AWE USA 2026

Lisa Ann Pinkerton
United States
Founder and CEO
Technica Communications

From the newsroom to the boardroom, Lisa Ann has used her keen analytical skills to share technology stories with the world since 2001. She is the founder and CEO of the award-winning Technica Communications, founder and CEO of the PR software platform PRVIEW, founder of the non-profit Women In Cleantech & Sustainability, host of Earthlings 2.0 and an international speaker, moderator and documentary filmmaker. She was named a 2026 PRNEWS Top Woman in PR, the PRNEWS 2021 Industry Innovator, PR Executive of the Year by the American Business Awards (2020), Female Entrepreneur of the Year for Advertising and Marketing by the Women in Business and the Professions World Awards (2020), and a Woman of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal (2017). She got her start as a broadcast journalist covering environmental science stories for NPR and PBS for over a decade.