Lisa Uribe, Ph.D.

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Lisa graduated from St.Mary’s University in 1986. In 1990, she completed her Master’s in Education in Houston at St. Thomas University. In 2004 She made her first trip to Zambia as a volunteer consultant. Soon after she became associate director of educational programs for Women’s Global Connection. She coordinated the education projects in Africa and South America. In 2006, she earned her doctorate in Organizational Leadership at University of Incarnate Word. While continuing to work with women’s empowerment programs in Tanzania, Kenya, Peru and Mexico, she became executive director of WGC in 2013. Her love for the programs and traveling allowed her to continue working with the organization until 2019; when she decided to reset in a different direction.

 With a life long love for art and design, Lisa decided to focus on her creative nature by learning new skills in the San Antonio College Communication Arts program. Completing the program in 2021, she has practiced graphic design with a special interest in working with nonprofits from the local and international community.

This new work experience allows her creativity to flourish with flexible time to spend with her spouse of 34 years and, occasionally, her two adult children. Her other ways of expending time are knitting while binging true crime podcast and docuseries.