February, 2025 | Updated June 2, 2025

The DEN (Digital Executive Network) is excited to introduce DEN Women, part of our inaugural Cohorts Program, designed to build on meaningful and consistent connections among members.

The DEN Women Cohort is a group of senior leading women who gather to connect, collaborate, and elevate one another through sharing the tools, network, and inspiration needed to lead with confidence and clarity in a constantly evolving industry.

Co-led by Meghan Holzhauer, Founder of Stojo (formely STATE Bags CMO) and Rebecca Zarate, Founder/CMO of WeClique (formerly Redbubble CMO), DEN Women focuses on leadership development, peer-mentorship, and strategies for advancing women in leadership.

The group gathers around topics that matter most: career planning, emerging industry trends, building your AI tech stack, mastering self-care, and growing your personal brand. Whether you're exploring new channels or building community around your brand, this cohort is designed to support your next move, with a circle of women who get it.

Explore more on our DEN Women Cohort Leaders, past events, and upcoming programming below. If you're interested in joining this dedicated group of women, submit an interest form!

Meghan Holzhauer

Co-Founder & CMO, Stojo | NYC

Passionate design and personal style enthusiast, Meghan outfits her home and wardrobe with vintage and secondhand finds. She’s excited to lead this cohort and connect with the brilliant minds behind bold brands.

Currently obsessed with AI (who isn’t!?), she brings a natural ability to connect people, ideas, and energy. She creates warm, fun, collaborative spaces where everyone is encouraged to shine.

Thrilled to co-lead with Rebecca, they complement each other with a balance of creative and operational strengths. She’s looking forward to deepening her connection to the DEN community.

Rebecca Zarate

Founder & CMO, WeClique | SF Bay

Before her retail marketing career, Rebecca spent years in the art world—running a gallery and placing artists in notable collections. Now, she’s thrilled to lead the DEN Women cohort and bring dynamic women together to collaborate, grow, and amplify each other’s impact.

She’s currently obsessed with social shopping and how it’s reshaping commerce through community and interactivity. Her secret sauce? Building inspiring communities that spark action.

She creates spaces where real talk, accountability, and bold ideas thrive and is excited for her and Meghan's balanced vision and execution, as well as deepening her leadership and network through this experience.

What We Having Upcoming...

If you haven't already, fill out the interest form to be considered for the cohort, and get invited to future programming.

July 17 – Leadership Unfiltered: An Unscripted Forum

An open-format roundtable exclusively for senior leading women of DEN. This is a space for candid, unscripted conversations around what’s top of mind, from leadership challenges to personal reflections.

These mastermind-style sessions invite participants to share vulnerabilities, unpack critical decisions, and explore opportunities—tapping into the collective experience of fellow executives. Whether you’re navigating complex team dynamics, scaling your business, or seeking new perspectives, this is a space to get actionable insights, resources, and support from peers who understand the stakes at your level.

No strict agenda. No filters. Just real conversations, peer connection, and leadership growth.

September 10 – Topic TBA
October 23 – Topic TBA
December 4 – Leadership Unfiltered: An Unscripted Forum

An open-format roundtable exclusively for senior leading women of DEN, this is a space for candid, unscripted conversations around what’s top of mind, from leadership challenges to personal reflections.

These mastermind-style sessions invite participants to share vulnerabilities, unpack critical decisions, and explore opportunities—tapping into the collective experience of fellow executives. Whether you’re navigating complex team dynamics, scaling your business, or seeking new perspectives, this is a space to get actionable insights, resources, and support from peers who understand the stakes at your level.

No strict agenda. No filters. Just real conversations, peer connection, and leadership growth.

-- Future Topic Examples --

Tariff Planning
Assessing Your Tech Stack & DTC Trends
Self Care Mastery as a Woman in Leadership
Emerging Channels: Substack, Podcasting, ++
Personal Branding

What We've Been Up To...

March 6 – DEN Women Kickoff

We officially launched the DEN Women Cohort with a dynamic virtual kickoff hosted by its co-leads on March 6, 2025. An impressive group of leaders gathered to connect, share input, and align on the year ahead, establishing a focus on the following programming pillars every ~6 weeks:

✨ Connections that Count – Impactful networking, mentorship & peer collaboration
🚀 Edge of Innovation – Exploring emerging tech & industry trends
🌱 Owning Your Path – Leadership growth & well-being

📑 Kickoff SlidesJust a week after the virtual kickoff, we hosted The Executive Women's Circle: A Women's History Month Brunch in New York City. It was an eventful afternoon–check out those details below!

April 30 – DEN Women x RevelOne: The Evolution of the Talent Market

Our first content-forward session was in collaboration with RevelOne on April 30, taking a look at how AI is redefining hiring, teams, and leadership in a shift from talent scarcity to surplus. Here are the slides!

A few key themes that came up:

Hiring has been slower and more strategic, with AI enabling leaner teams.
We now need to be not only creative and analytical, but AI-literate too.
Project-based interviews, personal branding, and staying top-of-mind are key.
& Above all: human-centered leadership is more important in an AI era, not less.

AI tools and resources mentioned or recommended:

🔹 Redbird – Extract data insights using large language models

*Alison liked its voice-prompt feature. They're at capacity, only taking enterprise.

🔹 Genius AI, Kustomer, Midjourney – for marketing, customer service & visuals

*Sarah saw a 60% productivity boost, and Genius doubled ROAS!

🔹 WunderkindAI – AI-driven performance marketing solution

*A network partner who prioritizes members via educational demos + programming

🔹 Icon – AI-powered creative/ad strategy tool

🔹 Jasper AI – AI writing and content generation
🔹 Writer AI – Enterprise-grade AI writing platform
🔹 Gamma AI – Create engaging presentations powered by AI

🔹 AI Studios by DeepBrain – Create videos using AI avatars and voices

Articles & Podcasts:

June 5 – Building Brand Resilience in Uncertain Times: Community as a Competitive Edge

Community Academy leaders Christa Hull and Michelle Lazar led an engaging virtual discussion focused around building brand resilience, and utilizing community as both a growth and loyalty lever. Christa and Michelle have built communities at brands such as Athleta, Daye, and conceptualized community marketing strategies for lululemon.

In a market defined by constant change, budget pressure, and shifting consumer trust, brands that invest in community aren’t just surviving — they’re thriving. Check out the slides.