MFC Interviews 2011: Key takeaways from Lisa Laegreid of Microcredit Summit Campaign

Lisa Laegreid of Microcredit Summit Campaign emphasized the importance of both financial and social performance as prerequisites for balanced growth at the MFC Annual Conference.

Bio: Lisa Marie Laegreid

Lisa Marie Laegreid is Deputy Director of the Microcredit Summit Campaign. In this role, she oversees the production of the annual State of the Campaign Report; the organization of regional and global summits; the provision of trainings on poverty measurement tools, on integrating health education with microfinance, along with other critical issues. Lisa also oversees the advocacy and media outreach efforts to help bring the Campaign’s work to the general public.

Lisa has over nine years of experience in international development project management, including with Worldview International Foundation in Sri Lanka, with the Education Development Center, and with The QED Group LLC where she worked on two contracts for USAID’s Microenterprise Development office. Lisa is fluently trilingual in English, Spanish and Norwegian and she holds an MA in Philosophy.