LIsa Swann
communications Manager

Lisa Swann was drawn to Five Talents microenterprise work after a career spent heading communications for nonprofits and as a consultant. She formerly served as Senior Director of Communications for Pact, an international development organization that worked in 20 countries across the global south. Lisa was also VP of Communications for Earth Day Network, an international environmental nonprofit. In the 1980s, she was Press Secretary to two US Senators, Robert Stafford and James Jeffords, both from Vermont.

She specializes in thought leadership for CEOs and strategic and digital communications. A native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she is often found there on weekends watching wildlife and enjoying blue crab.