OUR TEAM

CARA NATTERSON

CO-FOUNDER + CEO
Cara is a pediatrician, consultant, speaker and New York Times best-selling author of multiple books including The Care and Keeping of You series with more than 7 million copies in print. She graduated from Harvard, John Hopkins Medical School, and UCSF, and became a leading voice in puberty and adolescent health. It took her own daughter starting puberty, though, for Cara to fully appreciate that there's no company dedicated to making body changes more comfortable... so she started one.

JULIE FONTAINE

CO-FOUNDER
Julie has been in the entertainment business for over 20 years, most recently overseeing film publicity at Netflix. She has worked in publicity and marketing leadership roles at Lionsgate, Disney and Miramax, where she was instrumental in over a hundred Academy Award campaigns. Julie is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and has served on the board of the New York Women's Foundation.

VANESSA KROLL BENNETT

PRESIDENT OF CONTENT
Vanessa is a podcaster, writer and entrepreneur who helps adults navigate uncertainty while they support the kids they love. She was the founder of Dynamo Girl, a company focused on building kids’ self-esteem through sports and puberty education. Vanessa thinks tweens and teens are the funniest, smartest people - including her own four children ages 11 to 19.

BEBE LANDAU

CONTENT COORDINATOR AND CONTRIBUTOR
Bebe Landau is a graduate of Northeastern University with a degree in Business Administration and Interaction Design, concentrating in Marketing. She has a various cooperative education and internship experience working at small digital marketing and advertising agencies as well as large Silicon Valley tech companies.

MURIEL BARTOL

PRODUCTION + FULFILLMENT
Muriel founded SWRVE Apparel in 2005, running the entire operation from product development to production management. At OOMLA, she takes charge of all production and operations.

ZOFIA AGEE

PATTERNS
Zofia has been working in shapewear and lingerie for 25 years, with expertise in product development and technical design. She is our master pattern maker, turning OOMLA ideas into insanely comfortable prototypes.

PARISA MIRSHAHI

PRINTS
Parisa has been painting and drawing since the age of four. After graduating with her BFA, she studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, specializing in textile design. Now she gets to be creative every day, painting prints and patterns for different fashion brands.

AMANDA BORTNER

OOMBASSADOR
An outdoors-loving, artistic, “foodie” girl who is a student at Vanderbilt in her free time

TEDDY CAVANAUGH

OOMBASSADOR
A lover of art from Philadelphia (but has yet to try a Philly Cheesesteak) studying cognitive science at Yale.

AIDAN GOLDSMITH

OOMBASSADOR
A graduating high school senior from NYC that is a die hard Yankee fan and loves baking, painting, and playing softball!

KAYLA HAYEMPOUR

Kayla Hayempour is passionate about youth empowerment through education and breaking down period stigma, which is why she loves writing for OOMLA (but when she’s not typing away, you can find her in the aisles of UCLA’s Trader Joe’s).

PEGGY HELMAN

OOMBASSADOR
A big fan of "The Care and Keeping of You" since age 10 and an outstanding color coder, studying theater & environmental policy and acting/producing/writing at Northwestern University.

ISABELLA HUANG

OOMBASSADOR
A student at Yale studying Neuroscience with a love for trying out new cooking recipes, staying active, and dogs!

RAYA KESSEL

OOMBASSADOR
Heading to Boston University but traveling tons, including recently visiting 3 different countries in Asia in a span of 2 days.

TALIA NATTERSON

OOMBASSADOR
An enthusiastic writer, reader, and craftswoman studying humanities at Harvard.

LARA SCHECTER

OOMBASSADOR
A super fun and energetic runner (NYC Marathon!), adventurer, and ice cream consumer studying urban studies and business economics at Brown.

CADENCE SUMMERS

OOMBASSADOR
A field hockey player and cognitive neuroscience & architecture student at Brown who loves making daily coffee runs with her best friends.

REBECCA SUGERMAN

OOMBASSADOR
A student at Emory University studying human health and nutrition who will never get tired of beach sunsets and movie nights with friends.