Meet The Board
Lisa M. Abbott, MBA, SPHR
Lisa Abbott is the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, a comprehensive, pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School with over 13,000 employees and a leader in pediatric care, research and innovation. Ms. Abbott is a transformational leader responsible for all facets of human capital strategy and HR operations for the enterprise and is charged with creating a world-class human resources organization.
Prior to taking this role in 2023, Ms. Abbott was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Community Affairs at Lifespan Corporation, an academic health system affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the largest employer in the state of Rhode Island. With her transformative leadership approach, she created synergy across the system by centralizing service delivery, focusing on superior customer service and keeping the patient at the center of the change agenda.
Ms. Abbott has served in progressively responsible leadership positions in both the private and public sectors in which she was responsible for developing, leading, and implementing progressive Human Resources strategies and change initiatives. Her unrelenting focus on quality, efficiency, and service combined with a genuine concern and commitment for all who work with her are attributes that have been hallmarks of her career and her success.
Ms. Abbott holds a Masters of Business Administration from Binghamton University with a concentration in International Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Cortland State University. She is SPHR credentialed and is a graduate of the Michigan Business School Executive Human Resources Program. She has served on the boards of the American Heart Association, chairing Go Red for Women in 2019 and 2020, the Non-Violence Institute, and the Binghamton University Alumni Association, where she served in multiple roles on the executive committee, including President of the Board.