Meet Lisa

Lisa became involved in politics in 2010 when her two sons were still students in Radnor’s public schools and the School Board at the time was debating the budget. Her youngest came home from school crying because his gym teacher said he might lose his job. Lisa decided to tune into the next School Board meeting when they would be debating the budget. As she sat there watching it on her TV, it was clear that the Board did not have a vision which included investing in the schools and was not providing opportunity or space for growth. It seemed like they felt the status quo was good enough. But not for Lisa.

Lisa decided that sitting and complaining to anyone who would listen was not the best way to move things forward. She started attending meetings, talking with other parents, and building a coalition dedicated to bringing about change. It worked. And Lisa has been fighting for her community ever since.

She ran for School Board and won, helping bring a Democratic majority to the board in 2011. Lisa later served as Vice President of the Board and led the way on helping to create one of the area’s first full day kindergarten programs. She worked with her colleagues to find common sense solutions to the complex challenges facing our schools, unafraid to buck the status quo. Lisa delivered for Radnor public schools.

Lisa later ran for Radnor Township Commissioner, ready to build on the community improvements championed by her predecessors. She joined a Board deadlocked in partisan politics, but was elected President and led a Republican majority Board during her first year. Together, they found a way to make progress. She led efforts to secure critical investments for the public library, increase police funding, pave township roads, improve stormwater management, and pass four balanced budgets. At a time when no one thought it was possible for a board to reach consensus and move forward,  Lisa worked collaboratively to make her town a better place. Lisa doesn’t play politics – she’s focused on showing up for her community.

This community has been Lisa’s home her entire life. It’s where she grew up, settled down, and raised her family. Lisa’s father cared for patients at Riddle Hospital in Media for almost 40 years, and her mother was a nurse, CCD teacher, and hospital volunteer. Her maternal grandfather was a union plumber in Local 690 who, thanks to his good union job, was able to become the first in his family to buy a home and settled in Broomall. Her paternal grandfather owned a butcher shop in Philly's Italian Market, which provided the resources to help her father become the first in his family to attend college.

Lisa stands on the shoulders of her family and community members who taught her what it means to work hard, care about others, and stay focused on the issues most important to her neighbors. Lisa has been serving her community as State Representative since 2022 because the people of Edgmont, Newtown, Middletown, and Radnor deserve a Representative who will always show up and stand up for them. Lisa is focused on listening to her constituents and finding common sense solutions. She isn’t afraid to defy the status quo or take hard votes – she just wants to get things done for the community she loves. In Harrisburg, she will always show up for the people of the 168th.