Lisa Zook comes to the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation after years of running her own consulting firm. She brings her strategy, measurement and evaluation skills to the Effective Philanthropy team. Effective Philanthropy, a new function at the foundation, leads the strategy development process, supports colleagues and grantees in measuring the results of their work and guides the organization’s learning and evaluation agenda. 

Lisa holds a bachelor’s in mathematics from Davidson College and a master’s in global health epidemiology from the University of Michigan. She co-founded the Seattle Evaluation Association and remains active in global conversations about effective evaluation practices. In her free time, she escapes to the mountains to backpack and paddleboard alongside her husband and golden retriever.