CMO School — Pavilion

The board added AI to your plate without asking.

Eight weeks on the board narrative, GTM alignment, and the judgment to spend real money on AI and defend the spend as a CMO.

Wednesdays · 3:00 PM ETEight live sessions · 90 minutes each
Next cohort begins November 3Open to Pavilion Executive Members

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Current cohort underway · enrollment closed

The current cohort is already running, so enrollment is closed. Raise your hand for the next cohort — beginning November 3 — and we'll follow up with the program details and time to talk through your goals.

Open to Pavilion Executive Members.

What you walk out with.

Frameworks and judgment you can use the next time you're in front of the CEO and board.

A point of view you can defend

A clear narrative for the CEO and board, not reactive answers.

A board-meeting playbook

Walk in prepared for the questions that always come.

One GTM story

Messaging and positioning your teams and launches reinforce.

A GTM operating cadence

Clear ownership across the funnel and a rhythm that holds.

A marketing org design

Structure that fits your stage and the roles that matter most.

A credible plan and budget

Planning and budgeting that earns CFO confidence.

The reality of the CMO role.

You're accountable to the board for outcomes that depend on teams, systems, and signals you don't fully own.

74%of graduates credit a Pavilion course with landing a promotion or new role
88%of CMO School alumni say it helped them justify marketing's impact to boards and CEOs
Accountable without control
Impact that's hard to prove
Alignment without authority

You're carrying all of it. You don't have to carry it alone.

What members say.

From the marketing leaders who've been through the room.

The full curriculum.

Eight working sessions led by current and former CMOs. Each one delivers strategies and takeaways you can use right away.

Wednesdays · 3:00–4:30 PM ET · Dates below reflect the current cohort (September 16 – November 11); the next cohort begins November 3. No session the week of Pavilion GTM (Sep 28–Oct 1). Sessions and speakers are subject to change.

SessionDateTopicInstructor
S1Wed Sep 16Don't Get Fired: 15 Years of Lessons as a Marketing LeaderKyle Lacy, CMO, Docebo
S2Wed Sep 23The CMO Career: Longevity, Impact, and Personal StrategyJoe Staples, GTM Advisor & Board Member
S3Wed Oct 7Tip of the Spear: Planning, Budgeting, and AccountabilityAllison Munro, Chief Marketing & Ecosystem Officer, Vena
S4Wed Oct 14Stories Matter: Messaging, Positioning & Product MarketingDan Levy, Founder, Storyline
S5Wed Oct 21We Are Better Together: GTM Alignment and Operating CadenceJeff Ignacio, Founder, RevOps Impact
S6Wed Oct 28The CMO's BDR/SDR Blueprint: Activate Higher-Converting Pipeline, Whether You Own the Team or Support ItVince Koehler
S7Wed Nov 4Topic to be announcedTim Rutten
S8Wed Nov 11Org Design: Building a Marketing Team That Actually WorksRuth Zive, CMO, Voices

Taught by CMOs doing the job now.

Current and former CMOs who've carried the role through growth, resets, and board pressure.

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Kyle Lacy

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CMO at Docebo, leading global brand, demand, and go-to-market. Nearly two decades scaling marketing teams, with prior CMO and SVP roles at Jellyfish, Seismic, Lessonly, Salesforce, ExactTarget, and OpenView. He writes the Revenue Diaries newsletter.

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The guest faculty

Current and former CMOs

Joe Staples (GTM advisor & board member), Allison Munro (Vena), Dan Levy (Storyline), Jeff Ignacio (RevOps Impact), Vince Koehler, Tim Rutten, and Ruth Zive (Voices).

8 weeks, live
90-min sessions
Led by CMOs
Executive members only

Before you raise your hand.

Who's in the room?
VP Marketing, Heads of Marketing, and CMOs in B2B SaaS. CMO School is open to Pavilion Executive Members, so you're learning alongside peers with similar scope and accountability.
Who teaches this, and do they get what I'm dealing with?
Current and former CMOs who've carried the role through growth, resets, board pressure, and change. It's perspective from people who've made real decisions with real consequences, not recycled best practices.
How much time does it take?
Ninety minutes a week for eight weeks. The program is built to respect executive calendars and spend that time on the conversations that move your thinking forward.
Is this just another community of marketers swapping ideas?
No. It's a cohort of senior operators accountable for outcomes. Expect direct feedback, real debate, and shared context, not surface-level idea trading or motivational content.

Built for CMOs doing the job in real time.

If you're carrying the responsibility and learning the role as you go, raise your hand for the next cohort, beginning November 3. We'll follow up with the program details, then find time to talk through your goals.

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