Episode Details

We have a Lady Lions basketball legend on today's episode of The People of Penn State, as we're joined by Lisa Lambert '89!

Lisa's successes as a student at Penn State — and as a team captain for the Lady Lions in the late 1980s — have helped propel her to become one of the most successful venture capitalists in the country.

Professionally, Lisa is the Chief Investment Officer, Private Markets for the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Founder/CEO of UPWARD, a global network of executive women. In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, founding and leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a UPWARd to help advance women and minorities to top corporate leadership positions, Lisa has always been most in her element when disrupting the tech world’s status quo.

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube.

Timestamps for our conversation with Lisa:
0:00 — Intro

1:50 — Choosing Penn State

2:50 — Memories of being a student-athlete

4:30 — Initial career goals

6:15 — The mission of UPWARD

11:55 — Experiences playing for the Lady Lions

14:40 — Striving for equality and diversity in leadership positions

18:29 — Being teammates with fellow Lady Lions legend, Susan Robinson

24:55 — Lightning Round Q&A

33:19 — Outro
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