Lissa has over twenty years of executive experience catalyzing national and international partnerships between industry, academia and government to drive global science, technology and innovation and build capacity in emerging technologies.

Lissa is the Vice-President of Canada’s Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), a national center of expertise for the digital economy, funded by the Government of Canada. She has held the positions of Vice-President of Corporate Affairs at Innovation Asset Collective; Vice-President of Global Government Affairs at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); President of Science&Tech Collab; Vice-President of International Partnerships at Mitacs; and Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at McGill, among other roles in Canada, the UK and Australia.

Lissa is designated as an ‘Americas Competitiveness Exchange Ambassador’ through the Organization of American States (OAS) and the US Department of Commerce; Co-Chair of the annual Science Summit at the United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA); Board Chair of Public Ventures; Board Director of Science Rendezvous; Advisory Board Member for the Education Project at People for Education, and has sat on the Board of the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies.

Lissa holds a Master of Science in Administration degree, Innovation Governance Certification, Fujitsu Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Project Management Certification and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.