What is cosmetic executive women?
Cosmetic Executive Women, Inc. (CEW) is a nonprofit professional organization with over 4,000 executives in the beauty, cosmetics, fragrance, and related industries. CEW is based in NYC, and has associated organizations in France and the United Kingdom.
CEW is a leading trade organization in the beauty industry, and helps develop career contacts, knowledge, and skills of its members so that they may advance on both professional and personal levels.

Among the many programs CEW offers are its Young Executive Cocktail Parties, Women in Beauty Series, Speed Networking Events and Newsmaker Forums. Major trade events include the Beauty Awards program and the Achiever Award event. The Holiday Luncheon and Auction is sponsored by the Foundation.

CEW was founded in 1954 as a social organization for professional women working in the cosmetics industry. The organization remained relatively small and social in the 1960s and 1970s, with the annual Holiday Luncheon as its keystone.

CEW’s mission was expanded in 1975 to encompass “promoting the contributions of women in the cosmetics industry,” primarily through the addition of another annual event: The Achiever Award Lunch.

In 1985 the organization again expanded its mission to include education, philanthropy, and industry development.

In 1993 CEW Foundation was established as CEW’s philanthropic arm. The CEW Foundation funds charities dedicated to helping women better their lives.

The Cosmetic Executive Women Foundation currently supports Cancer and Careers, an online and offline resource for working women with cancer.

The Cosmetic Executive Women Foundation, founded in 1993, is a nonprofit charitable organization that supports charities through funding and membership involvement. The Foundation is dedicated to helping women.

The Foundation founded and supports Cancer and Careers, an online and offline resource for working women with cancer and their employers, co-workers and caregivers. For information on cancerandcareers, click here: www.cancercandcareers.org.
The Foundation has also assisted the following charities:

Women In Need, Inc. (WIN), a New York-based nonprofit organization that serves homeless and underprivileged women and their children.

The Foundation funded the renovation of a WIN shelter, now named the Cosmetic Executive Women Residence at Casa Rita, and maintenance of the residence.

Women's Venture Fund (WVF) provides micro-loans, business training, counseling, and mentoring services to low-income, minority entrepreneurial women in New York City. Through WVF, the CEW Foundation provides funding for emerging businesswomen.

Prep for Prep identifies intellectually gifted youngsters from minority group backgrounds, prepares them for placement in New York City's independent schools, and provides peer support and a range of leadership development opportunities.

The Foundation is currently sponsoring a deserving student throughout her seven-year Prep for Prep program.

Cosmetic Executive Women
286 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 685-5955
Fax: (212) 685-3334
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