Lisa Travis
Assistant Head of School - Business
Lisa has been a Montessori school administrator for nearly 20 years and holds a global MBA with distinction from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BBA in International Business and Spanish. She completed her American Montessori Society (AMS) Administrative credential through the Institute for Montessori Innovation at Westminster College.
Prior to joining the Elizabeth Academy administrative team, Lisa was the Co-Director of Montessori Community School, where she was instrumental in the growth and development of the school’s elementary and middle school programs, with a focus on sustainability and authentic Montessori best practices.
Lisa also has years of experience as an international consultant on World Bank, U.S., and Latin American government projects, as well as overseeing consulting teams in seven country offices in Latin America, with clients that included the marketing and sales teams of Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Canon, and Sony. She has over 30 years of writing and professional editing experience.
Lisa is originally from Wisconsin and has lived in Spain and Chile and traveled to many places throughout Latin America, Europe, and Asia. She is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Portuguese. She loves spending time with her husband Vaughn and her two boys, Adrian and Kiran. She also enjoys singing worship and Barbershop music, oil and acrylic painting, learning Biblical Hebrew, acting in films, camping, hot yoga, and traveling.
Lisa is honored to support Elizabeth Academy in helping to make its incredible mission and vision of inclusive Montessori education for children of all abilities a reality.