Lisa Strawther ✌️

Master Event Strategist & Educator | Contract Speaker & Program Lead

Henderson, Nevada, United States

About

Lisa Strawther is a dynamic leader with a proven track record of driving premium brand activations across hospitality, fashion, beauty, and wellness. As the Founder of both, Making Up Las Vegas and Mat Marker she has conceived and executed large-scale events, luxury brand collaborations, and culturally relevant experiences that elevate brand visibility, deepen audience engagement, and deliver measurable business impact. In addition to one-of-a-kind product creation and development she has a strong background in creative direction. Her career includes leadership roles in high tourist cities, where she built a strong foundation in retail, restaurant operations, and elevated customer experience. Alongside brand strategy and partnerships, Lisa is highly experienced in recruiting, hiring, mentoring, promoting, and retaining top talent, building high-performing teams that thrive in fast-paced, guest-centric environments. Lisa excels at cultivating long-term partner relationships, identifying emerging trends, and aligning experiential activations with broader marketing, commercial, and growth objectives. A compelling public speaker, she regularly represents brands at trade shows, industry events, and community forums, fluency, and global perspective, Lisa creates impactful brand experiences—and strong, empowered teams—that resonate with diverse audiences, foster loyalty, and drive sustained success.

Experience

  • Founder & CEO at Mat Marker, LLC
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Creator, CEO and Founder of the only charms for your yoga mat. Product and packaging development, Invoicing, ordering, international vendor relationships, budgeting, logistics, fulfillment/distribution, marketing/PR, retail/wholesale, events creation and execution, affiliate program recruiting and management. Everything.

  • Creative Director at Making Up Las Vegas
    Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

    Founder. Creative Project and Philanthropic Endeavors, leading a national hair and makeup artistry team.

  • Health Coach/ Behavior Change & Weight Loss Specialist at Hippiewell
    Mar 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

    Multi Certified Health Coach-Behavior Change & Weight Loss Specialist. Creating events, experiences and retreats to serve the wellness community. Brand collaboration outreach and execution. Education thru public speaking, private and group events. Marketing, social media and content creation.

  • Social Media Ninja at Sharper Informatics Solutions
    Feb 2021 - Nov 2021 · 10 mos

  • Art Coordinator at Milady
    Feb 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Art selection and production, developing a succesful, current, market ready program for the Standard Cosmetology book. Responsible for entire art selection, procurement, caption assistance, and creating new art thru photo shoot coordination/execution.