Lisa Dennis is president of Knowledgence Associates, company focused on the translating of marketing and sales information into customer knowledge.

Prior to founding Knowledgence Associates in 1997, she held publishing, product management and marketing/sales roles at Bolt Beranek and Newman, Thomson & Thomson (a member company of The Thomson Corporation), The Center for Business Intelligence, and World Congress. Believing that corporate responsibility should be balanced with civic involvement, Lisa has served on the boards of the YWCA of Cambridge, concentrating on fundraising for Hinge for Hope, a welfare-to-work-  to-profession program; and Positive Directions, a human services organization assisting those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

She is a member of the New England Direct Marketing Association, the American Marketing Association, Sales and Marketing Executives International, the American Society of Training and Development, New England Technology  Sales, Marketing and Business Development Association, and founder of the Boston Cell of Fast Company’s Company of Friends network. She has a B.A in Writing from Wheaton College, and an MBA in Marketing from Babson College.