Meet Our Founders
The experience to lead, the passion to inspire.
Lisa Lutz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairperson of The Board
Lisa Lutz is a highly accomplished executive with nearly 30 years of experience conducting, managing, and consulting on projects associated with the research, evaluation, and implementation of workforce development and credentialing programs in both the civilian and military sectors. As co-founder and CEO of SOLID, since 2003, Lisa’s strategic vision and leadership has resulted in incredible growth within the company, propelling them from a team of 2 to over 50 employees, increasing revenue, and cementing SOLID as one of the leading experts in their field.
Lisa’s work has concentrated on the development and implementation of programs to promote the professional development of service members and ensure their smooth transition from the military to the civilian workforce. For more than 20 years, Lisa has specialized in the use of occupational credentialing as a means of doing so. She has performed research, provided policy guidance, and developed programs in this area for numerous organizations, including the Congressional Commission on service members and veterans Transition Assistance, as well as the U.S. Departments of Defense, Labor, Army, Navy, Air Force, Energy, and Transportation. She has also worked with numerous companies and non-profits, including The American Legion, Lumina Foundation, Walmart Foundation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and others to promote credentialing of service members and veterans.
Recognized as a respected thought leader in this area, she is a featured industry speaker and published author offering her expertise to numerous stakeholder groups. Under her leadership, SOLID received the 2021 Council of College and Military Educators (CCME) Corporate Award in recognition of its significant contributions to the cause of military education. Lisa’s notable experience has led to appointments to advisory committees for four Secretaries of Veterans Affairs to provide subject matter expertise on the implementation of education and credentialing benefits for service members and veterans. She has served as both a committee member and vice chair of the American National Standard’s Institute’s (ANSI) National Accreditation Board (ANAB) Personnel Certification Accreditation Committee (PCAC), which is responsible for overseeing the quality of certification programs. Lisa serves as a long-term member of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) government affairs committee.
Lisa holds a B.S. in Political Science and Psychology and a Master’s degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.).
Tom Caldwell
Board Member
Tom Caldwell, a co-founder of SOLID, has over 29 years of experience helping companies meet their communication needs through innovative information design. Educated in technical communications and as a programmer, Tom began his career developing complex technical requirements and user instructions for computer applications, where he nurtured a strong focus on the user audience perspective.
During his tenure with Retired Persons Services, he lead a corporate communications group responsible for shaping messages for varied audiences including board members, senior staff, employees, and customers using various print and electronic media.
His primary focus over the past 15 years has been on web design and development, and he is skilled with a wide variety of current web programming languages and platforms. Strong technical skills combined with a background as a Corporate Communications professional, writer, editor and designer give Tom a unique set of skills and experience that allow him to shape, implement and deploy the strongest message exactly tailored for a target audience.
Jeff Lutz
Board Member
Jeff brings over 30 years of project and program management experience to the SOLID team. As the former Chief Operating Officer, Jeff led SOLID’s project execution, business development, and corporate support activities.
Throughout his career, he has managed a wide variety of public and private sector energy conservation and building construction projects. Jeff is a Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute. Jeff has excelled in several supervisory and leadership positions, and is experienced in managing all aspects of the project life cycle – initiation and due diligence, planning, implementation and close out. Jeff’s expertise is providing creative solutions to clients’ problems. His problem-solving and analytical capabilities allow him to manage shifting priorities, demands and timelines so that projects are delivered on-time and within budget.
