Kristina Stidham is the digital content director at Women in Retail Leadership Circle and sister brands Total Retail and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality at NAPCO Media. She is passionate about digital media and handles video, podcast and virtual event production for all brands. You can often find her at WIRLC, TR, WLT&H or industry events with her camera and podcasting equipment—or at home on Zoom—recording interviews with thought leaders and business executives.
Kristina holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Production from the Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication in Philadelphia. Go Owls! When she's not in the office, she loves to go on long walks, sing around the house, hangout with her family and two pet guinea pigs, and travel to new places.
Traci Inglis, CEO of Delleck Scrubs, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Columbus event on September 19. Inglis is the founder and CEO of Delleck Scrubs, makers of flattering and functional scrubs that are named after her grandmother, Della Leckie Milholen, a revered nurse at a community hospital in...
June Ryan, CEO and founder of June Ryan Global Solutions, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Columbus event on September 19. During her highly successful career in the Coast Guard, Ryan was a trailblazer, achieving many historical firsts for women including the first enlisted woman to rise to the...
A panel of female retail executives took the stage to discuss navigating today’s macro challenges at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Columbus event on September 19. Speakers included Lynn Blashford, chief marketing officer, White Castle; Erica Fortune, senior vice president, e-commerce and digital marketing, Advance Auto Parts; Helly Ding, vice president, global...
Kara Richardson Whitely is CEO of The GORGEous Agency, helping brands connect with the plus-size segment, which is poised to be a $1 trillion market in the next decade. She is a plus-size adventurer, influencer, and author of “Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds”. Richardson Whitely recently took the stage at Women in...
In this Women in Retail Leadership Circle member spotlight, we feature a video interview with Stephanie Carter, CEO and founder of Wallaroo Hat Company, a Certified B Corporation® and leader in the sun-protective hat industry. We asked Carter a series of questions about herself and her career so you can get to know her better. If...
Last week, Women in Retail Leadership Circle hosted its annual On the Road event in New York City. Our East Coast members and community enjoyed a beautiful view of the Hudson River while hearing from dynamic speakers, making new connections, brainstorming business solutions with peers, and shopping at small business pop-ups! Up next, we’re heading...
Vanathy Lakshmi, vice president of product and experiences at JCPenney, took the stage at Total Retail Tech 2023 in Denver. She delivered an engaging keynote titled, A Strategy for Winning With People, Process and Technology. Transformation involves having a clear strategy, understanding your customers, and evolving the ways of working within to actually change not just...
Jennifer Cassetta is a TEDx and keynote speaker, health and empowerment coach, and author of “The Art of Badassery: Unleash Your Mojo With Wisdom of the Dojo.” Equipped with her third-degree black belt in Hapkido, master’s degree in nutrition, and various wellbeing certifications, she’s spent the last two decades coaching thousands of people to feel...
In this dynamic and engaging workshop, we invite you to discover the transformative potential of effective feedback conversations. As we navigate an ever-evolving professional landscape, the art of providing and receiving feedback becomes an essential skill for fostering growth, building relationships, and achieving outstanding results. The 5 Minute Career Hack team will guide you through an immersive experience designed to help you master the intricacies of feedback, unlocking its power to reshape interactions, inspire innovation, and elevate performance.
In this clip from Total Retail Tech 2023, Sravanthi Muppidi, head of engineering at Albertsons Media Collective, shares how the organization — the retail media network arm of Albertsons Companies — differentiates itself in the market. Muppidi was joined on stage by Nada Shepherd, co-founder and CEO of ReSuit; Brendan Witcher, principal analyst at Forrester;...
