Lisa Baumgartner Bonds is the Senior Director of Donor Services at the Lutheran Community Foundation.  Lisa joined the LCF in December of 2011, and leads and manages the LCF's Community Grants & Services Department and the Charitable Giving Services Department.

Prior to the LCF, Lisa worked at Lutheran World Relief (LWR), where she managed and led LWR's communication for fundraising, marketing, congregation and community engagement, public policy and advocacy.  She has served on the Board of Divine Chocolate US, Inc., a Fair Trade/farmer-owned chocolate corporation and is Vice Chair of the Board for the Project on Government Oversight.   

Previously, Lisa worked for a number of Washington, D.C.-based causes and nonprofit organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund, the National Breast Cancer Coalition and the Alaska Wilderness League; as a consultant for M&R Strategic Services; as a Professor at American University in Washington, D.C., and St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. and as a Press Secretary for a member of the U.S. Congress.

She completed her undergraduate work at Gustavus Adolphus College and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.