Lisa, Katz, Senior Vice President – Innovation & Policy, Global Link International Lisa advances education and advocacy on behalf of Michigan’s innovation ecosystem, including policy and storytelling. Her goals are to attract and retain strategic startups and investment and cultivate transformative partnerships from around the world. Her past work emphasized regional innovation strategies grounded in talent, entrepreneurship, and cluster-based economic development. She has extensive nonprofit executive, philanthropic, and other experience and has helped secure $hundreds of millions in public investment for regional transformation efforts. Her work has been recognized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development and the U.S. General Accounting Office. Lisa serves on numerous nonprofit boards and is conversational in Spanish. She has a Master’s of Public Administration (University of Michigan), Bachelor’s in International Relations and Certification in Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Michigan State University). A Rotary International Ambassadorial Fellow, she undertook additional graduate studies at the Latin American Faculty for Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I have focused my entire academic and professional career around tech-centric economic transformation strategies with deep (and integrated) dives into talent, entrepreneurship, and cluster strategies. While I am a lifelong Michigander, I have been fortunate to cultivate work and experiences that have helped me to foster global ties, relationships, and perspectives. This includes living for one year in Argentina, earning a minor in Spanish, and a certificate in Latin American and Caribbean studies. I would love to continue my growth and deepen my relationships with others from the Americas who share my passion around equitable and transformational economic development.
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