Lisa is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience providing direct practice and program management in non-profit organizations serving low income children, youth, and families. Her professional calling is to help distressed children and families lead lives of dignity and improved health.
Lisa has specialized in family preservation services, maternal and child health, and children’s intensive community services to severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children. As a Program Director at Pacific Clinics for the last 11 years, she has delivered creative, innovative leadership supporting the provision of effective, evidence based treatment for families experiencing the painful impact of trauma.
She also served for eight years as a leadership consultant at Pacific Clinics Training Institute coaching managers and teams toward improved skills, greater effectiveness, enhanced productivity, and higher morale. She has served for five years on the board of directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness where she was a passionate advocate for the rights of those living with mental illness.
Education:
- Master of Social Work from University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
License:
- California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Licensed Clinical Social Worker