Lisa Flashner is Chief Operating Officer of the Ellison Institute of Technology, where she leads strategic planning, operations, real estate, construction and expansion efforts for the Oxford campus, part of Larry Ellison's £10 billion vision for using science to address global challenges. Before relocating to Oxford, she spent 15 years as Chief Operating Officer of the Ellison Medical Institute in Los Angeles, leading complex operations, large-scale programme execution and strategic partnerships across science and health.

She continues to support the Ellison Medical Institute as a senior adviser and serves as a board member of the Ellison Institute Research Foundation. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Illinois, a magna cum laude law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and is a Certified Public Accountant.