Lisa is an impact-driven entrepreneur with a passion for helping individuals and organizations achieve sustainable well-being, impact, and success – all built on the foundation of their unique strengths, values, and purpose.
Lisa has been a certified professional coach, emotional intelligence coach/trainer, and organizational development leader for nearly 20 years. Having served in leadership positions in a variety of corporate, government, advocacy, philanthropy, and consulting organizations throughout the country, she brings a breadth and depth of experience that results in holistic, systems thinking and a unique ability to integrate an organization’s “what, why and how” throughout its strategic and cultural initiatives. She’s known for her supportive, thought-provoking coaching approach and a commitment to fostering trust, accountability, and shared commitment with colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders. Lisa has a passion for cultivating connection, finding common ground among diverse stakeholders, and co-creating positive change. She is especially energized by participating in cross-sector collaborations and achieving results in challenging, complex environments where the opportunity for transformation and impact is often the greatest.
Career Experiences. Prior to founding Purpose Journey®, Lisa honed her organizational and leadership development skills in the private sector where she helped manage culture development and outcome acceleration initiatives. She has deep knowledge and experience in strategic communication and stakeholder engagement, cultivated throughout her career across a wide variety of sectors and industries. She worked on Capitol Hill, as director of communications and a spokesperson to a U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, and federal agency board member and held management roles at some of the nation’s top PR firms, specializing in organizational communications; trust-based stakeholder engagement; and issues, reputation, and crisis management for agency clients.
Education & Credentials. While her most impactful learning and growth has been (and continues to be) through life experience, Lisa highly values formal education and training. She earned two graduate degrees from American University in Washington, DC – a Master of Public Administration and Policy (2020) and a Master of Public Communication (2000). She earned her undergraduate degree in Government and Broadcasting from Northwest Missouri State University. Lisa in an ICF-certified coach through the College of Executive Coaching and holds many specialized certifications in organizational development, leadership, coaching, and facilitation. She also completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training and other programs related to operational excellence through Villanova University.
Community Service & Contribution. Lisa’s call to be a change and impact-maker was seeded when she was just a young girl, growing up in a family (especially her mother!) that prioritized community service, helping others, and living a life of kindness and compassion.
Several key events in her childhood served as the initial catalysts for a life-long commitment to advocacy. The tragic death of Lisa’s infant sister, Jaime, inspired her involvement in children’s health, a commitment that has grown stronger over the years. Lisa began her environmental activism as a teenager. As a student journalist, Lisa researched and wrote about federal plans to clean-up the radioactive waste site located less than a mile from her high school. The experience was one of the first in which she realized she wasn’t one to sit on the sidelines when citizen action was needed, and she has consistently stepped up to lend her voice, resources, and tenacious energy to create positive change and impact in the communities where she lives and works.
As a business owner and entrepreneur, Lisa has contributed hundreds of hours of professional pro-bono and volunteer service to local and national causes. Just a few examples include: founding purpose workshop facilitator and Leadership Team member for the Blue Zones Project® of Southwest Florida, as well as a Community Partner to David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health. As a former lifeguard and swim instructor, Lisa serves as a member of the Drowning Prevention Committee of the Safe and Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County. She also served on the Board of Trustees at Unity of Naples Church for six years, including two years as President facilitating a leadership transition and Hurricane Irma recovery.
A primary interest for the last 15 years has been teaching and coaching around the power of emotional intelligence as a catalyst for personal, relationship, organizational, and societal transformation. which she believes are the foundational for any meaningful, authentic, and lasting change. She has served as State of Florida and Southwest Florida Citizen Leader for No Labels, a Washington DC-based non-profit promoting bipartisan problem-solving and civil discourse.
See the Community Impact section on our About page for more about Lisa and Purpose Journey’s service work, and how we are helping individuals and organizations become more active and effective impact-makers through our Community Impact Concierge service.
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