CEWL
Center for Elevating
Women in Sales Leadership

Women in Sales Leadership Forum

Lead Bigger.
Influence More.
Elevate Everything.

Keep your strongest sales leaders engaged, connected, and leading.
Developing your people is how you keep them.

The Forum

A peer-driven space to sharpen your influence.

The Women in Sales Leadership Forum isn’t about teaching women how to lead—they’re already doing that. It’s about helping them lead bigger, smarter, and with greater influence across the organization.

Through a highly interactive, peer-driven experience, participants step out of the day-to-day, refine their leadership approach, and sharpen the executive-level thinking that drives change.

Interactive sessions

Exercises and practice designed to turn learning into measurable application.

Peer-driven learning

Share perspectives and work through real leadership challenges together.

Executive guidance

Learn with C-level women executives and certified coaches.

The WISL business case

Invest in women.
Strengthen the business.

Leadership development helps companies retain experienced sales leaders,
prepare women for greater responsibility, and keep revenue capability in the building.

Retain the leaders you have

Forum graduates step up faster and stay longer. Replacing a senior seller takes months.

Protect the succession pipeline

Invest in women preparing for promotion and ready for greater impact.

Address burnout before it costs you

Build skills for ambition burnout, emotional intelligence, and leading under pressure.

Keep revenue capability in the building

Graduates bring fresh strategies, stronger collaboration, and ideas that support growth.

The Winter 2027 cohort

Six sessions.
Three months of momentum.

The Forum combines exercises, practice, peer learning, and coaching with measurable application.

Sessions are peer-driven and led by C-level women executives and certified coaches, including an SVP from Oracle Government, Defense & Intelligence.

01
Jan 22
Session one

02
Feb 05
Session two

03
Feb 19
Session three

04
Mar 05
Session four

05
Mar 19
Session five

06
Apr 02
Session six

Fully virtual
Three months
Limited seats per cohort

Ready to invest in a leader on your team?
The Winter 2027 cohort begins January 22, 2027.

Who to nominate

Choose a leader ready for more.

Employers should send women who are:

Experienced managers with at least five years leading direct reports.

In line for greater responsibility or recently promoted.

Interested in increasing their impact and influence.

Part of the organization’s long-term succession plan.

Able to commit to full participation in the Forum.

From Forum alumnae

Leadership that stays with you.

Experiences from women who have brought what they learned into their work and careers.

Kylie Horton

Amazon Web Services

“A transformational experience designed for women by women. I was able to build real, lasting connections and gained confidence in my leadership approach.”

Senior Partner Account Manager, Federal

Alicia Geaneas

Google Public Sector

“It’s been roughly six years since I attended and I still practice what I learned daily.”

Federal Healthcare Partner Development

Souror Humpton

Oracle Government, Defense & Intelligence

“The peer-driven, real-talk environment helped me step back, reflect, and reframe how I lead.”

Software Account Executive

Jessica Scott

Carahsoft

“The Forum was truly life changing for me. It gave me clarity on the areas I needed to grow.”

Senior Team Lead

Shakara Shelton

Hilton Worldwide Sales

“The program helped me sharpen my leadership skills, elevate my strategic thinking, and build the confidence I needed to step into greater responsibility.”

National Account Manager, Regional Accounts

Erin Maksimow

Salesforce

“Each session offered significant takeaways that I immediately applied. The discussions on ambition burnout and emotional intelligence were particularly impactful.”

Senior Manager, Public Sector Business Development

Ivis McCollum

Amazon Web Services

“WISL gave me the permission (I secretly needed) to be ME and still be super successful!”

Senior Leader, Global ISV Partner Sales & Marketing

Tracy Applegate

Amazon Web Services

“After years of soul searching, I’ve finally, with this course, found my voice and my path!”

Senior Manager, Worldwide Public Sector

A community across the industry

Organizations represented in the Forum

Women from public and private sector organizations bring their experience to the cohort.

AWS

Oracle

Google Public Sector

Microsoft

Cisco

Carahsoft

Salesforce

SAP / NS2

Dell

Hilton

Adobe

Cvent

President & Chief Revenue Officer, IEPS Center for Elevating Women in Sales Leadership

Gina leads the IEPS Center for Elevating Women in Sales Leadership and facilitates the Forum.

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Invest in the women leading your revenue

Give your sales leaders room to rise.

Join the Winter 2027 cohort beginning January 22.

Gina Stracuzzi · (703) 216-5142

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Lead Bigger.
Influence More.
Elevate Everything.