive definition.
Christine Lobas is the CEO and Founder of Studiothink, a strategic brand management, marketing & public relations firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. She is also a principal member/partner in True Beauty Discovery and has more than 25 years of experience in traditional and interactive advertising, creative direction, writing and public relations. With the establishment of Studiothink in 2004, she’s created a unique and comprehensive approach to strategic and creative direction for her clients. Her brand experience in industries as diverse as distribution, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, legal, consumer products, education and non-profits – has provided an eclectic foundation for her inherent ability to see the forest through the trees and a knack for coming up with the “Big Idea” seemingly from nowhere. Within the last few years, Studiothink has narrowed its mission to: “serve those who serve others” and reflectively focus on clients in the healthcare, hospitality, and non-profit sectors. Clients take comfort in her analytical yet agile approach and aversion to cookie-cutter solutions. Having garnered awards for writing and creative direction, Lobas still finds the most gratification in connecting the dots for a client and seeing their vision and goals come to fruition. Christine is a member of the American Advertising Federation, The American Marketing Association, The Legal Marketing Association, the Cleveland chapter of the Global Entrepreneurs’ Organization and serves on the boards of Southwest Hospital, the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, and is the current Chair of the Global Communications Committee of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. She is also a business mentor for other entrepreneurs and has a special penchant for craft beers and great wine. She’s been married to her best friend for more than 30 years and feels the most pride in having raised three happy, empathetic adults who enjoy careers in law and medicine and carry forward the impact and importance of the intersection of science and creativity in our world.Christine also recently launched the Reciprocity project through the Studiothanks division of Studiothink. This program that gives back to those serving society and in greatest need. Christine’s purpose is to absorb and synthesize information from those close to her and share it back in ways that lead to breakthroughs in their success, happiness and fulfillment.
Christine Lobas, Interim Board Chair
Mary Kate Loftus is President of Impressia Bank, a bank that focuses on the advancement of women in business and the solutions necessary to level the gender gap for funding, more than any other bank. With nearly 25 years of Banking experience, Mary Kate brings her passion for supporting women and her expertise in customer experience, strategic growth, and community banking. In her new role as President of Impressia, Mary Kate will focus on developing leaders and successfully investing in women-owned businesses to level the gender gap in funding.
“Impressia Bank was founded to fill a void in banking and to serve the fast-growing women’s economy,” says Ms. Loftus. “Women-owned businesses are growing at twice the rate of other businesses, and it’s even faster for women of color. Despite this fact, women-owned businesses tend to book fewer loans at shorter terms and higher interest rates. We are here to close that funding gap and invest in the success of women-owned businesses and the women who lead them.”
Mary Kate Loftus
Jaclynn Brennan
Jaclynn Brennan (Jax) is an experienced and innovative executive with a demonstrated history of success in fashion, technology, community building, and social impact. As the CEO of Fyli Tribe, she grew a private membership community for early stage female founders organically over the past three years to a collective network of over 10k founders. Jaclynn developed and executed a national four market tour in partnership with UBS, ”Own Your Worth”, teaching women how to be unapologetic about creating wealth, legacy, and impact. With over 10 years of experience as a Creative Director for a variety of luxury fashion brands, strategic partnerships connector, and fundraising leader, she is an authority on taking brands, organizations, and entrepreneurs to the next level of success.