182: Lisa Caputo—Smashing The Myths Of What Women Can Accomplish

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 24px;"><strong>Hear how women can build better businesses that thrive!  </strong></span></p> <p>I was hunting around for leading women in the financial services sector as I was writing my book about exceptional women smashing the myths of what women can and cannot do. Lisa Caputo’s name came up and having been an ex-Citibanker for many years, I was interested in what she had done there for women. Lisa's entire career has been amazing, and as a powerful role model, her story should be told. I wanted to share her story with others, both men and women, to celebrate how women can build better, together. In our podcast, she talks about her own personal growth and those who helped her on her journey. Listen in; I know you'll learn so much. <img class="mce-hs-more" style="height: 20px !important;" src= "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-mce-placeholder="" /></p> <p><img style= "width: 140px; margin: 8px 18px 0px 0px; float: left;" src= "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/398462/Lisa%20Caputo-1.jpg" alt= "Lisa Caputo-1" width="140" /><span style= "font-size: 20px;"><strong>This is about much more than just women and financial services</strong></span></p> <p>It is about how Lisa has been part of the transformation of this country over the past several decades, helping craft the voices of different presidents and presidential candidates, and helping us better understand what was happening at the time. Her role in industry, whether at Disney or Citi or Travelers, has been equally impressive as she has built businesses and helped change them.</p> <p style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>An early career in politics</strong></p> <p>As Lisa will share with you, after graduate school she was highly influenced by one of her professors and decided to look for a job in government, becoming the national issues press secretary during the 1988 Dukakis-Bentsen presidential campaign. Next, she became press secretary to US Senator Tim Wirth