Jillian Lakritz

Nominated for Yoee Baby Original Line: Puppy, Kitty, Fox, Lion, Monkey, Bunny

Bio:

Jillian Lakritz is a patent-holding toy inventor and entrepreneur. She founded Yoee Baby as a new mom after recognizing a gap in the marketplace for baby toys designed for playing together from Day One. Having spent her career developing new products for some of the country’s leading brands, she knew this was a problem she had to solve. Jillian is the founding member and Chair of the Denver Chapter of Women in Toys and sits on the Innovation Council for the American Specialty Toy Retailers Association. She is a graduate of University of Colorado – Boulder, where she received her MBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship.

Collaborators:

Bill Donavan, Chief Creative Officer

Products from the past year:

Yoee Baby Original Line: Puppy, Kitty, Fox, Lion, Monkey, Bunny

Yoee Baby Sensory Feather: Violet; Blue