
Nerissa Sardi
CEO & Founder, CMO Exchange | Marketing Executive & Speaker
Bringing senior marketing executives together around the relationships, ideas, and opportunities that move them forward.
Nerissa Sardi has built her career on understanding how people decide: what they value, what earns their trust, and what turns attention into lasting relationships.
Background
that work has centered on connecting distinct audiences” becomes “that work has centered on bringing distinct audiences together. She has led marketing at Discogs, Galileo Learning, and MedSpring Urgent Care, with senior marketing and leadership roles across eBay, Oracle, FindLaw, Upwork, and Informa. Her approach is grounded in data, performance, and a practical understanding of how people, teams, and business priorities align.
Today, Nerissa is CEO and Founder of CMO Exchange, a community for client side marketing and growth executives, and previously served as Executive Director and owner of Club CMO.
Alongside CMO Exchange, Nerissa advises CEOs and marketing executives as an interim and fractional partner, helping organizations clarify strategy, align teams, and tie marketing decisions to measurable business outcomes.
Nerissa speaks with executive and industry audiences about marketing, growth, community, organizational change, and

the evolving role of senior marketing executives. Her perspective draws from two decades as a practitioner that spans mid-market and enterprise across technology, business services, healthcare, and consumer sectors, where she helps marketing leaders turn strategy into revenue. as well as ongoing conversations with CMOs and growth executives through CMO Exchange.
Areas of Expertise & Perspective
- Marketing strategy, growth, and transformation
- Connecting audiences in multi-sided businesses and marketplaces
- Marketing organization design and executive alignment
- Community and relationship-driven growth
- The evolving role and career of the CMO
- Practical applications of AI in marketing

