Lisandra Martinez, J.D.

Professional Bio & Capabilities

A founder, strategist and operator who has run programs, led their measurement and reporting, helped shape funding decisions—and now builds technology that turns human conversation into actionable evidence.

Professional Bio

I have run programs, managed their data and helped shape funding decisions. Now I build tools that turn human conversation into evidence.

  • Institutional leadership: SBA-supported, philanthropic and economic-development programs.
  • Data & evaluation: tracking, KPI reporting and a completed external program evaluation.
  • First-party research: structured founder–customer interviews through Readiness Intelligence Lab.
  • Hands-on execution: program design, partner coordination and AI-native building.
  • Bilingual & community: English/Spanish delivery and Chicago community leadership.

Core Capabilities

Ecosystem & program strategyProgram data tracking & reportingMonitoring, evaluation & impact reportingGrant budgets & funder KPIsQualitative research & evidence synthesisFunding decision criteria & application reviewPrivacy-first data practice with human reviewFounder & investment readinessEnglish/Spanish facilitationEmbedded / fractional leadership

Evidence & Attribution

Project deliverables and program-wide outcomes are distinguished throughout. Client records and supporting documentation are available on request, subject to confidentiality; these are not endorsements or claims of sole attribution.

  • TechRise powered by P33 · Readiness Intelligence Lab (RIL) · 2026
    Founder of Readiness Intelligence Lab and lead of the readiness sprint. 66 customer and stakeholder interviews analyzed, 27 coaching sessions and 1,630 coaching minutes across two cohorts (October 2026 assessment). These are cohort-level evidence outputs—not predictive readiness scores, P33-wide funding results or claims that RIL alone caused a competition win.
  • AI Activation Lab: From Evidence to Prototype · Sep–Oct 2026
    Designer and facilitator · a Readiness Intelligence Lab companion experience, delivered with Rebel Ventures; Lovable as enabling technology. 97 recorded conversations (two events) and 25 project outputs: 11 apps built, 7 published and 7 submitted. Outputs are prototypes, not launched businesses.
  • Greater Southwest Development Corporation (GSDC) — Business Academy · 2025–2026
    Managing Partner & Embedded Partner, Rebel Ventures — two annual cycles of strategic program delivery, bilingual facilitation, partner coordination, program data design, monitoring, evaluation and reporting. Rebel Ventures completed the December 2025 external evaluation for Greater Southwest Development Corporation. It measured 295 academy-wide course registrations, 134 first-session attendees and 86 course completions (about 64% of starters), and synthesized survey results, retention barriers, qualitative insights and 2026 recommendations. These are institutional program data, not outcomes attributable to Lisandra alone. In 2026 she produced interim comparisons and reporting infrastructure; the 2026 annual evaluation and sustainability proposal were proposed and are not shown as completed. This two-year evaluation work is a direct precursor to the first-party insight and market-intelligence work of Readiness Intelligence Lab.
  • I-Corps@NCATS — NSF-Modeled Venture Commercialization · 2024
    CEO, RepLi · Venture development and commercialization. Led customer-discovery work encompassing 34+ patient, provider and community interviews. Findings highlighted fragmented fertility information, financial and career-timing context, and interest in credible, personalized, inclusive guidance; clinicians suggested pre-visit question intake and post-visit education. I-Corps data-logging difficulties later inspired Lisandra’s 2026 Readiness Intelligence Lab approach to structured evidence capture; RepLi IP remained separate.
  • The Chicago Community Trust — Together Fund · 2024–2025
    One of 10 Local Business Advisory Group community advisors. Four local business grants totaling $800K were selected through the institutional process. These are Together Fund awards, not funds personally granted or obtained by Lisandra.
  • Foundation of Little Village (FLV) / Juntos · 2021–2024
    Embedded bilingual educator, coach and curriculum collaborator. Foundation of Little Village’s 2024 program-wide results: 117 participants, 83 graduates, 170 mentorship hours, 101 one-on-one advising clients and $22K in microgrants. These are program totals, not Lisandra’s personal achievements.
  • Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) · Chicago Women’s Business Center · 2017–2021
    Director; federally supported program management, reporting and cooperative-agreement oversight. The Coleman 2019 proposal reported ECEEP program-level outcomes over three years: 1,000+ program clients, $1.532M in capital formation, 128 jobs and 20 business starts/expansions. These outcomes were reported during the period and are not solely attributable to Lisandra.

Community Leadership

SoHo Tech Club Chair since 2024, alongside broader technology-community programming beginning in 2021. Analog Room centers human conversation and intentional gatherings. Lovable Chicago City Lead programming supports community experimentation with AI-native product creation.