Lisa Overton
Lisa has
over ten years of experience as a marketing and
communications consultant for a wide range of clients,
including Fortune 500 companies (Adobe, Google, Safeway,
Farmers, Boeing, Shell), small and growing enterprises
(SonoSite, IronPlanet, Platinum Capital), and
not-for-profits and academic institutions (California
Healthcare Foundation, Malaria Vaccine Initiative/Gates
Foundation, University of Southern California). She led
the strategy group for DE Shaw & Co., a $29 billion
hedge fund, and has also worked as a management
consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Los Angeles. In
addition to her business experience, Lisa is a writer
who has been on staff at Vogue, Interview, and Art in
America magazines.
Lisa holds
an MBA from Columbia University in Entrepreneurship and
a BA from Dartmouth College in Anthropology and Spanish,
where she graduated cum laude.
Kara Scharwath
Kara
has a diverse background in consumer research, marketing
consulting and environmental science and policy. Most
recently, Kara worked at Kelton Research, where she
designed and implemented all aspects of strategic
marketing research initiatives for a roster of clients
that included Whole Foods, Nintendo, Charles Schwab, and
Quiksilver. Prior to that,
Kara was an environmental consultant with Taylor Wiseman
& Taylor, where she facilitated business
transactions between industry giants like ConocoPhillips
and ExxonMobil and environmental agencies at all levels
of government. In that role, she
worked with clients, the media and concerned citizens to
resolve complicated and highly contentious social and
environmental issues.
Kara graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Environmental Policy, Institutions and
Behaviors from Rutgers University. There she was
recognized as a George H. Cook Honors
Scholar.
