Yolanda Webb
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Yolanda Webb
President & Chief Executive Officer, E’LON LLC
“Intelligent, independent, attractive, ambitious, sexy and fabulous. That’s who we are!”
Yolanda Webb is president and chief executive officer of E’LON, LLC., parent company of E’LON Couture Cosmetics, TWISY (The World Is Yours) Teen Line, and E=MC² (The Scientifically Defined Men’s Skincare line).
In October 2003, Yolanda launched E’LON Couture Cosmetics after more than twenty years as a former national and international model. She is responsible for developing the company’s creative image, product development, financial and operational strategy to grow retail sales, retail outlets and brand equity across each brand.
Prior to starting E’LON Cosmetics Yolanda led a distinguished career in the private and non-profit sectors as executive and senior administrator. In 1998, on behalf of the Hamilton County Board, Yolanda testified before both the Ohio and US Senate on behalf of individuals with mental retardation and other disabilities regarding the issue of housing and housing shortages for some of our most vulnerable citizens.
Yolanda has also been an educator in the higher education sector. She has held adjunct positions at both Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and Brown Mackie College. While at Brown Mackie College she was also appointed Department Chair for the Legal and Criminal Justice Studies Department. In this role she held responsibility for curriculum design, leadership of adjunct faculty and student retention.
Yolanda has also shared her leadership and competency on many non-profit boards and committees. Notably among these are, The Urban League Guild, The Cincinnati Ballet Board, and the United Way Advisory Board. She has received numerous business awards as well. Among the notable awards are, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award in 2004, African-American Chamber Emerging Business of the Year Award in 2006 and the Business of the Year Award from the Greater Cincinnati Micro-Enterprise. She has also been honored by numerous women’s organizations for her work with women and children.
The Detroit native received her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice/Psychology from Tennessee State University in Nashville. She also earned her Masters of Arts degree in Humanities from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Yolanda has two beautiful children, Warren Louis Stallworth and Sascha E’lon Stallworth and one adorable grandchild Addison Riley Steele.
Yolanda’s vision for E’LON Couture is simple she says, “We are in the business of celebrating the beauty and inner strength of women of color.”
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