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.
Paula Clayton, senior vice president and Lowe’s general manager for Synchrony, and Jennifer DiPasquale, president and co-founder of Women in Retail Leadership Circle and Total Retail, have a candid conversation around the transformative year 2020 has been. Being a leader with an agile mind-set and prioritizing technology with safety — working to eliminate disruption for...
The importance of listening to her employees and having open and honest communication with them, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic, was a key topic discussed by Christina Callas, executive vice president and chief digital officer of Total Wine & More, during a conversation with Sonia Lapinsky, managing director of AlixPartners, during the September installment...
Fran Philip, board member at Vera Bradley, Totes Isotoner, Sea Bags, and Coats, shares key resources for women executives looking to gain corporate board positions. Fran also serves on the Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board.
Setting up a clear vision (and then getting out of the way), listening to your team members and customers, creating a safe environment for experimenting with ideas, surrounding yourself with high-performing talent, and feeding and nourishing that talent are the key leadership success drivers for Kelly Cook, chief marketing and IT officer at David’s Bridal....
We spoke to CEOs of some of the biggest retailers in the United Kingdom and the United States in May 2020, and it was striking how immediately and consistently they emphasized the importance of grounding their leadership in their organization’s values as they lead through the crisis and stressed the need for leaders who put people first. This need will define great leadership in the next generation.
During the August Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange, Amy Errett, CEO and founder of Madison Reed, an omnichannel beauty brand that’s challenging industry titans in the hair color space, participated in a virtual discussion with Jennifer DiPasquale, co-founder and president of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle. The two discussed everything from...
During the August installment of the Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange, Kim Lefko, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Ace Hardware, participated in a discussion with Sucharita Kodali, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester. The two discussed everything from the observed shifts in consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic...
During our August installment of the Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange, Marla Beck, CEO and co-founder of Bluemercury, a high-growth luxury beauty retail chain which was acquired by Macy’s in 2015, participated in a discussion with Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of Women in Retail Leadership Circle and brand and content director of Total...
Happy Women’s Equality Day! Today, August 26, 2020, marks 100 years since women won the right to vote. While we have a lot to celebrate, women still have a long way to go in having an equal voice. The observance of Women’s Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently announced its newest virtual event, Women in Retail Leadership Days, an online experience like no other! We’ve strategically designed the virtual event to connect our community of women leaders throughout October. The Women in Retail Leadership Days agenda features sessions spread out over the course of 30 days....
