Lisa Chacon, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

With a career spanning corporate R&D, Fortune 500 consulting, and startup entrepreneurship, I bring Swiss-army-knife versatility across diverse industries including founding, operations, and consulting. I’m an innovator passionate about cultivating communities of purpose, up-leveling collaboration, unleashing the potential of teams and organizations, and empowering changemakers for systemic and cultural transformation.*** I’m seeking a role to address the world’s greatest challenges, particularly climate change and social justice, by working with people and organizations capable of making significant impact in these areas.***Founder, Operator, Social Impact Leader, Entrepreneurial Advisor:– Co-founded Impact Hub Oakland, a co-working space with a mission to cultivate, connect, and support social entrepreneurs and changemakers. Managed startup, fundraising, operations, finance, partnerships, and program development. – Facilitated and coordinated within a global network of 100+ Impact Hubs, including leading global Impact Hub founders during annual gatherings and programming across multiple Hubs.– ​​Serving as an SBDC Business Advisor for entrepreneurs, providing 1:1 advising, market strategy, and funding readiness support.Experienced Technologist and Facilitator of Innovation – At Corning Incorporated, held diverse roles including research scientist, project manager, people manager, technology & market analyst, and new business strategist. – Inventor on eight patents, including one with $40B+ in sales.– Led project teams from concept through R&D and manufacturing transfer, with a strong track record of bringing “impossible” ideas to market.– Subject matter expert in telecom, display technologies, carbon capture, materials, chemistry, and chemical processes.Strategy and Sustainability Consultant to Fortune 500s– Lead commercialization strategy for new tech to identify new/adjacent growth markets.– Created an innovation practice, delivering workshops to support JDAs between major technology corporations.– Led sustainability consulting and systems analysis in bio-based chemicals, biofuels, recycling, and product stewardship.– Co-founded a consulting firm offering strategy, sustainability, org dev, and marketing. Engagements included branding and market strategy for a voluntary certification for the oil and gas industry and sustainable packaging for a Seattle-based coffee company.– Advised on Indigenous economic development and bio-cultural stewardship, including roles with Salmon Nation Trust and The Fountain.

Listed skills include Management Consulting, Sustainability, Strategy, Leadership, and 28 others.