Managing Director Draper Richard Kaplan FoundationDraper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Lisa Jordan is a senior philanthropic executive with a twenty year career focused on impact and systemic change. She is a Managing Director for the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, the largest venture philanthropy in the United States. She has served as CEO of Bernard van Leer Foundation, CSO at Porticus Foundation and in leadership positions at the Ford Foundation. She acts as a consultant for many foundations on issues of strategy, venture philanthropy and blended financial approaches to achieve impact.
Prior to her engagement in philanthropy Ms. Jordan was a founding director of the largest parliamentary body in the world focused on global environmental challenges (the Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE). She started her career as a legislative assistant to Congressman Jim Scheuer (8th NY) and has led multiple non-profits in Europe and the United States.
Ms. Jordan graduated cum laude in 1992 with a Master’s Degree in Development Studies.
Clean EnergyEarly Childhood to Primary EducationHuman RightsInternational JusticeResponsible Supply ChainsSustainable Markets
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa