Lisa Arakaki

Co-Director, Special Events
Office of the President

• Additional Positions at AU

  Co-Director, AU Commencement
  
• Lisa Arakaki works closely with campus partners to coordinate large-scale events including commencement, All-American Weekend, Staff Appreciation, Celebrate AU, and the Faculty-Staff Holiday Party. In addition, she assists with special projects, advises departments and student organizations on event logistics and protocol issues, and represents the office on campus-wide committees. She has worked in Special Events for more than eleven years and previously worked in the School of International Service. As a student, she spent semesters studying in Paris and interning for the Wall Street Journal Europe in Brussels.

• Degrees

  BBA, James Madison University

• Favorite Spot on Campus:

  September 11th Memorial Plaza