Lisa Pinckney

Lisa Pinckney is the sole employee of the Footprint Foundation, and is responsible for foundation operations, community relations, program administration, and grant making that creates connections for a more equitable community.

She has a unique combination of corporate, academic, and non-profit experience. At Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta GA, Lisa began her career in corporate marketing representing the Turner networks (CNN, TBS, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies) to the nation’s top cable providers including Time Warner Cable and Comcast. Lisa held leadership roles in UTC’s College of Business where she was named the College’s first Assistant Dean of External Affairs. At River City Company, she played a key role in the development of new downtown programs including Art in Motion, Clean & Green, and the Urban Design Challenge.

Lisa has held positions on the boards of the Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga Design Studio, Downtown Council of the Chamber of Commerce, Riverfront Business and Resident Partnership, Highland Park Neighborhood Association, and Public Art Chattanooga. She is a 2003 graduate of Leadership Chattanooga.

In 2018, Lisa completed BALLE’s (now Common Future) Local Economy Foundation Circle where she spent 16 months in a cohort of foundations exploring how to engage in place-based impact investing and received BALLE’s Outstanding Service to the Leadership Network award. In 2020, Lisa was one of 10 individuals chosen to represent Chattanooga in Harvard’s Young American Leaders Program. In 2022-2023, she and other Footprint trustees were cohort members of Common Future’s Participatory Investing Action Lab.

Originally from rural New Jersey, Lisa moved south for college and has resided there since. She has a B.S. in Operations Management from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and an MBA from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. She has lived in Chattanooga since 1999 and is the proud mom of Jack and Anna Flint.