STAMFORD — The Stamford Partnership is thrilled to welcome its newest board member, Lisa Lanspery! Lisa is the Senior Vice President of External Communications at Synchrony, a Fortune 200 consumer finance company. With more than two decades of expertise in corporate communications, Lisa has a range of experience in public relations, issues management, storytelling, and brand positioning. At Synchrony, she has worked on multiple change management programs including a CEO transition, COVID-19 communications, acquisitions, social issues, and other corporate reputation projects.

Prior to joining Synchrony, Lisa was Vice President of Communications at IBM, where she led a global
team of internal, external, executive, and social media leaders to help tell the company’s $16 billion cloud and systems hardware story. Lisa also held public relations roles at GE and at barnesandnoble.com, where she took the company through an initial public offering. She also worked in New York City at Burson-Marsteller (now BCW), one of the world’s largest communications agencies. She started her career working for President Clinton at the White House.

Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Ohio University. She is also a member of the
Communications Week Advisory Board for Ragan Communications, a member of the Financial Narrative and a member of the Public Relations Society of America.

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