LISA LICHTENBERG
EGI Secretary

Lisa Lichtenberg joined Ericson Group at its beginning in 1999 as the corporation’s Secretary and business consultant. She is currently working on some of Ericson’s large apparel accounts including Levy Restaurants and Gibson Guitar.

Prior to working with Ericson Lisa spent over 25 years in the retail industry, most with Federated Department Stores. When she retired from Federated Merchandising Group in New York, New York in 2002, she was the company’s Senior Vice President of Retail Technology and one of their highest ranking female executives.

In 1995 Lisa assumed the position of Vice President of Merchandise Technology and Vendor Standards for Federated Logistics where she focused on the use of technology to increase retail sales by improving supply chain management.

In 1992 she was named Divisional Vice President of Merchandise Technology. Her primary responsibilities included the roll-out of new technology at all Federated retail divisions. Lisa career with Federated began in 1989 when Federated Department Stores and Allied Department Stores, at the time the two largest retail companies in the US, merged. She served as a Senior Systems Consultant in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lisa began her retail career in 1977 with Burdines Department Stores in Miami, Florida as Retail Buyer. She then moved to Maas Brothers department stores in Tampa, Florida in 1980 and worked as Divisional Sales Support Manager where she oversaw multiple projects for Maas Brothers, Burdines and Jordan Marsh stores.

Lisa’s interest in fashion design started early-on when she won a national contest to design a new style of jeans for Levi Strauss & Co. She also won the National Notions Association Design Contest. Soon after this early success, she was hired to design all the entertainment costumes for Busch Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida.

Lisa graduated from Florida State University in 1976 with a degree in merchandising.