Lisa Chapman

Lisa Chapman is an entrepreneur and author. In the past twenty years, she founded or co-founded many successful businesses in a wide array of industries, including real estate, healthcare and advertising.

Recognizing the critical need for high quality, affordable housing, Ms. Chapman co-founded Grand Canyon Properties, LLC to invest in, and renovate over 120 residential properties, while working closely with first-time homebuyers to help them qualify for a mortgage and realize their home ownership dreams. In the past 10 years, she has invested in an array of residential real estate, including single and multi-family properties.

Working from her living room at the age of 27, a business school project inspired her to start Pediatric Nursing Specialists of America, Inc., a healthcare company for critically ill infants. With revenue growth of 50 – 100% annually, she attracted venture capital investors and ultimately employed over 1000 nurses throughout six states.

Her professional achievements include Nashville Business Journal’s “Executive of the Year” and “Small Business of the Year” finalist awards, as well as inclusion in Nashville Business and Lifestyle magazine’s list of “40 Under 40 – Nashville’s Emerging Leadership”.

Ms. Chapman’s published books include The Savvy Woman’s Guide to Cars (Bantam) and The Buck Starts Here, The Beginner’s Guide to Smart Financial Choices (Simon & Schuster/Kaplan). She has appeared on NBC Today with Katie Couric, and a wide variety of national and local television and radio shows. She has been featured or quoted in national publications such as Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and Readers Digest, as well as dozens of local magazines and newspapers.

Ms. Chapman has been invited to speak on entrepreneurship topics at such leading universities as Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University, and Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University.

Ms. Chapman is currently active in real estate investing, holding rentals and rehabbing residential properties in Nashville. She received an undergraduate degree in Accounting and MBA from the University of Houston.

Licensed Agent since 1997
Licensed Broker since 2006