Meet Lisa

Lisa got involved in politics 11 years ago when her two sons were still students in Radnor’s public schools and the School Board was debating the budget. Her youngest came home from school crying, saying that 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 was doing next to nothing to truly fight for the schools. It seemed like they felt the status quo was good enough. But not for Lisa.

Lisa got up, in her pajamas, hopped in her car, and drove to the meeting just in time for public comment to advocate for additional improvements to the schools. 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 that year. Lisa later served as Vice President of the Board and led the way on creating 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 Commissioner, ready to make her town a better place. 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 all that was possible, Lisa made her town a better place. Lisa doesn’t play politics – she’s only focused on showing up for her community.

That’s because 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’s running for office to serve her community, because the people of Edgmont, Newtown, Middletown, and Radnor deserve a Representative who will always show up and stand up for them. Lisa is solely 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.