background

Lisa  Ventresco began her career as a Program Officer & Training Specialist at the United Nations where she created and managed learning and development programs to promote high standards of Leadership & Management for

the UN in the 21st Century.
 

The United Nations System Staff College

is based in Turin, Italy and is an institution for system-wide knowledge management, learning and training for all international   staff of the United Nations.   

http://www.unssc.org/home/

International Business Experience includes:
* United Nations, UNDP - Turin, Italy

* UN Field Offices in Lebanon, South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland
* Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Rome, Italy
* Italian Diplomatic Institute - Rome, Italy
* International Labor Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland
* European Training Foundation - Paris, France
* FIAT: Milan, Italy

Lisa's formal education includes a B.A in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and from the School for International Training Graduate Institute's Master's Program in Intercultural & International Management where she studied Human Resource Development & Training with a concentration in Adult Learning Theory & Instructional Design.

In addition, Lisa has more than 15 years of proven success in the private sector achieving results across a broad and diverse range of commercial industries including Technology, Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale, Financial Services, Legal Services, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications, Business Services and Software Development.

She also retains a professional network of other talented instructional designers and subject matter experts to augment all service offerings.