[text_block style=”undefined” align=”left” font_size=”20″ font_font=”Raleway” line_height=”36″]Lisa Clampitt, LMSW, is the founder and president of Lisa Clampitt Matchmaking, a professional matchmaker and relationship expert for over 17 years, a book author and a New York State Licensed Master of Social Worker since 1991. She was educated at New York University, receiving a BA in Dramatic Literature, and received her graduate degree, a Masters in Social Work, from the University of Michigan.

In 2001 Lisa created VIP Life; a high end personalized dating service offering a great way for exceptional single men to meet extraordinary women. She would give them a bridge into a social network that allows them to feel as if “they have a best friend”, to introduce them to other singles of quality and style.

Lisa founded the Matchmaking Institute in 2003 to set a code of ethics and strict quality standards in the matchmaking industry. It is the first institute offering a professional matchmakers network, matchmaking workshops, yearly world-wide professional conferences providing matchmakers with a group of peers & support.

Lisa is consistently sought after as a matchmaking and relationship expert and has had extensive National and international press coverage including ABC’s 20/20, the O’Reilly Factor, Time Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Forbes.com, Worth Magazine, Crane’s New York, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Reuters and Today in New York among many other media outlets.

Lisa’s is also author of two books on matchmaking published in September 2007, Make Me a Match: The 21st Century Guide to Finding and Using a Matchmaker and Matchmaking From Fun to Profit: A Complete Guide to Turning Your Matchmaking Skills into a New Business[/text_block]