Lisa Lambert has come a long way from her childhood in Toledo, Ohio, raised by a single mother in subsidized housing.
At age 55 – after a two-decade career at Intel and a stint in cleantech investing with the Westly Group – she is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist with the lofty ambition of transforming global energy. As founder and president of National Grid Partners, the venture capital arm of the London-based National Grid utility that also provides energy to customers in New York and Massachusetts, she has already directed investments of $350 million into 40 startups that are designed to address climate change and increasing demand, including from a surge in electric vehicles.
She has also dedicated herself to supporting other women and minorities in business. Not only did she lead Intel’s Diversity Fund, but she founded a nonprofit network of women executives called Upward, which now boasts 30,000 members in 20 chapters.
