With over three decades of Fortune 500 Companies HR experience, Lisa previously served as Vice President International HR and Allied Businesses for Lowe’s Home Improvement Company, Inc. In this position, Lisa served as the HR lead for Lowe’s successful entry and growth of an Analytics and Technology Office in Bangalore, India. In addition, Lisa effectively led the HR due diligence for international and domestic mergers and acquisitions. Her responsibilities included developing short- and long-term strategies for all aspects of how the company engages talent for a competitive advantage throughout its Allied Businesses – Orchard, Alacrity, Iris and Porch.com as well as Mexico, Australia and Canada. In addition, Lisa effectively provided HR business consultation to Lowe’s Business Strategy Group, Business Development Group, and International Groups in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Prior to this role, in 2011, Lisa was appointed Vice President Employee Relations and HR Compliance for Lowe’s. In this assignment, Lisa provided strategic leadership, direction and guidance in the areas of employee relations, labor relations, HR processes, policies and HR compliance across 1,800 plus stores and distribution centers for more than 260,000 employees while leading a team of 65 HR professionals. She had P & L responsibilities for her unit. As a part of senior leadership, she interacted effectively with the board on labor relations matters across the enterprise.

From 2001-2010, Lisa served as part of the senior leadership at Chrysler, a $83B global automotive manufacturer. She served as Chief Diversity Officer and Head of Talent Acquisition and Leadership Development. Additional roles at Chrysler included Human Resources Executive for Advance Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Stamping Operations. There she worked effectively with the board during the Obama Administration’s bail-out of the automotive industry including working with the private equity company Cerberus Capital Management and Fiat Chrysler’s executive leadership.

Prior to joining Chrysler in 2001, Lisa was Chief Human Resources Executive and Officer for the $12.9B MGM Grand’s Detroit property. Lisa spearheaded infrastructure development to establish world-class HR practices for a green-field start-up operation and the successful entry of the gaming industry in Detroit. Lisa effectively interacted with the activist investment community. She quickly and easily transitioned from the auto industry to the new gaming industry, led the labor negotiations for the first fully unionized casino in the United States. She was successful in overseeing all elements of HR, including compensation, benefits, labor relations, staffing and training 3,000 employees in four months. As a result, the $1.5M daily revenue casino opened ahead of schedule as the first of three casinos to be competitively positioned in the marketplace adjacent to Canada. As the Head of HR, she attended board meetings and presented regularly on HR strategy development, compensation, and long-term planning.

Lisa began her career at General Motors as an intern and received increasingly progressive leadership roles to become an executive for the $152B global automotive manufacturer. There she served as a production supervisor at the Chevrolet Foundry and excelled to become an executive working at the world headquarters reporting to the Chief HR Officer and interacting with the board as the lead for the Chairman’s Enterprise-Wide Employee Enthusiasm Strategy, The Plan to Win.

Lisa has presented to global audiences representing more than eighty countries on the subject of organizational behavior, change management, workplace morale, employee engagement, work life effectiveness, and diversity and inclusion in such countries as Spain, Switzerland, Korea, India, Canada, Mexico and Germany.

Lisa is currently a member of the Advisory Board for STOPIt, a $20M start-up emerging technology company, specializing in risk mitigation software. Formerly a member of the Lowe’s $21M Charitable & Educational Foundation Board and a member of the Stilman College Board of Trustees and Chair of the Audit Committee. Lisa also served on the White House Steering Committee on Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) during the George W. Bush Administration.

Lisa was voted “One of the most successful business women in Detroit" by the Detroit News, a recipient of the 2018 Charlotte Mecklenburg Times 50 Most Influential Women Award, a 2015 Black Enterprise Magazine Top Executives of Diversity Award, UPTOWN Professional Magazine’s 2012 Top Executives in America, 2011 Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence Award, 2003 Career Communications National Women of Color in Technology Professional Achievement Award.

A native of Greenville, Mississippi, Lisa earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Labor Relations from Michigan State University, Master’s Degree in Management from Central Michigan University and Ph.D., Cum Laude, in Management from California Coast University. She attended the University of Michigan’s Executive Business School and the International Institute Advanced Executive Program for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is married and the mother of two sons. She loves to golf, write, and mentor girls. Read Less ^