Lisa Lawson is a C-Suite executive, attorney and ESG expert with 30 years of leadership experience across the private, public and nonprofit sectors. Lisa currently serves as the president and chief executive officer of The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a $3.5B national philanthropy organization. She has skillfully managed relationships with policymakers, regulators, media and communities for a Fortune 50 company. Lisa creatively solves problems, collaborates across sectors, and serves as a thought partner in navigating complex stakeholder and business challenges. Her governance experience has included engaging with organizations to mitigate risk, refine strategies, implement a succession plan for the CEO and retiring board members, and identify metrics for success.

Lisa is chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond where she sits on the executive and audit and risk committees and was previously on the national information technology committee. She is also vice chair of the Conference of Chairs comprised of the board leadership of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. She is an advisory board member for a division of cloud communications company Twilio (NYSE: TWLO). She previously served as board chair of Casebook PBC, a startup case management software company. Lisa serves on the finance and audit committee of the Casey Foundation board which also manages its endowment investments. She is co-chair of the skills and talent committee of the Greater Washington Partnership, an alliance of CEOs focused on inclusive growth.