Chief Grants and Compliance Officer
Lisa maintains the grant tracking system, and ensures compliance of policies and procedures for financial operations and accounting for the National Conference on Citizenship to sustain its mission across all projects.
Before joining NCoC, she was part of Americorps’ Research and Evaluation team, contributing data insights to produce their annual Volunteering and Civic Life in America report. She also made research findings digitally accessible so individuals with low or no vision and hearing could access the information online.
Lisa began her career in personnel management, gaining experience in both a non-governmental agency and an accounting firm. She managed employee records, facilitated onboarding, and developed a system to streamline applications from submission to hiring. Later, she joined a national membership organization, where she helped create the first database tracking system to monitor performance trends in long-term care for 16,000 affiliate members.
In her free time, Lisa serves on community boards and committees and is a Commissioner to the Mayor’s Office on Volunteerism and Partnership. A passionate civic leader – Lisa has spearheaded initiatives to raise awareness of employment opportunities, submitted written testimony to the City Council, and worked alongside fellow leaders to recruit top executives for three national organizations.