“I couldn’t be more excited to bring my professional and community service experiences to support this amazing organization. Everyone should have equal access to education and opportunities providing them with the ability to pursue and achieve their full potential. We will all benefit from untapped creativity, knowledge, and ideas that an individual brings forward when given confidence and resources. Economic circumstances should not limit the impact someone can make on our world.”

~ Debbie Kestin Schildkraut

Ms. Schildkraut draws on nearly three decades as a marketing strategist—primarily in the technology industry, starting in the advertising agency business, spending the bulk of her career at IBM in a variety of marketing and social impact roles, and then as Vice President Global Community Engagement for the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). She also founded Kestin Impact Consulting LLC, and continues to be widely sought out for her deep knowledge of emerging technologies including AI Applications, Blockchain, and the Metaverse, as well as Cloud, hardware, and software solutions.

Most recently, Ms. Schildkraut was appointed to the position of Vice President – Business Marketing for the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). In this role she is responsible for channel marketing, account-based marketing, and customer experience, among other strategic initiatives.

As a keynote speaker and panel moderator, Ms. Schildkraut shares best practices around the power of building communities and creating content to address marketing hurdles businesses face, with a focus on SMB and MSP companies and how they can build their brand presence. Among her popular topics include building community and customer relationships, fostering diverse and inclusive work environments, in addition to creating employee engagement, content marketing, social innovation, sustainability, work-life balance, and mental fitness.

Ms. Schildkraut has received numerous industry awards. She has been recognized multiple years as a CRN Woman of the Channel, received the CompTIA Advancing Diversity in Technology Award (2021), as well as the CompTIA Advancing Women in Technology Award (2020). She has also received Outstanding Volunteer and Most Innovative Chapter Awards from Hadassah Medical Organization where she served in various Board positions at the national, regional, and local levels. She received the Outstanding Alumni Volunteer Award from the State University of New York at Albany, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from their prestigious School of Business and double majored in Business Administration/Marketing and Music. She was Commencement Speaker and remained very active with the University serving in a variety of alumni leadership roles, including Founder and President of the School of Business Alumni Association, as well as serving in several roles on the Board of Directors for the University.

Ms. Schildkraut is a proud mom of two children and served as the Middlesex County STEM Academy Foundation President, High School Band Parents Association President, Girls Scout Troop Leader, and numerous other positions in her local community.