Lisa Bland Malone is the Economic Programs Manager for the NAACP’s Economic Programs Department. In this capacity, she oversees all programs to ensure that they are aligned with the NAACP's mission and goals. She has spent the majority of her career working in the civil rights arena. Ms. Bland Malone has twenty five years of experience in public policy, federal and grassroots advocacy, programs, research and publications. She attended Tufts University and completed coursework at the University of California Berkeley.