Protective Intelligence
Lisa is an accomplished Protective Intelligence professional with over a decade of experience supporting high-profile executives, corporate security teams, and global operations across sectors including Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Energy, and Media. Her career spans Protective Intelligence Operations, Threat Monitoring, Executive Briefing Development, and Security Program Management. Lisa has led protective intelligence initiatives for Fortune 500 companies and high-risk public sector missions, delivering actionable insights that drive proactive decision-making. She specializes in integrating intelligence into Executive Protection and Travel Risk programs, with a focus on scalability and leadership alignment. Lisa is also known for her ability to train and transition programs effectively, equipping incoming teams with the context, tools, and strategy required to sustain operational success.
Key Capabilities & Areas of Expertise
Career Summary
Management Experience
Lisa’s management experience is defined by her ability to lead high-performing protective intelligence teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. As a former Project Manager and Protective Intelligence Lead, she has directed complex operations supporting high-profile clients, coordinating analysts, field teams, and external partners to deliver actionable intelligence in real time. Her leadership has been pivotal during executive travel, elevated threat periods, and public-facing events, ensuring intelligence support is not only accurate, but operationally relevant. Lisa champions regular training, scenario planning, and knowledge-sharing across teams to maintain operational readiness in fluid global environments. Her approach ensures that protective intelligence isn’t siloed but it’s embedded in the decision-making process, elevating both strategic foresight and protective value.
Leading Protective Intelligence Operations:
Oversee the daily execution of intelligence programs, including travel briefings, threat monitoring, and strategic assessments tailored to client profiles and missions.
Ensuring Intelligence Relevance & Actionability:
Align intelligence outputs with the operational needs of executive protection, aviation, and crisis response teams ensuring timely, contextualized, and actionable insights.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Maintain strong communication channels with internal business units, client teams, and external partners to ensure seamless intelligence integration into protective strategies.
Program Development & Improvement:
Evaluate and refine intelligence methodologies, reporting protocols, and escalation criteria to support long-term growth, quality, and client satisfaction.
Team Leadership & Talent Development:
Mentor and guide a high-performing team of analysts, contractors, and field liaisons, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and professional development.
Client Engagement & Confidence:
Represent LockBox’s intelligence division in client meetings, briefings, and planning sessions, ensuring transparency, responsiveness, and trust in all engagements.
In her role as Interim Director of Protective Intelligence, Lisa is expected to provide strategic oversight, operational leadership, and analytical clarity across all intelligence functions supporting client safety, risk mitigation, and business continuity.
Her primary responsibilities include:
Organizational Expectations
( Industry Experience )
15 Years
Travel Risk Programs
Crisis Management
Online Risk Mitigation
Pre-Trip Assessments
Threat Monitoring
Background Discovery
As a LockBox interim manager, Lisa is committed to delivering more than subject matter expertise. She ensures lasting impact by training others to both perform the work and manage the service at a high standard.
In every engagement, Lisa develops and delivers training that supports incoming team members, whether they are new hires, client-side leads, or full-time employees preparing to take over the role. Her training process covers not just operational workflows but also leadership-level insights, helping successors understand the protective intelligence program’s structure, pain points, client preferences, and strategic goals.
Lisa’s instructional style balances field expertise with programmatic oversight.
She equips teams to:
Conduct and interpret travel risk briefings and threat assessments
Integrate real-time intelligence into operational planning
Manage reporting workflows and escalation protocols
Build relationships with key client stakeholders
Adapt services for future growth, changing risk environments, or evolving executive needs
Her training approach ensures that programs do not lose momentum during transitions. She views every engagement as an opportunity to strengthen internal capability and leave behind a scalable, well-documented, and client-aligned protective intelligence function.
Training & Program Hand-Off
Lisa Benton
Interim Director
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