Global Reentry Presents: Jobs with Jodi

RPCV Leaders in Action - Lisa Flores

National Peace Corps Association

In this Jobs with Jodi Podcast episode, Career Services Specialist Jodi Hammer chats with  Lisa Flores (Ecuador, 1994-96), a self-proclaimed 'non profit girl at heart who has fallen into some wonderful opportunities to serve."

Lisa shares pearls of wisdom she has learned from her own  career trajectory which has been imbedded in service and giving back. 


FEATURED GUEST: 

Lisa Flores is the granddaughter of migrant laborers, and she is the first in her family to graduate from college. A former Peace Corps volunteer (Ecuador 1994-96), Lisa has continued her commitment to volunteer community service by participating on numerous community boards, including recent service on the Denver Public School Board of Education.  As a DPS board member, she delivered on improving services for students with special needs. She has also volunteered on the boards of the Latina Initiative, Children’s Museum of Denver, Denver Housing Authority, Denver Public Library, and Denver Urban Renewal Authority.

For the past 30 years, Lisa has worked in the nonprofit, local government and philanthropic sectors. Lisa began her career at Mi Casa Resource Center for Women and the Girl Scouts Mile Hi Council. From 1998-2003, she served as executive director of Denver Inner City Parish – a multi-generational, nonprofit community center.  Working as senior staff to former Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (2003-2006) and later philanthropic work at the Gates Family Foundation (2006-2015), afforded Lisa the opportunity to engage in a wide variety of community development, social service and civic projects.


PODCAST HOST: 

Jodi Hammer is an RPCV (Ecuador, 1994–97), Job Coach, and host of the Global Reentry's Jobs with Jodi Podcast. In her role as Global Reentry Career Support Specialist with NPCA, she develops and delivers individual and group programming to foster Global Reentry's mission of providing career and transitional support to RPCVs worldwide.