Lisa Locklear

Lisa Locklear, NACD.DC, currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Longeveron Inc, a clinical-development stage biotechnology company focused on cellular therapies. With a long-standing tenure at the Gemological Institute of America since November 2012, Lisa holds the position of Board Chair of the GIA Board of Governors and has held various leadership roles, including Chair-elect and Finance Chair. Prior experience includes senior finance roles at Avanir Pharmaceuticals, GSN Games, CoreLogic, Ingram Micro, Avery Dennison, and The Walt Disney Company. Lisa began her career at Price Waterhouse as a Senior Manager in Audit. Lisa holds an MBA in Finance from the University of California, Irvine and a B.S. in Plant Science from the University of California, Davis.