Sheryl Goldstein is the Executive Vice President, Chief Industry Growth Officer at the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). In her role, she oversees engaging the IAB’s 650+ members across all of the IAB’s vast initiatives, activities and thought leadership programs. Under Sheryl’s watch are the Member Engagement, Centers of Excellence, Research and L&D teams. She also spearheads talent development, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and runs the IAB CRO Council.

Sheryl Goldstein is a “net vet” with over 20 years of driving meaningful revenue growth through consultative selling in the dynamic digital landscape (Yahoo, AOL, About.com). She is adept at building successful teams, developing go-to-market strategies and gaining consensus across key stakeholders. Her background includes a wide variety of digital media platforms and technologies and numerous leadership roles.

In addition to her experience as a sales leader, Sheryl brings years of talent development and training to her role and is committed to making the digital media landscape a great industry for diverse talent to thrive and have a long and exciting career.

Sheryl is a current board member for 212NYC, Makers and was a past Board member of She Runs It. She serves on the Rutgers Business School Advisory Board for Marketing and is helping RBS craft a digital marketing graduate program. In addition, she has served on Boards and Committees for the NY Ad Club, Women in Communications, Inc. and the IAB and is a member of Chief. She is an award-winning sales leader (Yahoo Accelerator Award, AOL Best Media Partner presented by Verizon, AOL Presidents Club, AWNY Crystal Award Winner).

Sheryl is a graduate of Syracuse University Newhouse School and lives in New Jersey with her partner Cindy and dogs Pancho and Camden. On the weekends, you can catch her on the pickleball court or riding around the Jersey Shore on her new electric bike. Her daughter Sarah-Jaana lives in the Boston area with her husband Michael.

As CEO of Strategy Source, a prominent talent solutions & advisory firm, Laura leads the company’s strategic development. Laura’s unique skill is demonstrating her ability to see around corners and stay ahead of the industry. She works to uphold the reputation, hard work, growth, and success of the Strategy Source team. Laura began her career in startups and high-performing sales teams at companies including CBS, AOL and others kicking off client relationships with agencies and clients like Verizon, Home Depot, Coca-Cola, AT&T, IHG, Zenith/Moxie 360i and more.

Through these experiences, Laura developed a passion for helping companies with strategy, team and sales operations growth. She also felt the need to help candidates – she sees recruiting as two-sided, not focused only on the client. It’s all about relationships. After all, people have driven Laura’s success from the beginning — and they’re still driving her today. 

Founder/CEO of VELO Vodka -a First of its’ Kind, Super Premium vodka. VELO was born in South Boston and is Women Owned. Created as an alternative to traditional vodkas, VELO has a corn base, is 3xs distilled with an incredibly smooth taste. Having experienced tremendous Velocity over the last 18 months in the metro Boston area, VELO is looking to grow our team while expanding our distribution nationally.

Kristen Standish serves as Founder & CEO of RazHer Collaborative, a company she founded in 2021. As an accomplished leader in driving sales for a variety of businesses over her career, she believes now is the time to build a “razher” sharp, woman-owned full service marketing agency designed to bring female and minority-founded and mission-driven brands closer to their audience through influencer relations, help them reach more consumers, and increase sales.

While working with many founders and brands, Kristen found so many unique and compelling opportunities to bring great minds together over common interests for further collaboration – a community to “raise her up” was needed. And the RazHer private membership community was born! It launched with RazHer Mind, focused around an interest in books and film, in March 2021. RazHer Glass and RazHer Vibe will follow this year.

In reality, this is what Kristen and her co-founders Lisa Bell, chief marketing officer, and Sonia Garufi, chief marketing officer, have been doing their whole career – recognizing and supporting the women around them and their businesses. They accelerate businesses, help them network, create jobs amongst each other and collaborate so everyone’s business or passion project benefits.

A single mom to 11-year old Abigail and a creative and quantitative “deal maker,” Kristen believes female leaders are the future and stands by these core values and beliefs:

Be authentic.

Get behind something you love, and you are passionate about.

Empower and promote other women.

Don’t ask permission, take risks.

Do not be intimidated by raising capital.

Kristen is a WBZ NewsRadio guest host on Cindy Stumpo’s Tough as Nails radio show and podcast, and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, The Big Orange Couch and Mass Conference for Women. She serves on the Scholarship Committee for Kingsley Montessori School in Boston, is a member of the Nahant Planning Board, serves as Co-President of the Women Who Whiskey Boston Chapter, and is a member of the St. Botolph Club while also serving on their Floral Committee. At age 51, she bravely learned to sail, got a sailboat, received her RYA Day Skipper certification, and currently serves as the Nahant Dory Club Social Chair.