Lisa Schott is the President and Principal Acoustical Consultant at Quietly Making Noise, LLC, an acoustical consulting company she founded in 2002.  She has over 40 years’ experience in the energy and building construction industries and has started several successful businesses.

Lisa received a Bachelor’s degree with highest honors in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.  She is a member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering, National Council of Acoustical Consultants, Acoustical Society of America, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and an Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board for the Georgia Tech George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

Lisa received the Astronaut Scholarship from 1987 to 1989.  She is Vice Chairman of the ASF Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and serves on the Executive Committee, Scholarship Selection Committee, Program Committee, Neil Armstrong Award of Excellence Nominating Committee, and American Dream Makers Task Force.  She is Founder of the Astronaut Scholars Honor Society and Chair of the Strategic Planning Task Force.

Lisa was twice named the Engineer of the Year by the Florida Section of ASME and was appointed to the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni of Georgia Tech.  She received the Orlando Women’s Executive Council Achievement Award in Science and Technology.  Lisa has written technical papers on acoustics and holds U.S. Patent 7,562,743.

In addition to ASF, her philanthropic endeavors include membership in the Henri Landwirth Society of Give Kids The World, Foundation for Seminole State College Weldon Society, and Nemours Foundation 1936 Society.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of Give Kids The World.  She and her husband, George, are founding donors of the George and Lisa Schott S.P.A.C.E. Endowment at ASF, the Jennifer Lynn Schott Childhood Arthritis Clinic at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida, and the Schott Family Endowment for Pediatric Rheumatology Advancement.  Lisa and George were named the 2024 Outstanding Philanthropists by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Central Florida.