Background: After graduating with a bachelor's in Information Sciences, Lisa began her conservation career with the Center for Marine Conservation, coordinating the International Coastal Cleanup and co-authoring several annual reports on the results of data collection from Cleanup efforts. She then moved on to the Student Conservation Association (SCA) as manager of SCA's career services division, which provided educational, internship, and career guidance to students pursuing conservation as their life's work. Next was a stop at People for Puget Sound to develop a volunteer program focused shoreline protection and restoration. Lisa came to the Conservancy in the summer of 2000 to pick up the reins of a 1,600-volunteer strong statewide volunteer program. Current Projects: As Conservation Programs Coordinator, Lisa has three main areas of focus. Her main priority is management of those preserves that fall outside the scope of the Conservancy's established Washington field programs. Second is coordination of annual monitoring of the Washington chapter's conservation easements and deed restrictions. Lisa also tracks statewide invasive species management issues, including work with various species-specific task forces, and the statewide Invasive Species Council, the Noxious Weed Board, and the Aquatic Nuisance Species Committee. Fun Fact: Lisa has moved four times, once from New Hampshire to Washington state, with her now 18-year old cat Franklin riding with her in her truck (though she couldn't get him to share in the driving!).
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