Lisa D. Hanna

Lisa Hanna serves as vice president, communications for the Council on Competitiveness and leads all marketing, media and public affairs outreach in support of each of the Council’s core initiatives.

Lisa joins the Council with 15 years of journalism and communications experience. In her previous role, she was the director, media and public affairs for the Organization for International Investment (OFII) a Washington business association representing the unique interests of the U.S. operations of globally headquartered companies such as Nestle, Philips and Siemens.

As a member of the public affairs group at Edelman Public Relations, Lisa led account teams and counseled clients in a number of policy arenas including the technology, transportation and insurance sectors. She has extensive experience in message development, coalition building, influencer engagement and outreach, media relations and social media advocacy.

Lisa is also a former communications director and press secretary to U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, where she focused primarily on policy issues within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Before coming to Washington, Lisa was a news reporter for CBS and ABC stations across Texas. She spent many years covering some of Texas’ most visible stories and political campaigns. Lisa spent countless days covering world summits and highly controversial meetings between President George W. Bush and other world leaders at the President’s western White House in Crawford, Texas.

Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.