Insight announcements Celebrating Excellence: 20 Insight Trailblazers Earn CRN Women of the Channel Honors
By Jen Vasin / 14 May 2025
Today, we are thrilled to announce the recognition of 20 Insight leaders as Women of the Channel by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. These remarkable women have not only excelled in their respective fields but have also paved the way for future generations, demonstrating unparalleled dedication, vision, and impact.
Two Insight executives also have been named as Power 80 Solution Providers, an elite subset who CRN regards as the most influential women in the industry for their channel advocacy and dedication to helping their clients and technology partners succeed.
This year’s Insight honorees are:
- Brenda Hudson, senior vice president of commercial sales and sales enablement
- Hilary Kerner, chief marketing officer
Overall, the complete 2025 Women of the Channel list honors innovative and strategic leaders committed to advancing channel excellence and supporting the success of their partners and customers. Insight’s Women of the Channel also include these 17 leaders from across our North America business:
- Sarah Ahmed, senior manager, partner income and finance operations
- Carisa Bianchi, vice president, North America controller
- Kristin Bolte, director, finance
- Judith Breen, vice president, partner alliances and portfolio solutions
- Jessica Caputo, manager, commercial sales
- Melany Clayton, vice president, global IT business operations
- Rachael Crump, chief accounting officer
- Erica Falchetti, director, public sector business development
- Jonna Gage, vice president, customer relationship management
- Jen Hansberry, director, acquisition field sales
- Christine Hilts, vice president, sales enablement
- Rachel Howard, director, global brand and communications
- Brooke Munier, director, infrastructure services
- Deb Murphy, director, business transformation
- Connie O’Brien, director, marketing
- Trish O'Keeffe, director, microsoft practice, Insight Canada
- Danielle Olson, director, eCommerce client and partner engagement
- Jamie Werve, vice president, digital commerce
At Insight, we are committed to changing the face of the IT industry to better represent the diverse clientele we serve. Our values of hunger, heart, and harmony drive our success, and we take pride in creating opportunities for everyone.
We also focus on building a diverse foundation across our organization. Our Women With Insight and She’s Insight teammate resource groups have over 800 participants, including male allies through our Allies-in-Action cohorts. We partner with organizations like Women in Cloud, WIT Network, WECAN, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and ATHENA Emerging Leadership Program to advance women in technology. Further, over 40% of our senior executives (SVP and above) and 40% of our board of directors are women.
Congratulations to all our Women of the Channel — you should all be very proud of the impact you’re making for our clients, partners, and communities.
CRN’s 2025 Women of the Channel and Power 80 lists can be seen online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.
Jen Vasin
Chief Human Resources Officer, Insight
Jen Vasin is Insight’s chief human resources officer, guiding a global human resources team that supports more than 14,000 teammates and leaders. Since joining Insight in 2008, she has helped drive 14 acquisitions, significantly enhanced teammate engagement, and implemented impactful organizational development, leadership, and Diversity & Inclusion programs on a global scale.
