User:Meredithlaws/Lisa Smith Putnam

Lisa Smith Putnam is an entertainment and media industry veteran and host of the LSP Show.

Lisa Smith-Putnam's foray into broadcast media occurred during her freshman year at Pitzer College, as an intern at the Woman-to-Woman Talk Show on KCET-Los Angeles (PBS). While there, she was mentored by Host/ Executive Producer and Television Pioneer Pat Mitchell. Subsequent to her internship and graduation from college, Smith-Putnam landed a Production Coordinator assignment at Entertainment Tonight, where she continued to hone her media planning, research and interview skills under the tutelage of Co-Host Dixie Whatley. It was during this time that Smith-Putnam returned to her musical roots and began moonlighting as a Singer-Producer. Her talents attracted the attention of fellow artists and increasingly yielded more time in the recording studio. Eventually her work was noticed by music industry veterans, resulting in her recruitment by Bernie Grundman Mastering, where she was responsible for the delivery and production of projects with a multitude Grammy Award-winning recording artists, songwriters, arrangers and producers. After completing a three year contract, she moved on to become General Manager of TNT Records and Management, where she was instrumental in the worldwide success of the group Digital Underground, and later, rap music legend Tupac Shakur. She also served as COO of Amaru Entertainment during this period. �