Lisa is the Director of Prevention Partnerships for the St. Louis Mental Health Board, where she manages a portfolio of 19 projects focused on improving quality of life for city residents. These projects provide a coordinated system of social and behavioral services that help build a more equitable and thriving community. With deep experience in community organizing, violence prevention, and neighborhood stabilization, Lisa also supports the St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Commission, where she leads Handle with Care, a response system for children exposed to violence. She is a graduate of the Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows programs at UMSL and is currently part of UMSL’s Civic Collaboration Fellows cohort. Through this fellowship, she works to expand knowledge of civic infrastructure and economic mobility, strengthen key civic networks, and support collaborative regional leadership that advances economic mobility in the St. Louis region.
Lisa brings 28 years of neighborhood revitalization experience and serves on numerous boards and committees focused on economic justice and the development of vulnerable communities. She is especially active in the West End neighborhood, where she has lived for 23 years. Lisa was among the leaders recognized for helping advance the city’s newly adopted resident-led comprehensive community plan. She also serves as the Board Vice President of Delmar Main Street, a revitalization initiative working to restore equity along the commercial corridor and counter the stigma of the Delmar Divide by serving as a catalyst for equitable economic development.
Lisa can often be found in the community supporting traffic-calming initiatives, the Gwen Giles Park renovation, the Hodiamont Tracks, National Night Out, and the Levitt VIBE STL Music Series, a placemaking effort that brings free live music to Delmar to help revitalize the area and unite the community.
