Holly B. Hunt & Mel Kolinski Elected as New Board Members
ORANGE, CALIF. – January 13, 2025 – Alliance of Channel Women, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of female leaders in the indirect channel of the telecom and IT industry, announced today its 2025-26 Board of Directors, who lead ACW’s mission to accelerate the growth of female technology channel leaders. The organization has elected two new board members who will serve two-year terms beginning in January 2025.
Newly elected board members include:
Holly B. Hunt, Vice President of Channel Sales – East North America for Cipher, and Chair of the ACW Communications Committee for the past two years
Mel Kolinski, Director of Channel Development for Ostra Cybersecurity, Co-Chair of the ACW Events Committee and Co-Moderator for the ACW Local Chapter in Minnesota.
“We’re pleased to welcome these two incredible women to the ACW leadership team,” said ACW President Mayka Rosales-Peterson, Vice President of Marketing for LAVA Technology Services. “Both have contributed to ACW’s growth and success as volunteer leaders of our Committees and Local Chapters. We look forward to their contributions as we celebrate our 15th year of empowering channel women.”
Rosales-Peterson has served as ACW’s President for one year and will continue in that role in 2025. She is joined by three additional officers serving the second years of their terms, including:
Vice President Akilah Murrell, Senior Manager of Channel Marketing at 360insights
Treasurer Ashley Cole, Senior Channel Manager at AppDirect and ACW Finance Committee Chair
Secretary Sommer Figone, Senior Manager, Marketing at RapidScale and ACW Events Committee Chair
Returning board members include:
Madison Beedy, National Channel Manager at EarthLink and ACW Sponsorship Committee Chair
Staci Corbett, Senior Manager, Channel Marketing at Fusion Connect and ACW DEI&B Committee Chair
Tracy Hali, Vice President of Sales Operations for Intelisys and member of the ACW Mentorship and Local Chapters committees
Maureen O’Connell, Senior Director of National Partner Sales at Comcast Business and Local Chapters Committee Chair
Jackie Steinberg, Channel Chief at DartPoints and ACW Awards Committee Co-Chair
ACW also acknowledges the extraordinary contributions of outgoing board members, including:
Brittany Caito, National Partner Director at Nextiva, was a board member and ACW Technology Committee Chair for four years. In that role, she oversaw the association’s website and applications for project management, membership and marketing.
Amanda Jardine, Vice President of Partner Marketing at GoTo, led the ACW Education Committee for four years, first as co-chair and then as chair, producing monthly webinars on topics geared to helping women advance their channel careers.
“We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Brittany Caito and Amanda Jardine for their contributions to advancing ACW’s mission,” said ACW Vice President Murrell. “Their leadership and dedication have been invaluable to keeping the ACW community going strong after 15 years.”
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ACW stands by the principle of rotating leadership, which brings new thought leaders to the group and provides opportunities to as many of its members as possible.
