Lisa Eisen is Co-President of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies. She leads the organization’s U.S. Jewish and Gender and Reproductive Equity grantmaking portfolios.
Leading Schusterman’s U.S. Jewish portfolio, Lisa helps foster joyful and inclusive Jewish communities by engaging people with Jewish values, deepening understanding of and connection to Israel, and strengthening the Jewish nonprofit sector. She also works to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship and support for Israel in the U.S.
Lisa was the Founding Board Chair of the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), the iCenter for Israel Education and Repair the World. She currently serves on the boards of the Israel Institute, Leading Edge, and OLAM, and she is the Founding Advisory Board Chair of SRE Network. She also chairs the board of the Gender Equity Action Fund and serves on the Executive Committee of the Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity.
Lisa has helped to expand Schusterman’s grantmaking for more than 20 years, serving as National Director and Vice President before becoming Co-President in 2019. Before joining Schusterman, she served for nine years as the Executive Director of Project Interchange Seminars in Israel. She also served as the D.C. Area Assistant Director for the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative Bart Gordon.
Lisa graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in history and earned her Master of Arts degree with honors in Israeli and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.