Lisa’s Bio
Lisa Abby
Founder, One Global Bridge:
A Community Re-Source for Social Change Catalysts
Speaker, CEO Lisa Abby Enterprises Corp.
Cross-Cultural and Global Leadership Specialist
Professional experience
2009 – Co-creation team Inner Climate Learning Villages – Global Conversations and gatherings around climate change occurring simultaneously with the United Nations’ Copenhagen Climate Change Summit.
2007 – present Women Moving the Edge. Brussels, Belgium and the USA. Participated in and co-hosted intimate conferences for professional women exploring major world issues through the lens of Theory U, Spiral Dynamics, expressive arts and collective feminine wisdom.
August 2008 AIESEC International Conference, Sau Paulo, Brazil
Co-designed and delivered open space technology to 800 intergenerational leaders from 106 countries with Art of Hosting team.
August 2008 Unipaz (University of Peace), Florianopolis, Brazil Speaker – multicultural approaches to the future of leadership and inner peace.
March 2008 AIESEC Believe Conference, Brussels, Belgium Co-created conference and delivered speech and coaching for young international leaders inspiring them to apply multidimensional and expanded heart-centered perspectives to their personal and professional lives.
May 2007 Celebrate the Earth Conference, Sedona, AZ
Designed and delivered three day gathering for international audience. The conference presented expanded perspectives on our interconnection with Earth and offered experiences of multiple ways of knowing, including World Cafe, to allow action steps towards reducing global warming to emerge.
2001-2004 Speaking and Workshops (partial list) Sacred Circles: Washington National Cathedral; Pace University Forum-World Trade Center, NYC; Jewish Community Center Washington DC Labyrinth Conference Trinity Episcopal Church, VA
1996- 2000 Owner and President, International Professional Relations, Northeast Region, a Cross-Cultural Consulting Firm, West Orange, New Jersey. Designed and delivered cross-cultural business programs to hundreds of corporate employees and their families as they moved internationally. Taught transition and communication skills, world-wide values and traditions to foster respect on an international level and create synergy among many worldviews to support conscious business practices. Clients included Warner-Lambert; Lucent; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Citibank; AT&T; Bush, Boake, Allen; Englehard; Parke-Davis; EMC; Degussa.
Publications
January 2009 “Discover Your Inner Strength: Cutting Edge Growth Strategies from the Industry’s Leading Experts”. Featured chapter in book.
March 2008 “Conscious Leadership”, Article – Kosmos Journal Online
March 2007 “Lessons from Nature for a Balanced Life”, Article Body and Brain Magazine.
April 2004 “Expressive Arts: Avenue to God and Creativity”, Article for Perspective Magazine of the Association of Humanistic Psychology.
Education
2002 Master of Transpersonal Studies, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Thesis – Joyful Life: Reaching Our Potential Through Empowerment, Creativity and Community researched integral theory, creative expression, indigenous wisdom for personal and professional growth.
1994 Master of Social Work, Rutgers. Focus on group work and clinical counseling.
1976 Bachelor of Music/Special Ed./Voice Major Hartt College of Music.
Professional Training Experience (partial list)
2007 Center for Human Emergence, Netherlands. European Confab. Applying Spiral Dynamics/Integral to business and world issues.
2005 Social Artistry Ten day program for social action based on Jean Houston’s teaching.
1995 & 2000 The Art of Empowerment: Training for Trainers with David Gershon and Gail Straub. Human potential training based on psychosynthesis, principles of a visionary world view, organic growth, self-awareness and integration.
Volunteer Experience
1996 – present Founder and President Emeritus, International Friends. New Jersey and New York.
IFC has provided cultural exchange and support for hundreds of international women moving to and from overseas to New Jersey and New York for over twelve years.
