Mally Chakola

corporate law for the last 18 years in parallel to owning and operating multiple businesses. Mally attended New York University (NYU) earning a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, cumme laude, and received a Juris Doctor from Pace Law School. A member of the bars of both New York State and Connecticut, she began her career practicing mergers and acquisitions in New York City.

Some of the most fulfilling highlights of Mally’s career have been:

• Single-handedly procuring $100 million in capital raises and financings as a deal maker for her own sphere of companies and leading to doubled enterprise growth and the creation of over 100 American jobs.
• Founding a luxury fast moving consumer goods brand that launched in the prestigious Fred Segal with direct to consumer, wholesale, and retail sales and garnering over 200+ million media impressions from Success magazine to Harper’s Bazaar and HGTV.
• Creating the “Beauty Cottage” on Abbott Kinney (dubbed at the time “the Coolest Block in America” according to GQ magazine) in Venice, California, where she built an experiential retail space to elevate womens' selfcare by nurturing their well being and business skills.
• Establishing Mally Chakola LLC in 2024, a consulting and education company where by Mally works to support growth mindset individuals and organizations who want to turn their goals into their reality.

She serves as a director and advisor to numerous nonprofits boards supporting causes she feels most passionate about including the environment, arts education, and DEIB.

Mally plays the Celtic harp, performs Mohiniyattam Indian Folk dance, and was a certified ballerina (The Cecchetti Council of America). She enjoys adventuring with her daughter, Fleur and husband, Dean Jackson.