Lisa Burton, PhD

Executive Director, HearstLab

New York City

Lisa Burton, PhD is the Executive Director of HearstLab, a community of early stage, women-led startups innovating in media, data and technology. HearstLab provides assistance with building teams and refining products, along with office space in their New York City offices. At HearstLab, Lisa meets with prospective startups and supports the portfolio companies in residence, including advising on data and data science. Throughout her career, Lisa has built and led data science programs at startups and as a consultant across diverse industries -- from mobile payments to advertising to healthcare. Most recently, she cofounded a startup that leveraged data from social media to help brands understand and connect with their customers. Lisa came to data science from Mechanical Engineering, where she specialized in data-driven modeling and machine learning to predict the motion of swimming animals. She holds a PhD and SM from MIT and BSE from Duke.