Meet the Founder

Lisa Lipscomb is the founder and CEO of Something New, has been a certified teacher for more than 27 years, she earned National Board Certification, is an instructional designer, a web content manager, member of SEMIS Coalition, an author, speaker, workshop presenter, adventurist, and advocate of lifelong learning.

Lisa was selected to serve as a U.S. Delegate in the US Taiwan Eco-Campus Partnership Program (Summer 2016) and incorporates place-based learning practices within her instructional objectives. She was also a speaker at the March for Public Education -Detroit in 2017, lunch keynote speaker for 2018 Community-Up CRA Conference, and guest speaker at Transformation Christian Church (Detroit, MI).

Lisa is the author of Do Something New - 7 Steps to Recharting Your Path and Creating a Life You Love, Somewhere in the Middle of Love, and contributing writer in the anthologies- In Celebration of Mothers, and The Book of Hope.

Lisa graduated from the University of Michigan- Dearborn, Marygrove College, and Utah State University. Her studies included elementary and middle school education, adult education, best teaching practices, and instructional technology & learning sciences. She completed the Lifeline Business Consulting, “Jump Start Your Business to Success" course. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Build Institute, Build Social Entrepreneurship Program, and former keyholder at The SheHive where she facilitated classes/workshops and the Badass Ladies Supper Club.