About
Lisa Kuhn
I founded Impact on Point to help organizations become more effective in achieving impact. After more than 20 years of leading and advising social impact organizations, I've developed a deep understanding of what it takes to keep organizations on track to deliver the impact they desire to achieve.
I have spent most of my career working with double and triple bottom line organizations wrestling with the challenge of balancing social and environmental impact with financial sustainability. I believe that both non-profit organizations and for-profit social businesses can deliver high quality and impactful products, services and programs sustainably and at scale.
My approach is informed by my experience as a board member, executive director, program leader, research, trainer and advisor to various social impact organizations. I take a people-centered approach to organizational change and apply a gender lens to all my work. I use participatory methods to engage stakeholders ranging from boards to front line service workers to beneficiaries and customers to clarify the mission, define the strategy and operationalize it.
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"Lisa is a steadfast leader with a deep and nuanced understanding of international development issues and dynamics that she has honed over an extensive work history. She has an strong sense of purpose and justice and an uncanny ability to see possibilities where opportunities are lacking. She is solution-oriented and deeply committed to her work and I have learned tremendously from working with her."
Catherine Brozena, former board member, Foundation for Sustainable Development
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"Lisa is a passionate, innovative, and smart (very smart) leader. I've had the great pleasure to collaborate with her in many capacities; in organizational strategic planning; in conference planning and preparation; and in sector-wide movement building. She is hard working and willing to sacrifice a great deal to make the impact of her practice better. She's a mission-first kind of leader, open to feedback, and most honorably, ready to fight for the most vulnerable around her."
Brandon Blache-Cohen, Executive Director at Amizade Global Service-Learning
"I had the great opportunity to be mentored by Lisa while working at the Foundation for Sustainable Development. She has an exceptional passion for social change and her vision for the world and the work of the organization was motivational. Lisa never gives into cynicism and is constantly looking for ways to improve outputs and build leadership within the organization. Lisa developed comprehensive organizational strategies that benefited all stakeholders involved in the organization. She is a devoted leader, a good listener, an excellent writer, and an exceptionally knowledgeable individual."
Devin Graves, former program officer for Foundation for Sustainable Development
"Working with Lisa was a great experience. Lisa has a strategic vision and an appropriate reading of context and problems. She anticipates them with careful and efficient planning. She has a great capacity for work and can manage several projects at the same time. She teaches, delegates and supports her collaborators and is very warm yet professional in her manner. Truly, working with Lisa was gratifying, and I learned a lot."
Luis Garcia Bedregal, Managing Director, Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito MFP