Leadership

Lisa Kerr, Founder and CEO

Lisa Kerr, Founder & CEO

Lisa Kerr is an innovative leader, funding strategist, nonprofit advisor with a focus on building and improving innovative community solutions. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Grants for Good, LLC, a funding strategy firm that helps people build social programs that do good by focusing on excellence, ethics and transparency. Lisa is also a business growth advisor and strategist, with a focus on partnership development.

Lisa is also a speaker and creative writing educator. She is the Beatty award winning author of Wake, Sleepy One, a book that celebrates the California native plant ecosystem and a champion for the California State Parks and eco-literacy for children. She serves on the board of directors for Kern Literacy Council, where she advocates for teachers, librarians and students.

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Topics: 

  • Using Grant Funding to Build a “Highly Excellent” Government  

  • Fixing the Unfixable: Innovative Thinking and Broken Systems  

  • Big Data: Getting Funded is as Easy as the Data You Collect 

  • Ethical Erosion: Lessons from Nature for Rebuilding Trust in Community and Government Programs 

  • Creative Pathways to Reentry Workforce Development 

  • The Hidden Power of Root Systems: Lessons in Collaboration 

    And Additionally: 

  • Nonprofit leadership

  • Innovation

  • Literacy and Nature Education

  • Employment and Reentry

  • Domestic Violence and Incarceration 

  • Legal Abuse and Domestic Violence

  • Ethics in government

  • Client rights

  • Funding Opportunities

  • Business Growth

  • Philanthropy

  • Human Welfare and Social Issues

  • Social Innovation

  • Organizational Efficiency 

  • Ethical Data Collection

Intended Audience: 

  • Higher Education Leadership 

  • Community Development Professionals 

  • Economic Development Leaders 

  • Workforce Development Professionals 

  • Nonprofit Leadership 

  • Incarcerated or Re-Entry 

  • Youth and At-Risk Youth Organizations 

  • Women’s Empowerment 

  • Government Associations 

  • Educators, Librarians 

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Short Bio:

Lisa Kerr is the founder and chief executive officer of Grants for Good, a 100% woman-owned nonprofit consulting firm that helps people build social programs that do good by focusing on the value of ethics and transparency. She is an advocate for women’s economic empowerment and a community development leader who has raised millions of dollars for California's Central Valley region. For more information, visit www.grantsforgood.me.