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.
We’ve all been there: The feeling that life has “knocked you out for the count,” as Jennifer Cassetta said at the Aug. 10 Women Leading Travel & Hospitality Virtual Exchange. If there is no option to pivot or roll, the only thing to do is re-create yourself, your career, your relationship, whatever has been taken...
When leaders in retail climb the ladder and finally reach a coveted C-suite position, it might come with a few surprises. In this clip from our Women in Retail: On the Road Dallas event in July, four women executives share the biggest surprise they encountered when they finally reached the C-suite, and the best piece...
Angie Rieger is the chief transformation officer for Lands’ End, Inc., the business uniform sponsor partner of the 2023 Women Leading Travel & Hospitality Summit. She’s also an advisory board member of Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC). Rieger oversees the merchandising — including product management — and the inventory planning teams. She’s a seasoned Lands’...
Will you be joining Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) in Columbus, OH on Sept.19? We’re bringing everything our community loves about our On the Road events to new cities in a bite-sized, half-day format. Take an afternoon away from the office to network and learn from key women retailers in the region! Attendees at...
Have you ever held yourself back because you didn’t think you were ready? Or felt like going after what you want just can’t happen? This happens when we lack confidence and an understanding of how to engage our confidence muscles. In this clip from our Women in Retail: On the Road Dallas event last month,...
Many retail executives contemplate whether consulting work fits into their career path. In this video, hear from former retail executive Heather Koerner, who is currently associate partner at Columbus Consulting International, a consultant partner of Women in Retail Leadership Circle. Koerner shares what attracted her to a consulting job, why retail professionals might consider consultant...
A panel of female retail executives took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Dallas event on July 26. Speakers included Stephanie Plaines, chief financial officer, JCPenney; Bethany Muths, chief marketing and customer officer, Mizzen+Main; Janet Carr, CEO and board member, Tandy Leather; Jamie L. Singleton, group president and chief consumer...
Caytie Langford, motivational speaker, Watershed Development, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Dallas event on July 26. Have you ever held yourself back because you didn’t think you were ready? Or felt like going after what you want just can’t happen? This happens when we lack confidence and an...
Sharonda Weatherspoon, head of retail operations, client development and transformation, North America retail, Ralph Lauren, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Dallas event on July 26. Weatherspoon has faced a lot of challenges in her life, starting with a crippling disease she overcame as a child that almost left...
Wanda Gierhart Fearing, executive vice president, chief marketing and content officer, Cinemark Holdings took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail On the Road: Dallas event on July 26. She was interviewed by Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli. Women in Retail Leadership Circle members can watch all session recordings from the...
