Who We Are

Governance, risk, cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance expertise in one place, so mission-driven organizations can make informed decisions and build lasting resilience.

Why Complivia Exists

Complexity requires more than good intentions.

Oversight expectations keep rising, software and AI tools evolve quickly, cybersecurity threats target critical vendors, and privacy obligations expand across jurisdictions. These pressures rarely arrive one at a time.

Many organizations don’t have the internal resources, specialized counsel, or multidisciplinary perspective to connect these challenges and address them strategically. Complivia was created to close that gap, helping leaders understand risk, strengthen organizational practices, and make informed decisions that protect the mission.

Strong organizations are built intentionally. When governance, risk, and compliance pressures converge, organizations need more than good intentions. They need multidisciplinary clarity.

Lisa Roberts, Founder & Principal Advisor
Leadership

Executive leadership with legal fluency.

Lisa Roberts has spent two decades in nonprofit leadership, leading organizations, advising boards, and guiding teams through the transitions that test whether an organization is truly built to last.

Her experience is grounded in governance, enterprise risk management, and compliance, and extends into cybersecurity, privacy, and AI governance. An MBA and a Juris Master (2026) give her working fluency across business and legal risk, and having navigated executive demands firsthand, she pairs that rigor with operational pragmatism.

  • Board Governance & Oversight
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Nonprofit Internal Controls
  • Cybersecurity & Vendor Risk
  • Donor Privacy Compliance
  • AI Governance & Ethics
How We Work

Why organizations turn to Complivia.

Good governance should reduce complexity, not create it. Every recommendation is proportional to your size, mission, and capacity.

  1. Independent perspective

    An objective view that challenges assumptions and asks the questions that may not otherwise be asked.

  2. Foresight

    Identifying emerging risks early, when organizations have more options and greater ability to respond.

  3. Connected thinking

    Governance, risk, privacy, cybersecurity, and AI treated as one system, not separate projects that never align.

  4. Practical over theoretical

    Guidance built for the people, time, and resources you actually have, not a binder on a shelf.

  5. Sustainable by design

    Structures that hold up after an engagement ends and never depend on a single person.

  6. Mission first

    Every recommendation is measured by whether it helps protect the mission, sustain trust, and build resilience.

Ready to strengthen your organization’s foundation?

Whether you need ongoing advisory support or a targeted review, a 15-minute discovery call is the place to start. Direct partner engagement, complete discretion.