Our Team: Lisa Carmel
Co-Founder & Relocation Specialist
Lisa@SVCRelo.com
650-787-3255
Lisa is a native Californian and has spent 30+ years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lisa earned a degree in Interior Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and later became a licensed real estate agent, working in both fields prior to starting a family. Her education background and experience gives Lisa a keen eye for prospective neighborhoods and properties for her corporate relocation clients.
Lisa is also very knowledgeable about the educational system in Silicon Valley, having raised three children and participated as a parent, volunteer, and PTA board member at their various schools. She has spent countless hours as a volunteer for school related issues and local charities, and truly understands what it is to be a contributing member to the her community. Proud to be a resident of Silicon Valley, Lisa loves to share her passion as she mentors transferees who are just beginning their life here.
Lisa@SVCRelo.com
650-787-3255
Lisa is a native Californian and has spent 30+ years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lisa earned a degree in Interior Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and later became a licensed real estate agent, working in both fields prior to starting a family. Her education background and experience gives Lisa a keen eye for prospective neighborhoods and properties for her corporate relocation clients.
Lisa is also very knowledgeable about the educational system in Silicon Valley, having raised three children and participated as a parent, volunteer, and PTA board member at their various schools. She has spent countless hours as a volunteer for school related issues and local charities, and truly understands what it is to be a contributing member to the her community. Proud to be a resident of Silicon Valley, Lisa loves to share her passion as she mentors transferees who are just beginning their life here.
What Clients Have to Say About Lisa
"I was referred to Lisa at SVCRelo to help with a highly competitive recruiting situation where we were competing with big pharma, and a compensation and relocation package that we, on face value, could not compete with. The relocation challenge arose at the last minute, and was critical to the hiring of not only the Scientist, but to bring his working spouse and family to the Bay Area. Lisa and her team, within a couple of days, and with some really unusual candidate requirements, was able to set in place a schedule and contact meetings that, ultimately, helped tip the scales in our favor. I was, quite honestly, surprised at the quickness and completeness of the response, and the high level of professionalism from her and the team. I would recommend her and SVCRelo to any other employer.”
~ Chris Smith, HR and Recruiter NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
“Lisa was incredible. She understood perfectly what I was looking for and lined up several places to see together, explaining the different neighborhoods, pros and cons along the way. In one afternoon, I had an apartment. She also helped go through all the rental details and checked-in a few days later to see how I was doing. When you arrive to a new country or relocate to a new city, having somebody like Lisa support you makes all the difference in the world.”
~ Carola Hart (Buenos Aires), Axialent
“I really enjoyed the time I spent with Lisa and found particularly useful the details she provided - from conversion charts (having come from Europe) to DMV information (plus actually collecting route maps) to Green Card applications. We knew that we could pick up a phone and we’d have the answer. Lisa was a safety net in fragile times! Thanks for everything. We are all very happy and settled now.”
~ Clare and Andrew Corcoran, Electronic Arts
“Lisa welcomed us to California with warmth, unparalleled local knowledge and empathy for the challenges and opportunities that international relocation presents. She developed a customized itinerary that included general neighborhood familiarization and preschool visits, working to our schedule. We also really appreciated that she packed snacks for our kids and incorporated play breaks into her route so our kids could have fun/ let off steam. Lisa’s welcome made all the difference to our relocation. We are now happily settled into California life, our kids at great preschools and family thriving!”
~ The Shaw Family, eBay
“My family already enjoyed the 3 days of destination services. We wanted to thank for all the help and to let you know the wonderful person that you have within your staff on Lisa’s. She was always on time, with the most appropriate information according to our needs and requests, patience with our not so good pronunciation, with our kids, with us. Having her welcome us into the country has made much more easily the process to get and settle here. Once again, congratulations for having her on board and thanks for the so appropriate assignation.”
~ International Transferee (Mexico), Flextronics
~ Chris Smith, HR and Recruiter NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
“Lisa was incredible. She understood perfectly what I was looking for and lined up several places to see together, explaining the different neighborhoods, pros and cons along the way. In one afternoon, I had an apartment. She also helped go through all the rental details and checked-in a few days later to see how I was doing. When you arrive to a new country or relocate to a new city, having somebody like Lisa support you makes all the difference in the world.”
~ Carola Hart (Buenos Aires), Axialent
“I really enjoyed the time I spent with Lisa and found particularly useful the details she provided - from conversion charts (having come from Europe) to DMV information (plus actually collecting route maps) to Green Card applications. We knew that we could pick up a phone and we’d have the answer. Lisa was a safety net in fragile times! Thanks for everything. We are all very happy and settled now.”
~ Clare and Andrew Corcoran, Electronic Arts
“Lisa welcomed us to California with warmth, unparalleled local knowledge and empathy for the challenges and opportunities that international relocation presents. She developed a customized itinerary that included general neighborhood familiarization and preschool visits, working to our schedule. We also really appreciated that she packed snacks for our kids and incorporated play breaks into her route so our kids could have fun/ let off steam. Lisa’s welcome made all the difference to our relocation. We are now happily settled into California life, our kids at great preschools and family thriving!”
~ The Shaw Family, eBay
“My family already enjoyed the 3 days of destination services. We wanted to thank for all the help and to let you know the wonderful person that you have within your staff on Lisa’s. She was always on time, with the most appropriate information according to our needs and requests, patience with our not so good pronunciation, with our kids, with us. Having her welcome us into the country has made much more easily the process to get and settle here. Once again, congratulations for having her on board and thanks for the so appropriate assignation.”
~ International Transferee (Mexico), Flextronics