Lisa Baker joined Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc., in 2002 and is a Vice President. She is responsible for communications strategy development, M&A communications and media relations for the firm's global private equity and advisory clients such as Colony Capital, Liquid Realty, StepStone Group, TPG Capital, TPG Growth and TPG Biotech, among others. She is also responsible for managing OBPR clients' print and online advertising including creative development, media selection and ad placement. Before joining OBPR, Ms. Baker was Vice President of Marketing at BroadPoint Communications where she directed public relations and advertising. Earlier she was a senior account management executive for major consumer brands at several New York advertising agencies. At Grey Advertising she was a Vice President, Group Management Supervisor; at D'Arcy (now Publicis) she was a Senior Vice President where she won an Effie Award for marketing and advertising effectiveness; and at DDB she was an Account Supervisor where she won her first Effie Award. A graduate of the American High School in London, England, Ms. Baker received a B.A. degree in English from Clark University in Massachusetts, and an M.B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire.