Lisa Jordan

Biography

Lisa is a senior philanthropic executive with a twenty-year career focused on impact and systemic change. She has worked with numerous foundations and family offices on program and portfolio development. She has served as CEO of Bernard van Leer Foundation, Chief Strategy Officer at Porticus Foundation, and in leadership positions at the Ford Foundation. Early in her career, Lisa was a founding director and visionary of what is now the largest parliamentary body in the world focused on the environment, the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE). Lisa is a well-known speaker and author on democracy and globalization. She has a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals, a book 'NGO Accountability' and is deeply committed to strengthening civil society. In 2018 she was named in the Netherlands as one of the top ten influencers in civil society.