{"id":60804,"date":"2026-05-04T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/?post_type=crb_news&#038;p=60804"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:01:18","slug":"pax8-celebrates-nine-2026-crn-women-of-the-channel","status":"publish","type":"crb_news","link":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/news-post\/pax8-celebrates-nine-2026-crn-women-of-the-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pax8 Celebrates Nine 2026 CRN\u00ae Women of the Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DENVER, CO (May 4, 2026)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/\">Pax8<\/a>, the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and\u00a0CRN\u00ae, a brand of The Channel Company,\u00a0proudly\u00a0recognize\u00a0nine\u00a0Pax8 leaders on the 2026 Women of the Channel list.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0annual CRN list celebrates women from vendors, distributors, solution\u00a0providers\u00a0and other channel-focused organizations\u00a0that\u00a0make a positive difference in the IT ecosystem. The 2026 Women of the Channel honorees are innovative and strategic leaders committed to advancing channel excellence and supporting the success of partners and customers worldwide.<\/p>\n<h5>Pax8&#8217;s 2026 Women of the Channel Honorees<\/h5>\n<h6>North America<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Kathryn Almendarez Marsman, Senior Vice President of Global Vendor Alliances<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Bodell, Corporate Vice President of Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Kristen Fehrenbach, Vice President of Global Microsoft Alliance<\/li>\n<li>Libby McIlhany, Chief Product Officer<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Schreiner, Senior Manager of Channel Engagement&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Ola Witukiewicz, Director of Community Engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>EMEA and APAC<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Eva McBride, Director\u00a0of Marketing, Northern Europe<\/li>\n<li>Danni Munro, Vice President of Sales ANZ<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Zwart, Executive Vice President, General Manager of APAC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis recognition reflects the global impact of the women at Pax8 who are moving the channel forward every day,\u201d said Nick Heddy, Pax8\u2019s President and Chief Commerce Officer. \u201cTheir leadership across North America, EMEA, and APAC helps create opportunity for our partners and reinforces the collaborative, people-first approach that defines how we show up in the channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across regions, these leaders play critical roles in advancing partner enablement, vendor success and operational excellence throughout the channel and managed services ecosystem. Their work spans go\u2011to\u2011market strategy, partner experience, regional expansion and cross\u2011functional leadership helping solution providers navigate and lead industry development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to celebrate the remarkable achievements of these women who are driving meaningful change across the IT channel,\u201d said Jennifer Follett, Vice President of U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company. \u201cEach honoree has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a commitment to bold, innovative strategies that fuel transformation, growth and success for their organizations and the broader channel. We\u2019re proud to recognize their impact and look forward to seeing how they continue to shape the future of our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pax8\u2019s nine leaders and all the 2026 Women of the Channel honorees are now featured online as of May 4 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crn.com\/rankings-and-lists\/wotc2026\">crn.com\/wotc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Pax8, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/\">pax8.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Channel Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Channel Company (TCC) is the global leader in channel growth for the world\u2019s top technology brands. We accelerate success across strategic channels for tech vendors, solution providers and end users with premier media brands, integrated marketing and event services, strategic consulting, and exclusive market and audience insights. TCC is a portfolio company of investment funds managed by\u00a0EagleTree\u00a0Capital, a New York\u00a0City\u2011<span data-contrast=\"auto\">based\u00a0private equity firm. For more information, visit\u202fthechannelco.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow The Channel Company:\u00a0LinkedIn and X<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 The Channel Company, Inc. CRN is a registered trademark of The Channel Company, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Pax8<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/\">Pax8 <\/a>is the global\u00a0AI and cloud\u00a0Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Pax8\u00a0connects\u00a0service providers\u00a0and\u00a0technology companies\u00a0on a unified platform\u00a0to discover, buy, sell,\u00a0deploy\u00a0and manage\u00a0technology\u00a0solutions\u00a0for SMBs.\u00a0More than\u00a047,000 IT\u00a0partners and 800,000 SMBs rely on Pax8 for\u00a0expertise, automation and real-time insights to\u00a0stay productive, protected and prepared for the AI economy. Learn more at pax8.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Pax8<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/blog\/\">Blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Pax8Cloud\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pax8\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pax8\">X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/Pax8Cloud\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Media Contacts:<\/p>\n<p>David Stephan<br \/>\nPR Manager<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Dstephan@pax8.com\">dstephan@pax8.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Beaudet<br \/>\nThe Channel Company<br \/>\n<a href=\"jbeaudet@thechannelcompany.com\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW77579507 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">jbeaudet@thechannelcompany.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pax8 and CRN proudly\u00a0recognize\u00a0nine\u00a0Pax8 leaders on the 2026 Women of the Channel list celebrating women from channel-focused organizations\u00a0that\u00a0make a difference in the IT ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60805,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"news_company":[],"news_category":[223,224,220,222,214,218,219,221],"class_list":["post-60804","crb_news","type-crb_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-apac","news_category-anz","news_category-canada","news_category-emea","news_category-featured","news_category-press-release","news_category-us","news_category-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crb_news\/60804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crb_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/crb_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_company?post=60804"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax8.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=60804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}