Wendi Sturgis

Wendi is the co-founder of a women's community platform, the 611 founded in Aspen Co. Previously, she served as its Chief Executive Officer of Cleverbridge, an ecommerce and payments company from December 2021 to April 2025. She has over twenty-five years of experience as a technology and marketing leader at some of the world’s largest tech companies. Prior to Cleverbridge, Ms. Sturgis was a founding executive at Yext where she worked from 2011 to 2021, serving in multiple roles, including SVP of Sales and Services, Chief Customer Officer, and most recently, CEO of Yext Europe. She has previously held executive positions at Oracle, Gartner, Right Media, and Yahoo!, where she was Vice President of Account Management for North America in charge of the North American Search business. Ms. Sturgis has served on multiple boards including Kustomer, Dailyworth.com, Student Transportation of America, Step Up Women’s Network, and Chair of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board. Ms. Sturgis currently serves as a trustee for the Georgia Tech Foundation.
She is passionate about AI and is currently studying the topic at MIT.