Lisa Lancellotta

For nearly three decades, Lisa Lancellotta has been a steady force shaping the graduate student experience at the URI COLLEGE OF BUSINESS. Now serving as Associate Director of Professional and Executive Business Education, her career reflects longevity and evolution rooted in a genuine passion for helping students succeed.

Lancellotta joined the College of Business in 1995 as an MBA academic advisor, later becoming Coordinator of MBA Programs before stepping into her current leadership role within the past year. Today, she provides administrative and operational oversight across a wide portfolio of graduate and professional programs, including the Flexible and One Year MBA and multiple specialized master’s degrees (Accounting, Management and more!). Her work spans recruitment, advising, strategic planning, industry partnerships, and student experience.

A Babson College graduate with a BS in Business and an MBA in Marketing, Lancellotta has earned multiple honors from URI. She is especially proud of helping create customized MBA programs with corporate partners like Pfizer, now in its 17th year.

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