O U R T E A M

Senior Practitioners,

real-world experience

Led by Founder and President Pamela Carlton, Springboard’s team brings deep management, leadership, corporate and academic experience to help individuals, teams, and organizations tie leadership and cultural competence to bottom line results.

Pamela Carlton

President & Co–Founder

Pamela brings a rare combination of Wall Street rigor and human capital expertise to organizational leadership consulting. After 22 years as an investment banker and equity research leader at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, she founded Springboard in 2003. She drew on her first-hand experience of navigating the complex intersection of business performance, talent and inclusive leadership inside major financial institutions.

Financial Markets Career

Pamela joined Morgan Stanley in 1982, rising to Co-Director of U.S. and Latin America Equity Research. At JPMorgan Chase she served as Director of U.S. Equity Research for Chase Asset Management (1996–1999) before retiring as Managing Director of U.S. Equity Research in 2003. During her tenure she served on JPMorgan Chase's Global Diversity Council, chaired by CEO William Harrison. Pamela began her career as a corporate attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton — giving her a distinctive legal, financial and governance perspective she brings to consulting and board work today.

Board & Governance Roles

Evercore (NYSE: EVR)

Independent Director

Williams College

Board of Trustees

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE: ARI)

Director

Columbia Threadneedle Investments (Ameriprise)

Chairs Board of Columbia Funds; mutual fund board director

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Trustee since 1986; Executive Committee; People Committee (Chair); Quality & Safety Committee

Yale Law School / Yale School of Management

Board of Visitors

Education

B.A., Williams College (President, Phi Beta Kappa Society)
J.D., Yale Law School
M.B.A., Yale School of Management

Lisa Friedman

Principal Consultant

Lisa is a Principal Consultant at Springboard and Founder and President of LF Consulting, LLC. She brings more than 30 years of experience in human resources, diversity and leadership gained across a career at JPMorgan Chase, where she held leadership roles in all areas of individual and organizational development.

Career

As a Development Executive and Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Lisa served as a trusted advisor partnering with senior executives, managers and employees at all levels to drive business strategy through the development and retention of their people. As a Diversity Executive, she worked with leadership teams, managers, diversity councils and business resource groups to leverage diversity, inclusion and women's leadership as integral components of business strategy.

Research & Civic Leadership

Lisa is Senior Researcher and Co-Author of The Eve of Change: Women Redefining Corporate America (2016, sponsored by Time Warner and Walmart). She serves on the National Advisory Board for Sharsheret, supporting women impacted by breast cancer, and co-founded the Merrick Jewish Center Career Center in 2009.