Lisa Guillermin Gable

Lisa Gable is a seasoned technology executive and public official with more than 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., and Asia. She is a leading authority on managing and communicating Fortune 500 corporate and product brands. At age 41, Gable held personal rank of ambassador when she represented the United States at the 2005 World EXPO in Aichi, Japan. At 30, she served as an advisor to the Secretary of Defense holding the protocol status of a three star general. As a diplomat, media spokesperson, problem solver and brand expert, Gable’s ability to identify and communicate a core message has made her advice widely sought by corporate executives, elected officials, military and foreign leaders.

She is chairman emeritus of the Pacific Research Institute; serves on the board of Thunderbird, School of Global Management; serves as a senior fellow at the Council on Competitiveness; serves on the board of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute; serves on the advisory board of Base Technologies, Inc.; serves on the board of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, serves on the advisory board of Betty Confidential, LLC; is a member of Women Corporate Directors; and is managing director of Guillermin and Gable, LLC, a Northern Virginia and Silicon Valley, CA, consulting firm specializing in brand management and the development of public/private partnerships for Fortune 500 companies and non-governmental organizations.

Her background includes tenure as global corporate identity manager for INTEL Corporation; a commissioner of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships; U.S. delegate to the United Nations; vice chairman for the U.S. Defense Department’s Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; a senior counsel for Archimede Philanthropy Partners; a trustee for the California State Summer School of the Arts; and deputy associate director, Office of Presidential Personnel, the White House.

A trusted advisor on philanthropy and political fundraising, Gable’s advice is valued by corporate executives, elected officials and charities who wish to maximize and measure the results of their efforts. One of the top female fundraisers in the Republican party, she has served on the boards of multimillion donor groups, business philanthropy roundtables, campaigns and local charities.

Throughout her career in business and government, Gable has been a public speaker and served as a spokesperson for television, radio and print interviews, including NBC Nightly News, FOX News, NHK television, NPR, international press corps, Armed Forces TV, the New York Times and Travel & Leisure.

Gable is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in international relations. She holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s National Security Studies program and studied at the U.S. Army War College and National Taiwan Normal University.