Women have always had to fight for their place, whether in the courtroom, the boardroom, or their own bodies. Few know this better than Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen. From working on landmark gender equality cases with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to serving nearly two decades on the Planned Parenthood board, to co-founding ClutchKit after Roe fell, Lisa’s life is proof of what happens when women refuse to step back.
Her work is a reminder that equality doesn’t just happen. It’s claimed. Whether she’s helping billion-dollar family businesses ensure women get a real seat at the table, or giving young women access to the tools they need to control their futures, Lisa shows us what it looks like to lead with conviction.
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Learn More About Lisa:
LinkedIn: Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen
Website: theclutchkit.com
About Our Guest:
Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen is a Senior Advisor, working with Banyan as an independent consultant supporting clients who can benefit from her expertise. She specializes in ownership and governance structures, succession planning, board development, and working with the next generation on their professional development and readiness. Lisa has advised both family business owners who work well together and families who are experiencing tension and conflict and helped them to generate alignment, form productive working relationships, and plan for the future.
Before Banyan, Lisa worked in a privately owned company, David Yurman, as their Chief of Strategy and Chief Legal Officer, reporting to the CEO, but working with the owners on governance, board development, and succession planning. Trained as a lawyer, Lisa practiced litigation at Williams & Connolly, and prior to that, served as a law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, helping to draft the Supreme Court’s landmark gender equality decision, United States v. Virginia. She is a graduate of Stanford Law School, where she ran the Stanford Law Review.
Lisa has served on privately owned company boards and non-profit boards in the gender equality space. She speaks frequently in the media, at universities, and corporations, about the Supreme Court and the evolution of gender equality law. Lisa lives in New York City and has four children.
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