Lisa Lucas is the executive director of the National Book Foundation and a senior vice president of Knopf Doubleday. Prior to these roles, she was the publisher of Guernica, a nonprofit online magazine focusing on the intersection of art and politics with an international and diverse focus. Lucas previously held positions as director of education at the Tribeca Film Institute, on the development team at Steppenwolf Theater Company and as a consultant for the Sundance Institute, San Francisco Film Society, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and ReelWorks Teen Filmmaking. Lucas also serves on the literary council of the Brooklyn Book Festival.