The core of Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s mission is to build community. As such, we seek to feature content that helps you to get to know our fabulous members by learning about their career paths, ambitions, leadership styles, and more. Through Q&A interviews, videos, podcast episodes, and more, this page is designed to highlight our members.
Member news! We’re excited to announce that Lockie Andrews, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle board member, was recently named the chief growth officer for Vera Bradley’s Pura Vida brand. In this newly created role, Andrews will be responsible for all of Pura Vida’s channels of distribution. She will also work closely with Pura Vida’s...
Cristina Ceresoli, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle board member, was named the chief marketing officer of the rapidly growing women’s fashion brand Altar’d State on April 21. Ceresoli most recently served as the vice president of marketing at Soma, part of the Chico’s FAS family of brands. “I’m looking forward to applying my omnichannel...
Marianne Thompson, previously the senior vice president of merchandise at Home Hardware Stores Limited, was named chief merchandising officer of the Canadian home improvement, construction materials and furniture retailer on Monday. Thompson, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member since 2020, is now part of a restructured executive leadership team at Home Hardware Stores Limited....
As we move toward the spring and summer seasons, hopefully you’ll find some time of your own to spend outdoors with a good book. With that in mind, here are six books recommended by Women in Retail Leadership Circle members. Joan King, Senior Vice President of E-Commerce and International, Crate and Barrel “Working Backwards: Insights,...
Overstock.com, the online retailer of home furnishings and decor, named Angela Hsu its new chief marketing officer earlier this month. Hsu, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member, is a seasoned marketer with more than 25 years of experience in building successful digital, e-commerce, social media and traditional marketing strategies. She previously served as the...
To close out Women’s History Month, we thought we would chat with one of our partners and members, Kate Isler, CEO and co-founder of TheWMarketplace, an e-commerce marketplace that features products and services from women-owned businesses and gender-balanced national brands. In this exclusive interview, Isler offers details about how she got the idea for TheWMarketplace,...
Jamie Martin is the vice president of merchandise operations and inventory management at MDesign, a direct-to-consumer, digital-native vertical brand that brings solutions with style to consumers’ homes through thoughtfully designed storage and décor products. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! We asked Jamie a series of questions about her career, leadership approach,...
Andriana Gavrilovic is the senior vice president of marketing at Radiance Holdings, the parent company of Sola Salon Studios, Woodhouse Day Spa, and BeautyHive. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! We asked Andriana a series of questions about her career, leadership approach, hiring strategy, and other subjects so you can get to know her better....
In this Women in Retail Leadership Circle member spotlight, we feature a video interview with Dawn Robertson, CEO of OCM, the leading catalog and online college superstore for college families since 1981. Dawn is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board member! We asked her a series of questions about herself, including her...
Emily Culp, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle board member, was named chief marketing officer of Genexa, makers of the world’s first clean medicines, on Feb. 17. Culp will lead all branding, marketing and e-commerce for Genexa. She has more than two decades of experience in marketing and e-commerce, most recently as CEO of Cover...
