Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Welcomes Lisa Cowan as Vice President of Programs

Lisa has been working with community-based organizations for the last 25 years, first as a community health educator and program director at several youth-serving agencies, then as a Senior Consultant at Community Resource Exchange. Lisa was the Co-Founder of College Access: Research and Action (caranyc.org), where she continues to act as an advisor. Most recently, Lisa was the Principal Consultant at Hummingbird Consulting from 2013 - 2016.

Lisa sits on the boards of Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, and Pathways to Apprenticeship (P2A). She served as the Board President of the Red Hook Initiative from 2005 - 2013. 

Lisa is a third-generation New Yorker. She graduated from Wesleyan University and was a Coro Fellow in New York City. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.