Lisa Ong is an award-winning executive coach and speaker and inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility (IDEA), and belonging consultant. Lisa specializes in inclusive leadership development, coaching, and facilitation to support creating cultures of belonging and welcoming workplaces.
Before founding Wishing Out Loud LLC, Lisa was a national diversity director in Diversity and Inclusion at PwC. She designed strategies to retain, develop, and advance diverse talent. She focused on Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), multicultural employee talent retention and advancement efforts, and growing inclusive leaders at all levels. A widely known “talent gardener” and “Inclusion connector,” Lisa helps individuals and organizations achieve goals, emphasizing inclusive leadership skills for meaningful relationships. She shares her coaching approach with her clients to discover their strengths, dream big, and keep strategically “wishing out loud” to create opportunities to shine and be their best.
Lisa earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science in Management degree from The University of Texas at Dallas. She is a Texas Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by The International Coach Federation. As a frequent keynote speaker and podcast guest, her thought leadership is quoted or featured in national publications such as Forbes, Authority Magazine, Journal of Accountancy, Association for Talent Development, American Management Association, and Choice, a global coaching magazine.
Lisa’s clients hire her to engage everyone in the IDEA journey as an inclusive leader. She coaches executives and DEI leaders on accelerating momentum and maximizing the ROI of DEI + Belonging.
Forbes Magazine recognized her as a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 2023 Visionary of the Year (VOY) candidate, and she won the 2023 Dallas title for Visionary of the Year for leading Team Wishing Out Loud. D CEO magazine named her to its 2024 edition of The Dallas 500 Directory as “one of the most powerful business leaders in DFW” for a fourth year. Dallas Business Journal recognized her with a 2022 Award as one of their Leaders in Diversity and a 2017 Minority Business Leaders Award for her leadership.
Lisa is an executive coach for SHRM Linkage Women In Leadership Institute, Ascend Leadership, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP), and The Forum on Workplace Inclusion. She is a member of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding Workplace Programs Advisory Council, The Univ. of Texas at Arlington’s Diversity, Race, Equity, Inclusion Council, the Board of the Infusion Nurses Society, Texas Society of CPAs, Orchid Giving Circle, and Dallas Women for Good Giving Circle. lisaong@wishingoutloud.com wishingoutloud.com LinkedIn Link Instagram @wishingoutloud