Lisa Westcott Wilkins

Lisa Westcott Wilkins MCIfA is an archaeologist and Founder and co-CEO of DigVentures. She was made a Clore Fellow in 2010 and elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2020. She was appointed an Ashoka Fellow in April 2024.

Education Westcott Wilkins undertook her undergraduate degree in Communications at Ithaca College, and later completed an MA in Archaeology at University College London in 2001.

Career Westcott Wilkins' first job was director of operations at Museum of the Earth at Ithaca (2003-2005), then she worked at the University of Rochester as a Chief Development Officer (2005–2007).

Personal life In 2012 when the resident Site Dog of DigVentures, Fergus, was interviewed for the Radio 4 Today Programme. All DigVentures Site Dogs have their own staff profiles on their website and they have pioneered Dog Cams.