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.
Welcome to Women in Retail’s Lessons in Leadership video series. These exclusive, members-only videos feature executive women from the Women in Retail Leadership Circle Advisory Board discussing industry best practices, sharing life learnings, and providing strategic tools to excel as a female leader in retail. Our first episode features Winnie Park, the new CEO of...
What sets successful retail organizations apart? What core qualities are needed to effectively lead a team given today’s pressures? At the Women in Retail Leadership Summit earlier this year, these five executive women shared their top leadership tips: Molly Langenstein, CEO and President, Chico’s FAS; Michelle Kelly, CEO, Lilly Pulitzer; Christiane Pendarvis, Co-President, Chief Merchandising...
We all know the Spanx brand and its powerful female founder, Sara Blakely, who grew the shapewear company from her home to its recent sale to investment firm Blackstone at a valuation of $1.2 billion. Last week, I tuned into the 2021 Forbes Power Women’s Summit to listen to Blakely speak about the recent deal,...
This episode of Women in Retail Talks features a clip from the November Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange with Angie Rieger, senior vice president of international and wholesale at Lands' End, and advisory board member for WIRLC. Rieger discusses how the discipline and skills she's gained while training for marathons has applied to her leadership and professional growth, and how setting specific short-term goals to achieve long-term objectives is useful in both running and in business.
Duration: 9:07
Guest host Jasmine Bellamy, Women in Retail's director of diversity and inclusion, interviews Leslie Short, owner, president and CEO of The Cavu Group, a corporate diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm. Short discusses why she wrote her new book, "Expand Beyond Your Current Culture," and her call to action challenging all of us to expand our cultural intelligence and humility.
Duration: 18:09
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder and CEO of Clerisy, a growth equity fund that focuses on taking stakes in tech and consumer-focused companies, was a featured speaker at the 2021 Women in Retail Leadership Summit. Wilkis Wilson was interviewed by Sandra Campos, founder of Fashion Launchpad. In this video clip from the session, Wilkis Wilson, visionary...
In this Women in Retail Leadership Circle member spotlight, Katherine Bahamonde Monasebian, president and general manager of North America Commerce for Stanley Black & Decker is interviewed. Katherine is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board member! We asked her a series of questions about herself, including her career in the retail industry,...
During a keynote presentation at the 2021 Women in Retail Leadership Summit in Miami, Ellen Latham, creator and co-founder of Orangetheory Fitness, discussed how she started the business out of her home and grew it to the well-known boutique fitness studio franchise we know today, with more than 1,200 studios in all 50 U.S. states...
In this Women in Retail Leadership Circle member spotlight, we feature a video interview with Laura Hnatow, vice president of marketing and e-commerce at Sea Bags, a company that designs and sells handcrafted tote bags and accessories from recycled sail cloth. Laura is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board member! We asked...
Naomi Bagdonas, a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, executive coach and co-author of “Humor, Seriously: Why Humor is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life,” discussed the business benefits of bringing laughter and light-heartedness to the workplace during a keynote presentation last month at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit in Miami. The...
