Lisa Shalett is an accomplished senior executive, corporate advisor and independent board director, with a remarkable breadth of leadership and operational experience over her 25+ year career, including 13 years as a Goldman Sachs Partner. Well-known as a trusted connector and sought-after thought partner, Lisa advises companies of all stages on growth and innovation. Her expertise spans global risk and crisis management, capital markets, marketing, digital transformation, talent development, and governance. Her leadership experience includes managing Goldman’s brand during the financial crisis.
Lisa Shalett is an accomplished senior executive, corporate advisor and independent board director, with a remarkable breadth of leadership and operational experience over her 25+ year career, including 13 years as a Goldman Sachs Partner. Well-known as a trusted connector and sought-after thought partner, Lisa advises companies of all stages on growth and innovation. Her expertise spans global risk and crisis management, capital markets, marketing, digital transformation, talent development, and governance. Her leadership experience includes managing Goldman’s brand during the financial crisis.
Lisa left Goldman Sachs in 2015 to bring her considerable skills into the tech startup ecosystem and into corporate boardrooms. She currently sits on the boards of PennyMac Financial (NASDAQ: PFSI), AccuWeather, and digital agency Bully Pulpit Interactive. In 2017, she founded Extraordinary Women on Boards, an influential peer-to-peer community of hundreds of women corporate directors focused on advancing board excellence, modernizing governance, and increasing board diversity. Lisa chairs the board of Generation W, is a Distinguished Scholar at Duke University’s Coach K/Fuqua Center on Leadership and Ethics, and a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Conference on Leaders of Character at West Point. She supports high-impact entrepreneurs around the world, as an International Selection Panelist and mentor for Endeavor.org. She is a frequent speaker and podcaster, coach and mentor, committed to diversity and leadership initiatives and to paying it forward. Lisa has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA, summa cum laude, in East Asian Studies (Japan) from Harvard.
