Ms. Stone Pritzker has called the San Francisco Bay Area home since 1984. In 2004, she was appointed to the California First Five Commission. She is a long-time supporter of Safe and Sound (formerly the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center), first as a volunteer with their family crisis hotline. Lisa helped found the Center for Youth Wellness along with now-Vice President Kamala Harris, California Surgeon General Nadine Burke-Harris, and Katie Albright. She volunteered with a Child and Adolescent Psych Services research team at San Francisco General Hospital, an experience that cemented Lisa’s commitment to the Child Trauma Research Program and Solid Start — programs that address trauma for vulnerable populations. Lisa proudly serves on the Board of Directors of University of California at San Francisco and was instrumental in UCSF’s creation of a new Child, Teen, and Family Center. Lisa is passionate about destigmatizing mental health, particularly for children, and ensuring scientifically proven therapeutic interventions. This has led her to become deeply involved with applied research examining resiliency strategies to disrupt negative social determinants of health and the epigenetic and intergenerational impact of trauma. She helped create the Northern California Grantmakers’ Childhood Trauma and Resilience Funders network to build expertise in the field and encourage funding partnerships.

Lisa is actively involved in the building of community and civic life. She serves on the Boards of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, All Chicago Making Homelessness History, Project Healthy Minds, and the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UCSF. She is a supporter and promoter of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet, recent Co-Chair of the Strictly Business Leadership Council of Jewish Vocational Service, and has served on national leadership committees of the Jewish Funders Network, Futures Without Violence, and Peer Health Exchange.

Lisa earned a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in dance therapy and holds a Masters in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco. A graduate of the Wexner Heritage program, and The Philanthropy Workshop’s year-long course, she is a lifelong learner. In 2011, The California Institute for Integral Studies awarded Lisa an honorary doctorate for her commitment to children’s health.

When introduced to ImpactIsrael, Lisa was impressed with the synergy between our work and her core belief that it is critical to the health and development of children that they can imagine a future with limitless potential. Lisa is proud to support our mission to transform the lives of vulnerable youth, enabling them to become part of Israel’s bright future. We are grateful for her partnership. 

Lisa’s most important activity is spending time with her three sons, her two daughters-in-law, and the three new additions to the next generation.