Biography

Lisa Hunter is from Spokane, Washington. She started working in the College of Communication where she worked from 1997-2011 as an Academic Coordinator. Lisa started with the Carson College of Business in September of 2011. Lisa received the WSU-Administration Professional Appreciation Award May of 2021, 2020-2021 Outstanding Staff Award for College Engagement Award for the Carson College of Business, and received the Outstanding Staff Award in 2013 for her work in advising and getting the Cesar Ritz program running. In her role as Partner Program Enrollment Management within the School of Hospitality and Business Management she managed the Cesar Ritz program where students earn the BA in Hospitality Business Management in Switzerland and extended support for the Hospitality program in Everett, WA. Lisa began working as an Academic Coordinator in the Department of Animal Sciences in October 2025. She is a Cougar alumni who graduated in 1999 with a BS in Kinesiology. In her free time Lisa enjoys the outdoors with her family, volunteers in her community as an EMT, Troy School Board member, and is the director for Troy Club Volleyball.