Lisa is the CEO and Founder of Gradvantage, a career advisory firm addressing the unique professional needs of young adults. Gradvantage, provides a valuable platform to coach college students and graduates to discover their ideal career paths and navigate the steps to confidently get there. She is also Founder of WomInsight, a company focused on the professional development of women making career transitions.  Lisa has over 30 years coaching college students, young adults, career transitioners, and entrepreneurs on professional development strategies.   Additionally, Lisa has been a professor, Strategist-In-Residence, and student mentor at Iona University, University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences, The Wharton School of Business, and Columbia University where she helps students connect classroom learnings to professional and entrepreneurial opportunities. 

Lisa is also the CEO of Business Boosters Consulting, a business strategy consulting firm and was a Co-Founder of The Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit harnessing the talent of professional women to accelerate small business growth.  Prior to her current work, Lisa worked as a business strategy consultant at American Express, Accenture and Towers Perrin.    

She has developed courses, facilitated workshops, and created mentoring programs in entrepreneurship and career development for corporations, economic development agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions.   Lisa is actively involved in the nonprofit community, having served as Board Chair of the Scarsdale Adult School, a Board Member of the Women’ Enterprise Development Center, and leading student mentoring initiatives on behalf of the University of Pennsylvania and Iona College. 

 Lisa received a BA in International Relations from Penn, an MBA from Wharton, and an MA in International Affairs/Spanish from the Lauder Institute.  

Lisa and her husband Jon currently reside between Westchester, New York and New York City.  She has two young adult daughters, one in college and one recently graduated.