Dorian Howard is the co-founder and one half of the sister duo behind Milk & Honey—an e-commerce platform that allows women to design their own shoes.

Launched in 2011, Milk & Honey has been featured in the New York Times, InStyle, InTouch, Lucky, The Huffington Post, PeopleStyleWatch and on TV shows including "The Today Show," "E! News," "The Nate Berkus Show" and countless local news segments. Milk & Honey shoes have graced the feet of celebrities including Ginnifer Goodwin, Emily Deschanel, Kate Mara, Busy Philipps, Amber Valletta, Whitney Cummings and more.

Starting off working from their dining room table (and countless coffee shops in Los Angeles), the Howard sisters bootstrapped their business to $1 million in sales, were accepted to Los Angeles' prestigious accelerator program Launchpad LA, and have now shipped shoes to more than 25 different countries.

Prior to diving into the exciting waters of e-commerce, Dori worked at Paramount Pictures, New Line Cinema, Miramax Films and MTV. Her feature film projects included working on early stage development of the Oscar award film "The Fighter," starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale (worldwide box office of $129 million) as well as selling the feature film script "The Proposal" to Disney, working very closely with the writer to shape the script to land lead actors Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. On a budget of $40 million, the film grossed $163 million domestically.

Her last stop in Hollywood was as Vice President of Production at Paramount Pictures. Produced films ranged in budget from $40 million to $170 million and included rebooting the "GI JOE" franchise that grossed over $300 million worldwide and relaunched the franchise. She also worked closely with Nickelodeon to adapt one of their top animated series into the feature film "The Last Airbender," directed by M. Night Shyamalan and grossing $319 million worldwide.

Launching Milk & Honey married an enthusiasm for e-commerce and entrepreneurship with a lifelong passion for footwear and style. Dori is based in Milk & Honey's Los Angeles office and spearheads user acquisition, marketing, business development, partnerships, publicity and customer relations.

Originally from New Jersey, Dori graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU.

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