Lisa Friedlander is an attorney, entrepreneur, investor, and a strategic advisor/mentor to numerous startups. Lisa is currently the Chief Revenue Officer for NEXT powered by Shulman Rogers, an award winning legal platform for startups, and has spearheaded numerous initiatives to support clients and startups in the DMV tech ecosystem. Recently, Lisa co-founded another company called My NEXT Raise, an investor readiness platform for early stage companies seeking to raise capital. Lisa is a mentor and speaker for a variety of entrepreneurship and investment groups and sits on the advisory board for several startups. Lisa is a founding member and on the Board of Directors for Citrine Angels, a women investing in women angel group that provides capital to female founders across the country and helps to cultivate and educate more women to participate in this asset class. Lisa is also on the Board of 2gether International, an organization focused on supporting entrepreneurs with disabilities, and Main Street, a movement of inclusion where people of all abilities live and thrive together in Rockville, MD. Lisa also founded 2 organizations that raise money for Children’s National Medical Center – The Heartsongs Luncheon Fund (2001) and Teens with Heartsongs (2020) – together these organizations have raised nearly $3 million for Children’s Hospital.