Lisa Austin

Lisa is a newly retired corporate communications maven. During her 30-plus year career, Lisa worked as a freelance and corporate writer, editor, public relations consultant, and finished her career as chief communications officer in a large organization in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

She also spent a few years doing stand up comedy at some legitimate comedy clubs as well as some less than ideal events. A fundraiser for a daycare stands out as a low point. She eventually leveraged her comedy skills and created a successful public speaking business, offering workshops on humour in the workplace and work life balance.

A lover of languages and learning, Lisa spends much of her free time learning Italian. She has noticed, with some despair, that languages have a lot of words. And tenses. And rules (and exceptions to said rules). She remains undaunted, nonetheless.

She holds a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Alberta and a graduate certificate in executive coaching from Royal Roads University.

Lisa lives in Edmonton with her partner, who has finally agreed to let Lisa adopt another cat.