President
Lisa Lombardo
Lisa Lombardo is the President of ARK Holdings Group.
Lisa started her career in fund development for nonprofits. From there, she launched a nonprofit consulting business and helped a number of organizations raise their single largest gifts at that time. Coaching nonprofit boards of directors evolved to include for-profit leadership teams – guiding them through overhauls of mission statements, programming intentional culture and facilitating the development of strategic plans. She believes the first step toward progress is having clarity of purpose and is a self-professed “serial connector”.
Lisa has worked with nonprofits, financial institutions, construction companies, manufacturing, Broadway and other arts organizations, high-profile and televised sporting events, higher education institutions, entertainment, and hospitality. Along the way, she co-founded the Performing Arts Conservatory in her hometown as another way to give back to her community.
Lisa received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and a Master of Arts in Public Administration from the University of South Florida in Tampa. She serves on boards of directors and committees within the hospitality industry including, but not limited to, the Executive Committee of the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, AHLA Human Resources Committee, International Franchise Forum Franchisee Forum, human and social services organizations, arts and culture, and her church. Lisa was recognized by Florida Trend magazine as “an executive making a mark” in the hotel industry.
