Lisa’s experience with communications, marketing, outreach, and engagement goes back many years. In the past decade, her specialties have come to include strategic narrative and framing, centering justice and equity, and supporting democratic and participatory approaches to system change in a variety of sectors. Most recently, Lisa held the role of Communication Director for the six-state Food Solutions New England network based at the UNH Sustainability Institute.

Lisa founded the Maine-based Resilience Hub in 2005 and directed the organization until 2018, growing it to nearly 3K members and delivering more than 800 experiential educational events as well as delivering a range of participatory design and community service programs.

She is an experienced communications professional, strategist, organizer, facilitator, host, speaker, network weaver, and educator who believes that resilience-building, community care, and democratized, participatory approaches are among the best tools we have for creating vibrant futures and for navigating the challenges of our time.

She’s currently a Trustee for the North American Marine Alliance, Advisor to Interlace Agroforestry Commons, and a member of Grist’s New England Fix! Network. She has served on the boards of the Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC), the Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN), the Grant Review Committee of the New England Grassroots Fund, and the Advisory Panel for Green & Healthy Maine Homes magazine, among other volunteer efforts.

She is a graduate of Boston College and holds several graduate-level credentials and certifications. She brings to INP a rich set of work experiences in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She’s an avid gardener and orchardist and lives with her family in Maine.