Lisa Linowes Yates

Lisa Linowes Yates, MPA, MPP, possesses extensive experience in education, program development, and consulting. Currently serving as an Instructor and Career Coach at Austin Community College since October 2022, Yates also tutors English as a Second Language at Ringle and operates as an Independent Contractor specializing in content writing and project management. Previous roles include Assistant Director at The Financial Clinic, focusing on program development in financial literacy, and numerous consulting positions with organizations such as the Surdna Foundation and Yates Consulting, where contributions spanned grantmaking, community engagement, and strategic planning. Yates holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a Master of Urban Planning and Public Policy from the University of Illinois Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from UCLA.