Laura DuBois, Global VP Product Management, N-able

N-able, Inc. announced head nerd Stefanie Hammond and head nerds program manager and coordinator Sarah Rice are among the women leaders celebrated in CRN’s annual Women of the Channel (WOTC) list.

Additionally, CRN honored senior program manager Laura Benning as one of the year’s top 100 Rising Female Stars. The third annual list celebrates the IT channel’s up-and-coming, dedicated, driven women who are leaving their mark and making a difference for solution providers everywhere.

Keeping focus on its women leaders, the company announced 2 executive hires:
• Laura DuBois, global VP of product management. Joining from Dell Technologies, she has decades of experience in the IT software and services industry including leadership positions in product management, consulting, and engineering. In this new role, she is applying her skills and leadership to better align business and customer needs with product execution and delivery.

• Casandra Brice, VP of partner success. With more than 15 years of executive experience in several fields including customer success, account management, and professional services, she joins to help lead the journey toward earning more fans as a partner-centric organization.

“Our people are our biggest differentiator at N-able, so it is extremely rewarding to see Stefanie, Sarah, and Laura spotlighted for their contributions and to announce the leadership appointments of Casandra and Laura,” says Kathleen Pai, chief people officer, and one of the top HR professionals working today. “Creating an inclusive environment that supports a sense of belonging for all is an important and growing part of N-able. It’s one of the many reasons we believe we continue to attract and retain great talent and deliver an unrivaled employee and partner experience. Congratulations to Stefanie, Sarah and Laura, and welcome Casandra and Laura.“

The Channel Company’s 2022 powerhouse lists – WOTC and Rising Female Stars – are hand-selected by the CRN editorial team. This year’s WOTC honorees come from all corners of the IT channel, celebrating those leaders whose vision, expertise, and contributions make an impact on the industry every day. The Rising Female Stars honorees were selected in large part on the recommendations from channel chiefs and other channel management executives across the industry for demonstrating an aptitude to growing their respective channel partner programs and initiatives through a variety of disciplines, including marketing, channel program management, and partner engagement.

Channel Leaders Focused on Empowering MSPs and Earning More Fans
With decades of MSP sales and marketing experience, Hammond’s role within the head nerds centers on helping MSPs accelerate their business growth through proactive, meaningful, and sustainable sales and marketing efforts. Year to date, he engaged with hundreds of MSPs on topic, served as a subject matter expert for speaking engagements, and architected several frameworks to help MSPs refine their practices.

In her role as the head nerds program manager, Rice has worked across the organization to expand and elevate firm’s head nerds program. Over the last several months, she has welcomed new head nerds, introduced and promoted new resources, and continues to ensure the team of experts is properly resourced and remains easily accessible to N-able MSPs and prospects worldwide via online engagement, dedicated office hours, and live and virtual events.

Energized by her new title of Rising Female Star, Benning’s focus is on enhancing the program management framework she built to help N-able and its partners to migrate large organizations over successfully and securely to the firm’s product suite. Her efforts are proven to help N-able’s MSPs and their customers realize greater time to value, which leads to more productivity and profit potential by establishing processes which maximize time management and work to ensure a more stable and secure transition.

CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel list is featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and online. The CRN Female Rising Stars list is featured online at  and in a special July issue of CRN Magazine.