Lisa Levey is the Women’s Advancement and Work-Life Practice Leader for Diversity Best Practices. Lisa is a veteran consultant, having worked for nearly two decades with many of the most admired companies in the world to assist them in the creation of work environments where women (and men) can thrive. In 2012 Lisa published The Libra Solution: Shedding Excess and Redefining Success at Work and at Home profiling a highly-shared and gender-flexible career and family management model for dual career couples. She is a thought leader providing a fresh perspective on the continuing evolution of gender roles in both the personal and professional spheres.   

Some of Lisa’s clients include Johnson & Johnson, Exxon Mobil, the New York City Bar, Campbell Soup Company, Texas Instruments, and Wal-Mart. Lisa’s international work has encompassed consulting to the United Nations on work-life strategy in the creation of UN Women in 2011 and with the Icelandic Ministry of Trade and Industry on placing women on corporate boards.  Lisa has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Real Simple magazine among other publications and has spoken at industry conferences and corporate events on diversity, women’s development, and work-life management.

Lisa spent several years as a Senior Director in Advisory Services at Catalyst, spearheading the development of the work-life effectiveness workshop delivered to senior leaders and management at all levels and heading up the employee network practice. She also played a key role in the development of the women’s advancement practice at WFD (formerly Work/Family Directions).  Her first career was in investment management as a research analyst and associate portfolio manager.

Lisa and her husband Bryan have been featured in Fast Company magazine and on ABC News with Charlie Gibson in stories about a partnership approach to parenting and professional work. They are raising two sons. Lisa earned an MBA with highest honors from the Simmons School of Management (the only business school developed specifically for women leaders) and a BS with distinction from Cornell University in applied economics.