Sheana Hamill

Sheana Hamill is the Co-Founder of Podium Project, a global marketing executive, Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, and visibility advocate helping women turn expertise into economic opportunity. With more than 20 years of experience across B2B marketing, brand strategy, go-to-market leadership, and executive communications, Sheana has built a career at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and growth.

Sheana often describes herself as an “accidental marketer.” She earned a degree in Political Science with early aspirations of working on Capitol Hill, but her career path shifted when she accepted a contract role at a small 20-person company in Annapolis, Maryland. There, she found herself wearing multiple hats, many of them in marketing, and discovered a natural affinity for the work. Her curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to take on unfamiliar challenges became defining traits early in her career.

That organization was later acquired by a large UK-based company, beginning an 11-year period of rapid professional and organizational growth. During her tenure, the company expanded from 20 employees to more than 200 through acquisition and ultimately became part of an organization of approximately 1,500 employees. Sheana advanced through multiple promotions by consistently stepping into new responsibilities, learning quickly, and building capabilities through experience.

After reaching the C-suite as a Chief Marketing Officer, Sheana experienced four involuntary career transitions, a reality that reshaped her understanding of corporate stability, leadership, and the structural challenges many professionals, particularly women, face in traditional systems. As a primary financial provider for her family, those experiences sharpened her belief that women cannot rely on talent alone. They need visibility, relationships, reputation, and portable economic power.

That belief ultimately led her to co-found Podium Project, a platform designed to help women translate their expertise into visibility, credibility, and opportunity. Based in Houston, Texas, Podium Project provides speaker development, professional assets, experiential events, and accessible pathways to stages. Its one-day speaker experiences bring the stage directly to participants, equipping women with filmed talks, speaker reels, professional photography, messaging support, and the tools to be seen, heard, and recognized.

Sheana’s work is grounded in the belief that visibility is not vanity — it is infrastructure for income, influence, leadership, and opportunity. Through Podium Project, she is helping close the gender gap in speaking and leadership representation by supporting women who are ready to share their stories, claim their expertise, and access new rooms. The initiative also partners with nonprofit organizations to support a scholarship fund, expanding access for women who may not otherwise be able to invest in their visibility.

In parallel, Sheana hosts Womenthology, a LinkedIn Live series she has led for more than a year and a half, spotlighting women whose leadership, lived experience, and expertise deserve greater recognition. The series was born from a pattern she has seen throughout her career: many accomplished women have powerful stories, but have not always been given the tools, platforms, or permission to articulate them publicly.

Through Podium Project, Womenthology, and her broader work as a strategist and ecosystem builder, Sheana is committed to increasing visibility, economic opportunity, and access for women. Her mission is to connect talent, capital, community, and opportunity so that more diverse voices are seen, heard, valued, and compensated in leadership spaces.