Lisa Witter

Lisa Witter

COO, Fenton Communications

Lisa Witter is the chief operating officer of Fenton Communications, the largest public interest communications firm in the country. She heads the firm's practice in women's issues and global affairs for clients including Women for Women International, MoveOn.org, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the American Medical Association, the American Lung Association and many others. She is a co-founder of the award-winning website SheSource.org, an online brain trust of women experts to help close the gender gap among commentators in the news media. She was honored as an outstanding activist and expert on women's issues by Oxygen.com for her work on a national campaign against privatizing Social Security during the 2000 presidential election. Lisa is a blogger and political commentator with her work appearing on MSNBC, Fox News, The Huffington Post, AlterNet and Anderson Cooper 360. In 2004, she was a contestant on the Showtime reality show American Candidate. Witter is co-author of The She Spot: Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World and How to Reach Them.

She is on the advisory board for Indianapolis University's Women and Philanthropy Institute, Pop!Tech, Momsrising.org, Women for Women International and Climate Counts.

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Lisa Witter discusses the path-breaking Hillary Clinton.
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Lisa Witter has learned valuable lessons, on and off the air.
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Lisa Witter describes herself as a populist progressive.
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Lisa Witter talks about the importance of a political party’s shared values.
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Lisa Witter describes the differences in stagecraft between Obama and McCain.
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Lisa Witter explains social change in the digital age.
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Lisa Witter talks about her novel approach to writing nonfiction.
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Know your constituents before diving in, says Lisa Witter.
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Lisa Witter says feminism’s third wave is about women making all their own choices.
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Lisa Witter advises men to listen with their full selves.
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Facts and passion a crusade do not make, says Lisa Witter.
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Lisa Witter says there’s still a glass ceiling but women need to break it themselves.
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Follow your expertise, says Lisa Witter, but do your homework as well.
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According to Lisa Witter, capitalism has replaced religion.
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Lisa Witter’s roots are West coast and working class.
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Lisa Witter’s short list of women who are changing the world.