Lisa E. Futterman Email & Phone Number

New York, NY

• Establish and manage the New York City region for this NY State-wide non-profit organization,
• Partner with non-profits, government, businesses and organized labor to support economic and workforce development initiatives
• Assist Career and Technical High Schools and the Department of Education to connect to industry for work-place tours, events and internship opportunities for young people
• Develop skills training to meet industry needs and connect low-income and marginalized… Show more
• Develop skills training to meet industry needs and connect low-income and marginalized job seekers to career opportunities
• Work with State elected officials to ensure strengthening of local communities through focused workforce development projects

Greater New York City Area

• Establish a new region for this state-wide organization
• Gather and report Workforce Intelligence and Labor Market data for NY State Department of Labor
• Develop partnerships with NYC government agencies, unions, manufacturers and community based organizations
• Connect companies with a range of resources including training, grants, low interest financing, business consulting and access to talent
• Assist organizations throughout grant application process and funding… Show more
• Assist organizations throughout grant application process and funding disbursement

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and built award winning portfolio of employment programs (including Experience2Work, Boot Camp for Boomers and Connect to Care Employment Services), serving over 2500 people per year, exceeding overall goals.
• Developed initiatives for displaced professionals, older workers people with disabilities and youth
• Managed an operating budget exceeding $1 million dollars
• Led a team of ten staff including program managers, career counselors and job developers
• Led… Show more
• Led employer relationship-building efforts across sectors, resulting in high quality placements

Greater New York City Area

• Oversaw the Job Development unit in a large government funded welfare to work program
• Delivered workforce development programs to job seekers with multiple barriers to employment including disabilities, substance abuse, criminal backgrounds and lifelong poverty
• Managed a team delivering high quality service to job seekers and managed employer relationships

Greater New York City Area

• Recruited high level candidates for executive and senior level positions at a range of non-profit organizations
• Worked closely with board leadership and executive staff at client organizations to meet their staffing needs

Greater New York City Area

• Conducted research and ran focus groups to inform programmatic planning
• Recommended outreach strategies to better serve children with disabilities

London, United Kingdom

• Started up and managed a new, high level program aimed at assisting college graduates with disabilities into employment
• Developed relationships with global companies to fulfill diversity recruitment needs (employer clients: Procter & Gamble, Barclays, Unilever, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, British Telecom, etc.)
• Developed a Marketing plan and materials, resulting in significantly increased exposure for the program
• Helped bring in large corporate donations, ultimately increasing… Show more
• Helped bring in large corporate donations, ultimately increasing the agency's budget and programmatic capacity Show less

Msed, Special Education

B.A., English

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters