Lisa Rusyniak

Lisa Rusyniak is President and CEO for Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc. in Baltimore. Prior to her promotion to CEO, she served as the Chief Operating Officer. She has served with the organization for 18 years and oversees all aspects of the organization, including: workforce development, marketing, fundraising, human resources, finance, retail, goodwill staffing services and public policy. Lisa holds a B.S. from Salisbury University and a M.S. in Management from Wilmington University. She is a graduate of the Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership Program and Goodwill Industries International Executive Development Program. She has also earned an Executive Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. She serves on the Maryland Association of Non-Profits Organization Board of Directors; the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board’s Board of Directors; Goodwill Industries International’s Executive, Strategic Issues and Planning, Bylaws/Policy Review and Global Development Committees; Chair of the Global Development and Membership for Goodwill Industries International and is the former president of the American Marketing Association, Baltimore Chapter. She was recognized in 2000 as one of the Daily Record’s Top 40 under 40. For the past three years, Lisa was selected as a winner of SmartCEO’s Future 50. This program recognizes 50 CEOS of the fastest growing companies in the area, based on a three-year average of employee and revenue growth. In 2013 and 2015, Lisa was recognized as an Influential Marylander by the Daily Record and was also named a Brava! Award winner by SmartCEO magazine. In July 2013, Lisa was recognized as a Most Admired CEO by the Daily Record.