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.
Dr. Manasa Mantravadi is a board-certified pediatrician who practices in Indiana as a pediatric hospitalist. She launched the world’s first brand of colorful stainless-steel dishes for kids, Ahimsa, and is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member! In this new video series, Mantravadi uses her background in medicine to bring the Women in Retail...
As we at Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) and our community know well, women make an incredible impact across the retail industry and beyond. Our mission at WIRLC is to uplift female leaders and support their professional growth, and we’ve had the immense honor to connect with countless female industry trailblazers in the nearly...
In this workshop from sister brands Women in Retail Leadership Circle and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality addresses how leaders can build trust to create a cohesive team. A cohesive team is essential to driving engagement, group morale, and ultimately building a high-performing team that achieves excellent results. In this interactive workshop with executive coach Dr. Quendrida Whitmore, you will learn how to build trust as a leader with direct reports and amongst the team. Leveraging her high-performance team model, Quendrida will help you identify areas to improve teamwork and solutions that help enhance trust, communication, alignment, and results to build a high-performing team!
This bonus episode of Women in Retail Talks features an interview with 2023 Top Women in Retail honoree Carol Glaser, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer at Bob's Discount Furniture, one of the fastest growing omnichannel furniture retailers in the U.S.
Duration: 15:54
Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day or both this week, don’t forget how important it is to also practice self-love. This weekend a teacher friend of mine shared how she’s approaching the theme of Valentine’s Day in her elementary school classroom: by teaching her kids ways to love themselves. She’s designing activities around teaching...
Dr. Manasa Mantravadi is a board-certified pediatrician who practices in Indiana as a pediatric hospitalist. She launched the world’s first brand of colorful stainless-steel dishes for kids, Ahimsa, and is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member! In this new video series, Mantravadi uses her background in medicine to bring the Women in Retail...
Christina Hennington, executive vice president and chief growth officer at Target, has skyrocketed her career up the executive ladder at the retail organization. In this video, recorded at the 2023 National Retail Federation Big Show in New York City last month, she shares lessons she’s learned throughout her career, why she believes in the value...
Virginia Nguyen is vice president and chief diversity officer at Qurate Retail Group, as well as a member of Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC)! In this member spotlight interview, Virginia details some of the ways that she and her colleagues work to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is at the forefront at...
This video features a recording of an interview with Barbara Bradley Baekgaard, co-founder and director of Vera Bradley, from Women Leading Travel & Hospitality’s 2022 New York City Roundtable. Bradley Baekgaard was interviewed by Jennifer DiPasquale, president of Women in Retail Leadership Circle and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality. Vera Bradley is a Women in...
There are countless extraordinary women making a positive impact on the retail industry and beyond. Last year, we had the opportunity to write profiles on some of these innovative leaders, including Brieane Olson, president of PacSun; Kate Boyer, co-founder and CEO of Anatomie; Christina Russell, CEO of Radiance Holdings; Amy Voloshin, founder of Printfresh; Sarah...
