Lisa Shields Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, United States

New York, Ny

Over the past two decades I have had the privilege of building a state-of-the-art communications operation from the ground up and managing a $2 million annual budget and a dozen staff between CFR’s New York headquarters and our Washington, DC, office. Portfolio includes media strategy and relations for CFR and Foreign Affairs magazine, individual and institutional brand building and messaging, press briefings and events, crisis communications, digital marketing, advertising, and social media… Show more Over the past two decades I have had the privilege of building a state-of-the-art communications operation from the ground up and managing a $2 million annual budget and a dozen staff between CFR’s New York headquarters and our Washington, DC, office. Portfolio includes media strategy and relations for CFR and Foreign Affairs magazine, individual and institutional brand building and messaging, press briefings and events, crisis communications, digital marketing, advertising, and social media. For the past decade, I have led marketing efforts across the organization and developed strategies to connect CFR and Foreign Affairs content to the myriad audiences we seek to serve. Serve as principal media advisor to the president.During my tenure, CFR has won a numerous accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a 2007 Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism, and an Online Journalism Award from the Annenberg School of Communication. Foreign Affairs, our flagship publication, was ranked #1 in influence over all media by U.S. opinion leaders by Erdos & Morgan, the premier business-to-business research firm. Produced, with award-winning director Jesse Dylan, "About CFR" and "About Foreign Affairs" brand videos (below). Show less

New York, New York, United States

New York And Washington, Dc

New York, United States

New York, Ny

Managed the redesign of CFR.org—nominated for a Webby Award. After 9/11, launched the nation’s first online encyclopedia of terrorism—nominated for an Online Journalism Award by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Other responsibilities: oversaw design of TV and radio studios in New York and Washington, DC; managed press at on-the-record events; conducted briefings with scholars and government officials for reporters and producers; wrote and distributed news releases on… Show more Managed the redesign of CFR.org—nominated for a Webby Award. After 9/11, launched the nation’s first online encyclopedia of terrorism—nominated for an Online Journalism Award by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Other responsibilities: oversaw design of TV and radio studios in New York and Washington, DC; managed press at on-the-record events; conducted briefings with scholars and government officials for reporters and producers; wrote and distributed news releases on all Council content and publications, including Foreign Affairs. Show less

New York

Manage media outreach, messaging, across the full range of distribution platforms.

Served as senior advisor on philanthropic advocacy and media campaigns for high-profile clients, in particular, Shakira’s work on early childhood education through the ALAS foundation and her early childhood education advocacy via the Barefoot foundation.

New York, Ny

Directed a Council-wide initiative designed to foster serious public debate between the parties and their candidates about America’s foreign policy, international economic policy, and national security policy. Designed and managed the website, which was named one of the “Top Ten Political Websites” by George magazine, among other accolades.

New York, Ny

Produced a global videoconference on the floor of the U.N. General Assembly to address the problem of violence against women via powerful testimony of women and young girls.

New York, Ny

Produced international videoconferencing event for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Peter G. Peterson Center for International Studies. Participants included Kofi Annan, Madeleine Albright, Henry Kissinger, James Baker, George Shultz, and then-President Bill Clinton.

New York, Ny

Worked with the vice president of special projects to develop and produce “The 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century.”

New York, Ny

The 1998 awards, which recognized significant contributions to the artistic life in New York, coincided with the 150th anniversary of the women’s movement and honored the achievements of women in the arts. Produced the live event and subsequent television coverage with NYSCA and the Governor’s office including staging, fundraising, and booking entertainment and talent.

New York, Ny

Developed and reported competitive stories and conducted interviews in the field. [The Trial of OJ Simpson,the Unibomber, TWA Flight 800, Princess Diana’s death, the murder of Gianni Versace, among others.]

New York, Ny

Developed stories and booked segments for various ABC News programs: Good Morning America Sunday, Special Events [The OJ Simpson Trial], “John Stossel Specials” [The Trouble with Lawyers], “Peter Jennings Reports” [Bosnia 101], and “Primetime Live.”

New York, Ny

Developed competitive stories and contacts for the program: screened potential interview subjects, assessed story quality, and reported to executives from the field. Promoted from Senior Production Associate/Booker.

New York, Ny

Researched and worked production on a documentary on the life of jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton.

New York, Ny

Booked guests, produced a weekly arts and entertainment news segment

Master Of Science (M.S.), Journalism

Concentration in broadcast writing and producing

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Economics

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-chief of the university newspaper and its journal of international affairs. Recognized for outstanding.

Studied Shakespeare And Classical Drama

Journalism And Expository Writing

Took my first journalism class in summer school. And fell in love with it.