LISA RILEY

Biography

Vibrant San Jose, CA resident, Lisa Riley is a Senior Staffing

Consultant providing technical recruiting and pipeline sourcing

strategies for Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Defense and

Aerospace company that makes its home in Silicon Valley. Her 14+

year recruiting expertise is in technical and non-technical

disciplines that include Systems, Mechanical, Software, Test,

Satellite, Engineers, and Finance and Business Operations for

Aerospace Defense, Energy and Utilities markets.

Since March 2001, Ms. Riley has expanded her core recruitment

competencies to include Compensation Analysis and Negotiations,

Coaching, Staffing Process, Training and Diversity & Inclusion.

Lisa Riley

Multi-talented Lisa's prior areas of employment included: Employment Recruiter for McGhan

Medical and ACT Manufacturing, and Program Manager for the Council on Aging of Santa

Clara County and Milieu Therapist for the East Field Children's Center (East Field Ming Quong).

Passionate about her job at Lockheed Martin, Lisa is a proud recipient of the Lockheed Martin

Corporate Diversity Pinnacle Award in recognition of her Diversity and Inclusion activities

within Talent Acquisition.

With a special interest in Diversity & Inclusion, her volunteer service and community and

professional affiliations include Black Recruiters Network Silicon Valley (BRN), Santa Clara

County Lockheed Martin African Mentor Network (AAMIN), Lockheed Martin African

American Leadership Forum (AALF) and recently appointed DVRSTY-STEM Accelerators

board member, as well as the Stanford Ethno Geriatric Education Center Advisory Team

(Stanford Family Medicine), Social Service Agency Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County

Commission on the Status of Women Advisory Board and San Jose NAACP Youth Director and

board member.

Lisa was mentored by two of Silicon Valley's most highly-regarded diversity authorities—

Barbara Williams-Hardy, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Oracle and Charlotta Carter,

President & CEO of and GRI Technology Solutions and CEO of DVRSTY-STEM Accelerators.

Lisa also takes interest in Arts and Culture, Civil Rights & Social Action, Human Rights,

Science and Technology, Social Services, Coordinating events and workshops, and

Entrepreneurship. Her favorite things to do when not working or serving her community are

dancing, traveling and networking.

Born and early educated in Richmond, CA, Lisa Riley has been a San Jose, CA resident since

1978, where she earned a B.A. Degree in Psychology from San Jose State University. Lisa also

earned certification in Supervision and Management from University of California, Santa Cruz.

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