Lisa Ritchie, MA, CFRE, Lisa Ritchie Enterprises
Lisa Ritchie, MA, CFRE, Principal of Lisa Ritchie Enterprises, has more than 30 years of nonprofit
planning, management and development experience in organizations that span many sectors including
arts and culture, food insecurity, health care, medical research, social services and religion. She has a
strong track record of success in strategic and organizational planning, feasibility studies and capital
campaigns. Prior to forming a private consulting firm, Ritchie was a full time consultant and Senior Vice
President with Netzel Grigsby Associates, providing nonprofit consulting services in California, Nevada,
Oregon and Utah. During her career, she has provided consulting services to scores of nonprofits
including Oceanside Museum of Art, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego, Imperial Valley Food
Bank, YMCAs, theaters, schools, a women’s recovery center and foundations such as MiraCosta College
Foundation.
Ritchie previously worked in management for 25 years at Scripps Hospitals, the Jewish Federation of San
Diego County and Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center. At Scripps, she initiated and managed
vascular rehabilitation and Parkinson’s Disease programs. At the Federation, she was Director of
Planning, Allocations, and Innovation. She helped initiate 18 innovative start-ups and managed a sister
city partnership with San Diego and Sha’ar HaNegev, Israel. At Rady Children’s Hospital, she served on a
25-member management team responsible for 2,000 employees. She also spearheaded the start-up of
the Anderson Center for children with disabilities and Children’s Pediatric Dental Residency Program, the
first post-doctoral program of its kind at a California children’s hospital.
Ritchie is a past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), San Diego Chapter,
where she served as Vice President of Resource Development, Vice President of Community Relations,
Mentorship Chair, and as a member of the Board of Directors for eight years. She has been honored to
receive numerous awards including North County Philanthropy Council’s (NCPC) Spirit of Carol Sigelman
Award for nonprofit development expertise; Speaker of the Year, American Society of Safety Engineers;
and the Kaleidoscope Award for “good governance” from the University of San Diego Nonprofit Institute,
School of Leadership and Education Sciences. Recently, she was asked to serve on her alma mater,
Scripps College’s Honors, Awards & Recognition Committee. Ritchie holds an MA in Organizational
Management and a BA from Scripps College of the Claremont Colleges, and a California Community
Colleges Teaching Credential. A Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor, she also taught exercise at MiraCosta
College for 25 years. Ritchie and her husband, Gary, are longtime residents of North County.