Lisa Christine Summerville, Managing Director

Lisa Christine is a global people connector who thrives on idea generation and playing with passion. Lisa has amassed an impressive business and personal network, having collaborated and created profitable partnerships in her consultancy as well as her career in the corporate world. While working for American Airlines, SkyTel, AT&T, and IBM, she was recognized with multiple awards and was always ranked in the top 5% for her performance in orchestrating lucrative sales deals.

Her entrepreneurial spirit set the stage for Lisa Christine to launch Bateau Ventures and to help her clients generate revenue and increase the visibility of their brand. A dynamic and self-motivated entrepreneur, she delivers results and tackles new opportunities with high energy and a contagious enthusiasm. Her out-of-the-box thinking and charismatic personality have been regularly likened to a breath of fresh air. Her optimistic approach, sense of humor, and level-head influences her negotiating success. She is an effective spokesperson and skilled at driving market awareness, positioning, and messaging to deliver results.

Her desire to creatively express and live on purpose fuels her personal mission to empower, motivate, educate and create. Igniting passion and inspiring others through coaching and motivational speaking, Lisa encourages women to remove obstacles, fuel their own economy, and step out in faith. She has spoken on panels and as a keynote on topics from emerging technologies to climbing the corporate ladder where she addressed audiences from the investment community to women only forums.

Lisa Christine believes in "giving back" and impacting lives. In 2002, her interest in fundraising compelled her to present a series of gourmet food and wine soirees affectionately known as "Mes Amis" to raise money, cultivate sustainable relationships, and facilitate future charitable giving within her local community. Today, she is the Chair for 28 Carrots (formerly Downtown Women's Club, Boston North) and most recently, she served as State Alumni Coordinator for Kappa Delta Sorority. She also served as a leadership Chair with The Junior League of Boston and YWCA Newburyport and was an Executive Board Member with Women in Technology International (Boston) and the Women's Leadership and Technology Consortium. She also was a member of the advisory committee for the Center for Women and Enterprise/Springboard partnership and an enthusiastic volunteer with Junior Achievement.

Lisa Christine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from West Virginia University and a Master of Science degree in Communications Management from Simmons College. Her thesis entitled "Successful Leadership in Entrepreneurial Organizations: "The Role of the Intrapreneur vs. The Role of the Entrepreneur" was positively received. Lisa also earned and M.B.A. certificate from the AT&T School of Business and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in General Management. She is a Certified Coach and a Certified Workplace Learning and Performance Professional through the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

She loves international travel, gourmet cooking, the playfulness and innocence of her Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, and any time she can get on the water to sail.

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