About Us

PROUDLY™ uplifts, inspires, and empowers communities of color by celebrating melanated skin. Welcome to a world made for us, by us and a home for you.

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Gab Union and Dwyane Wade at home with their daughter Kavia

Welcome to our family

From the moment our daughter Kaavia entered this world, we knew we’d teach her to embrace her skin—its beauty, power, wisdom, and magic. And that means caring for it with love. Inspired by our littlest love—and millions of other babies of color—we set out to build PROUDLY: Baby care for melanated skin, created for us and by us.

PROUDLY products are co-designed by a Dermatologist of Color, who studied and selected ingredients to nourish melanated skin. We’re proud to be a truly diverse team of doers, dreamers, change-makers and caretakers, each committed to reimagining today and transforming tomorrow.

Welcome to our family. We’re so happy you’ve found a home here.

With love,
The Wades

Our Mission

PROUDLY™ creates cleaner, functional baby care products specifically formulated to nourish all shades of melanated skin.

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We are PROUDLY building a trusted, credible source of baby care information for families of color. We look forward to sharing our future charitable giving plan.

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We are PROUDLY diversely-founded, owned, and operated.

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We are PROUDLY celebrating the extra-specialness of all shades of melanated skin and of diverse families of color.

Our promise

We’ve PROUDLY™ MADE a line of products just for melanated babies because they deserve Extra-Special Stuff for Extra-Special Skin™

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Our Values

PROUDLY TEAM

PROUD to be diversely run

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    Pamela Cholankeril

    President

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    LAUREN GOODWIN

    eCommerce & Digital Marketing Director

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    Jennifer Betkolia

    Brand Marketing Director

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    Peter Kpere-Daibo

    Sr. Manager Product Development

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    IMELDA LOPEZ

    DIGITAL MARKETING ASSOCIATE

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    DEJAH BRAGGS

    SOCIAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE

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    PAISLEY SIMMONS

    CONTENT & COPYWRITING ASSOCIATE

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    Martin Ekechukwu

    Chief Strategy Officer

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    Avantha Arachchi

    Chief People Officer

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    DR. NAANA BOAKYE, MD, MPH

    Dermatology Director

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    Dr. Heather McGowan, MD

    Advising Pediatrician

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    Shena Clarke

    VP Creative Director

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    Michael Evins

    Senior Designer

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    Eliana Alcantar

    Culture & Recruiting Manager

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    Ellen Lee

    Senior Creative Services Manager

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    Ari Bloom

    Board Member