Lisa Francoeur

Secretary of Education, New York State Advisory Committee on Cryptocurrency 
and Digital Finance

Lisa “Fancyfied” Francoeur is a technologist, entrepreneur, and cultural architect working at the intersection of emerging technology, workforce development, and human potential. A former executive at LinkedIn, she is now the co-founder and CRO of Crypto Tutors, a B2B Web3 education firm, and co-inventor of DeFi All Odds, a workforce development platform building enterprise-ready blockchain and emerging-tech talent, validated through approximately $1.5 million in National Science Foundation Phase I and II funding. She also serves as Secretary of Education for the New York State Advisory Committee on Cryptocurrency and Digital Finance, contributing to statewide workforce and policy strategy at the intersection of technology and public service.

Lisa is the co-creator and one of the executive producers of Crypto for the Culture, the world’s largest inclusion-focused Web3 and emerging-technology conference, which has generated nearly 5 million global impressions and engaged 10,000+ participants worldwide, convening leaders across blockchain, AI, finance, policy, academia, and enterprise. She is the founder of Fancyfied and creator of Authentic Intelligence®, a leadership and performance framework deployed with Fortune 100 teams, with impact endorsed by senior leaders at Salesforce and Microsoft. Her thought leadership has been featured on global stages including Money20/20 and Harvard Kennedy School. A Kennedy Center Fellow for her poetry and a 7x triathlete, Lisa brings endurance, systems thinking, and disciplined execution to building inclusive, enterprise-grade innovation with long-term public value.