Lisa Eisen is Co-President of Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, which aims to pursue more just and inclusive societies in the U.S. and Israel. Lisa leads Schusterman’s U.S. Jewish grantmaking portfolio, as well as its Gender and Reproductive Equity grantmaking portfolio.  

Through Schusterman’s U.S. Jewish portfolio, Lisa oversees efforts to help foster joyful and inclusive Jewish communities by engaging young people with Jewish values, deepening understanding of and connection to Israel, and strengthening the Jewish nonprofit sector. Lisa was the Founding Board Chair of Repair the World, the iCenter and the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC). She currently serves on the boards of Leading Edge, the Israel Institute and OLAM, and is the Founding Advisory Board Chair of SRE (Safety Respect Equity) Network.  

Lisa also oversees Schusterman’s Gender and Reproductive Equity portfolio, which invests in efforts across the U.S to ensure all women have access to reproductive health care and knowledge, greater political and economic power and leadership, and safety in all aspects of their lives. Through this work, she chairs the advisory board of the Gender Equity Action Fund and serves on the executive committee of the Collaborative for Gender + 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.