Lisa Townsend
Chief of Staff to the President & CEO
As Chief of Staff to the President and CEO of Ellucian, Lisa Townsend is focused on supporting the senior leadership team in developing and executing the organization's strategy and key initiatives.
Lisa has over a decade of leadership experience. She joined Ellucian from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she focused on growth and portfolio strategy and operating model transformation across the public and private sectors. Before her time at BCG, Lisa served eight years as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy.
She earned her MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and has a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
