Lia Matthow

Senior Advisor Lia Matthow previously served as Chief Content Officer for Intelligence Squared U.S., running all aspects of the organization and managing all editorial content and partnerships. She also previously served IQ2 as Vice President of Programming and Consulting Producer. Ms. Matthow is the President and Founder of Beacon Strategies, Inc., where she has curated live events for numerous nonprofit and private entities, as well as global media companies including Newsweek, Scientific American, Macmillan Learning and Bloomberg L.P. Beacon Strategies, Inc. also provides bespoke media training programs for bestselling authors, C-Level executives and corporate leadership teams. Ms. Matthow worked in television news in senior management positions at CNN, Court TV and MSNBC. She also served as the founding Director of Grants and Special Projects at a private foundation endowed at one billion dollars, where she managed strategic funding initiatives and a wide range of editorial events and summits. Ms. Matthow obtained a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and graduated magna cum laude from American University.