Lisa Metcalfe’s Full Bio

Lisa Metcalfe serves as Director of Services and Programs for Leadership Roundtable, leading staff in delivering our comprehensive leadership development and consultancy services to Catholic organizations and dioceses across the United States. Before transitioning her career to work for the Church, Lisa was a senior leader at both corporate and nonprofit entities. She is an entrepreneur, having launched a national professional services firm with a team of colleagues with more than a decade of professional services and consulting experience. Prior to joining Leadership Roundtable, she served in the Archdiocese of Denver.  Lisa serves on her parish finance council. She is certified by the Center for Creative Leadership to deliver the Catholic Leadership 360 assessment tool,  is a certified Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant, and serves as  a faculty member for the Toolbox for Pastoral Management. 

Lisa’s decades of executive experience includes leadership roles at the National Wildlife Federation and Washington Gas in Washington, D.C.  She received a MS from The George Washington University and a BA from the University of Washington.  Born on a Jesuit mission in Africa, Lisa was blessed to see the Church in the world and it has been a defining part of her lifelong Catholic faith.