Women Who Accelerate and Lead. Nominate her story. Celebrate her impact.
A Program That Recognizes What Comes Next
The Revenue Room™ Vanguard Awards honor women executives at C-suite, EVP, and SVP level who are producing measurable business outcomes through revenue leadership, data and AI strategy, marketing transformation, product innovation, and enterprise AI deployment. There is no cost to participate and no cost to win.
The 2026 Awards
Two are selected by the program committee. Five are open to nominations from sponsors, members, peers, and self-nominations — nominations are complimentary, with no limit on the number you may submit. If a nominee's work spans categories, separate nominations may be submitted with distinct content for each.
Top Awards — Selected by Committee
A current CEO, Founder/CEO, President/CEO, or equivalent enterprise leader whose vision and leadership are redefining her company and the broader industry.
An extraordinary woman whose career has made an enduring contribution to journalism, editorial leadership, and the public value of trusted information.
Awards Selected by Nomination
Recognizes a senior leader who has turned data, analytics, or AI into measurable enterprise value — moving beyond isolated dashboards or pilots to a capability that improves decisions, operations, or competitive advantage at scale.
Nominate Now →Recognizes a senior marketing leader whose work has materially improved brand position, audience growth, demand generation, and commercial performance. Impressions and content volume alone are not sufficient — impact must connect to business outcomes.
Nominate Now →Recognizes a senior product leader who created, launched, or scaled a customer-facing product delivering measurable customer and commercial value. The product must be live and producing real results — internal tools belong under Data & AI Leadership.
Nominate Now →Recognizes a senior commercial leader who has materially strengthened her organization's performance and long-term value — through revenue growth, profitability, margin, retention, pricing, or go-to-market transformation. Not limited to top-line growth alone.
Nominate Now →Recognizes the most effective, original, and commercially valuable AI agent deployed by an eligible company — a named agent live in production for at least 60 days, performing real actions with measurable results and responsible oversight.
Nominate Now →Published Criteria
A nomination strong on one dimension but weak on others will not advance. Strength across all five is required. Eligible entries are evaluated independently using this weighted, evidence-based rubric — sponsorship, membership, and commercial relationships have no influence on eligibility, finalist selection, or winner outcomes.
Category viability. Each competitive category needs at least five qualified nominations to move forward to judging — the more nominations a category receives, the stronger its slate. Up to three finalists may be selected per category, and winners are revealed live at Revenue Room™ Salon.
Independent Judging Committee
An independent panel scores every nomination against the five published criteria. Each nomination is reviewed by three judges.
Judges evaluate only the nomination and its submitted supporting evidence — no independent outside research is conducted. Recusal for any conflict of interest is requested and reviewed before assignment.
Eligibility
Both self-nominations and third-party nominations are accepted. A nominee may be submitted in more than one category. Technology vendors, agencies, consultants, and systems integrators are not eligible nominee organizations — but they may nominate qualifying customers and be captured as contributing technology partners. Revenue Room™ membership is not required.
Before You Nominate
A quick walkthrough of the nomination process on Judgify — including how to clone your submission if you'd like to nominate the same person for more than one award.
Public, peer, sponsor, curated, and self-nominations are all accepted for the competitive categories. Third-party nominations require nominee review and approval before advancing.
2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
Cindi Leive, CEO & Founder of The Meteor, accepts her award at Revenue Room™ Salon.
For the Winner
In addition to the recognition below, finalists receive a public social media announcement and a press release issued by The Revenue Room™ before the event.
2025 CEO Vanguard Award
Jessica Sibley, CEO of TIME, accepts her award in front of the Revenue Room™ Salon audience.
Technology and Partner Disclosure
Nominations include a structured technology and partner section that records every platform, tool, vendor, and implementation partner that contributed to the initiative — vendor name, technology category, and role (primary platform, integration partner, implementation partner, agency, etc.). Up to five technology vendors may be captured per nomination; the first is required.
Named technology partners may be referenced in winner profiles, editorial use cases, and program research with the nominee's approval.
Editorial policy. The Revenue Room™ writes each winner use case independently. Sponsors and vendors may not direct the content, shape the narrative, or approve the editorial framing prior to publication — but named partners are featured, credited as the technology partner, and have full rights to reuse the published content for their own marketing purposes.
Questions
No. Nominations are complimentary, and there is no cost to nominate, become a finalist, or win.
Yes, self-nominations are permitted unless the rules for a particular category state otherwise.
Yes. Sponsors, vendors, colleagues, managers, board members, clients, partners, and other legitimate business contacts may submit nominations. The relationship must be disclosed accurately.
Multiple nominations may be permitted, subject to any event-level or category-level submission limits.
Available editing and draft options depend on the event configuration. All required information must be completed and the entry must be formally submitted before the deadline.
Supporting materials are optional unless a category specifically requires them. Written nomination responses must be complete and understandable without relying exclusively on attachments or external links.
Information submitted will be used for judging and awards administration. Nominators should not provide trade secrets, restricted personal data, or information they are not authorized to disclose.
Yes, but its use must be disclosed accurately. The nominator remains responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the entire submission.
Please contact chris@h2klabs.com before the nomination deadline.
