 Lisa Caputo became President of Women and Company, a division of Citigroup Inc., in January 2000. Sparked by the overwhelming number of women who are the primary financial decision makers, either at home or in business, Women and Company is a membership business created to provide a full range of products and services custom tailored to address the financial needs of women at various life stages. Prior to embarking on a career in business, Lisa served as Press Secretary to Hillary Rodham Clinton for four years. She was the Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States and Press Secretary to the First Lady in the White House from 1993-1996. She was Press Secretary to Mrs. Clinton during the Presidential Transition as well as during the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign. Before joining Mrs. Clinton's staff, Lisa was the Director of the Vice Presidential Media Operations for the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Most recently, Lisa was Vice President of Global Communications and Synergy for Disney Publishing Worldwide from 1998-1999. She oversaw communications, publicity and cross promotions and spearheaded the coordination of the group's marketing and advertising efforts to ensure its brands were promoted with consistency. Disney Publishing Worldwide is the publishing subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company which reaches more than 50 million readers worldwide monthly and holds a leading position in children's publishing in all major markets. Around the world, Disney's books and magazines are printed in 37 languages and distributed in more than 100 countries. In addition to her post at Citigroup, Lisa does television commentary and public speaking on current events and politics. Lisa was an NBC and MSNBC political analyst for the 2000 election cycle. She was also a Contributing Editor to George magazine from 1997-2000 and has served as a Co-Host of CNN's Crossfire and of CNBC and MSNBC's Equal Time. Lisa served as the Press Secretary to Senator Tim Wirth (D., Colo.) from 1989 to 1992. Prior to that, she served as the National Issues Press Secretary for the 1988 Dukakis-Bentsen campaign and as Press Secretary and Federal Grants Coordinator to Representative Bob Traxler (D., Mich.) for two years. She also assisted the successful campaigns of Senator Harris Wofford (D., Penn.) in 1991 and Representative Jolene Unsoeld (D., Wash.) in 1990.
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