Bellagio Residents/

Lisa Veneklasen

June 2022 Cohort

Bellagio Residency: June 2022

Project: “Lost (and Found) in Transition”


Lisa VeneKlasen is a women’s rights activist, strategist, network-builder, and educator. VeneKlasen came to Bellagio in June 2022 to participate in a group residency for feminist leaders, co-creating new models to apply feminist values to organizational change. VeneKlasen’s influential writing and frameworks on power and strategy are used and adapted by many organizations, universities and civic education programs worldwide. She is the founder and former Executive Director of Just Associates (JASS), a transnational movement support network working in 23 countries.