Lisa Countryman-Quiroz

Under Lisa’s leadership at JVS, she has led the way to expand new apprenticeship programs to help close the skills gap with key employer partners. Her strategic initiatives have increased our footprint in the tech space to break down barriers for underrepresented communities to access free tech training, and has expanded our impact regionally through the development of new programming and partnerships in the South and East Bay. In 2018, Lisa was appointed a Commissioner on the State of California’s Inter-agency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, under the Department of Industrial Relations.

Lisa has over 10 years of experience developing successful public and private grant proposals, managing strategic partner relationships and working closely with program staff to develop programs that achieve significant social impact. Prior to JVS, Lisa worked at St. Anthony Foundation in the Tenderloin area of San Francisco securing grants to support the organization’s Free Medical Clinic Operations. Lisa received her master’s degree in Comparative Literature from SUNY Buffalo and her bachelor’s degree in German and Classics from Loyola University Chicago.