As the primary media contact at American Ancestors, Lisa oversees efforts to guide and shape public perception of the organization and increase awareness for its projects and overall mission.

Her more than 25 years of experience include significant time in the technology and art industries. Prior to American Ancestors, she was a consultant for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Her work at the MFA involved partnering with curatorial, education, programming, and development colleagues on a variety of major exhibitions and projects, including Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation (2020–21); Hyman Bloom: Matters of Life and Death (2019); M. C. Escher: Infinite Dimensions (2018); and Magna Carta: Cornerstone of Liberty (2014). She was also part of the team that oversaw outreach efforts for the MFA’s Art of the Americas Wing opening in 2010.

Lisa has a B.A. in journalism and French minor from Penn State University. She is originally from South Bend, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has been going to Casco Bay, Maine her entire life. Lisa’s paternal grandparents were from two different towns in southeastern Austria about 40 minutes apart, but didn’t meet until they immigrated to the U.S. (both via Ellis Island in 1922). Her maternal ancestors were from Ireland near County Galway. Lisa enjoys travel, history, writing, and learning about other people’s stories.