Empowering Women Leaders with Lisa Caputo

Her Success Story

This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Lisa Caputo. The two talk about the power of the network and the importance of maintaining it, the champions we find in good mentors and allies, and the initiatives that Lisa is heading up for women leaders.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How this impressive career has developed, and the good fortune that landed her in The White House by the age of 28

• What impact has been made on her experience by good mentorship along the way

• The initiatives and work that Lisa stands up for and continues to create for women leaders and upcoming leaders

• Why The Travelers Companies is such a good fit for her, and what they are doing together to provide more opportunities for women to network

• How we should be continuing to forward diversity efforts, and why she emphatically agrees with Alan Schnitzer, who says diversity is a business imperative

• Advice from Lisa to young women in business

Lisa Caputo is a proven business leader and an expert in marketing, digital, customer experience, strategic communications, and public affairs. Lisa joined The Travelers Companies, Inc., a component of the Dow 30, in 2011 and is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing, Communications and Customer Experience Officer.

Prior to Travelers, Lisa served as the first global corporate Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Citigroup and was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Citi’s Women & Co, a financial services business for women; Vice President of Global Communications and Synergy for Disney Publishing Worldwide, The Walt Disney Company’s publishing subsidiary; and Vice President of Corporate Communications for the CBS Corporation.

Before her career in the private sector, Lisa spent over a decade in the public sector. She is best known for serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Press Secretary to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House for President Bill Clinton’s first term, where she oversaw the First Lady’s communications operations, was the chief spokesperson for the First Lady and First Family, and served as a counselor to the President and First Lady.

Lisa also serves on the boards of Best Buy Co., Inc., New Visions for Public Schools, the Ad Council, Journey to Lead, and the Creative Coalition.

Social Media Handles:

LinkedIn - Lisa Caputo

Twitter - @LisaCaputo