Lisa Foster, Ph. D., ACC is a business coach, speaker, and author of the book Bag Lady: How I Started a Business for a Greener World and Changed the Way America Shops (April 2022). As a coach, she helps managers become better leaders by using emotional intelligence to create the conditions for high performance. In 2005, she founded 1 Bag at a Time, Inc., a first-to-market reusable grocery bag company. A former high-school English teacher, she became a pioneer in the fight against single-use plastic and a top supplier of reusable bags in the US. She sold her business in 2017. In addition to coaching, Lisa speaks, leads workshops, and writes about emotional intelligence, leadership, and storytelling.
