# Lisa Skeete Tatum

> Lisa Skeete Tatum is the founder and CEO of Landit, a personalized coaching and career pathing platform. A Cornell-trained chemical engineer and Harvard MBA, she worked at Procter & Gamble, founded a consulting business and spent more than a decade at Cardinal Partners before building a company around the difficulty of choosing her own next career chapter. Her work emphasizes access to coaching, sponsorship and professional networks.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Landit
- **Organizations:** Landit, Cardinal Partners, Procter & Gamble, Circle of Beauty, STI, Inc., Stryker, Union Square Hospitality Group, Cornell University, Harvard Business School, Aspen Institute, Kauffman Fellows
- **From:** Newark, United States
- **Education:** BS in Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Founded Landit with Sheila Lirio Marcelo., Led Landit through a $13 million Series A in 2019; Forbes reported more than $20 million in total funding by August 2023., Henry Crown Fellow, Aspen Institute, Class of 2012.

## Career timeline

- **1989** — Graduated from Cornell and began her career at Procter & Gamble.
- **1994** — Became managing director of Circle of Beauty, a cosmetics startup launched by Sears.
- **1995-1998** — Founded and led STI, Inc., a consumer products consulting practice.
- **1998** — Earned her Harvard MBA; served as president of the African American Student Union during business school.
- **1998-2009** — General partner at Cardinal Partners, according to her 2026 public-company director biography.
- **1999** — Kauffman Fellow; member of Class 4.
- **2007-2015** — Served as a Cornell University trustee; subsequently became a presidential councillor.
- **2010-2014** — Angel and fund investor, as listed in the 2026 Stryker proxy.
- **2012** — Selected as a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
- **2014** — Landit incorporated; 2026 director filings date her founder and CEO role from 2014.
- **2016** — Landit was publicly available in beta; contemporary reporting described $2 million in funding.
- **2017** — Landit officially launched, according to Forbes and WeWork profiles.
- **2018** — Delivered the TEDxLASalon talk Build your dream team.
- **2019** — Landit announced a $13 million Series A led by WeWork; reporting described a presence in more than 20 countries.
- **2020** — Joined the Stryker board of directors.
- **2026** — Reelected to the Stryker board at the May annual meeting.

## Achievements

- Founded Landit with Sheila Lirio Marcelo.
- Led Landit through a $13 million Series A in 2019; Forbes reported more than $20 million in total funding by August 2023.
- Henry Crown Fellow, Aspen Institute, Class of 2012.
- Kauffman Fellows Class 4.
- Former president of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board.
- Former Cornell trustee and subsequent presidential councillor.
- Stryker director since 2020 and member of its Audit Committee.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Reelected as a Stryker director at the May 6 annual meeting, as disclosed in the May 8 filing.
- **2026-03** — Stryker’s proxy lists her as Landit founder and CEO, an Audit Committee member and a Union Square Hospitality Group board member.
- **2025-01** — The WIE Suite published a masterclass recap of her productivity guidance, including accomplishment tracking, time boxing and intentional calendaring.

## Links

- Website: https://www.landit.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-skeete-tatum
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/LisaSkeeteTatum

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Last updated: 2026-10-26