About me
Experienced Educational Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in state government, University teacher education and local school districts.
Lisa spent over 30 years in education and the career and technical education field and was a National Board Certified Educator in Career & Technical Education/Early Adolescence – Young Adulthood 2007-2017. Her experiences include secondary and middle schools teaching FCS courses that include ProStart, school-to-work, health, math, and science. She spent 5 years at the university level coordinating and teaching Family & Consumer Sciences Education and Studies (FCEDS) majors at Iowa State University and finished her working career at the Iowa Department of Education as a CTE consultant and FCS specialist. In addition to State board membership in FCCLA and IAFCS, she has been heavily involved in CTE at the local (IFCSE), state (IACTE) and regional (ACTE) level and is a graduate of the first ACTE leadership training program. Her leadership activities include Vice President for Region III for the National ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education) Board (2019 -2022), ACTE Board Finance Chair, and President of NASAFACS (National Association for State Administrators of Family & Consumer Sciences) 2019/20. Her strong presence in professional associations that involve FCS in the state and nation led to her work on the State Career and Technical Education Task Force. Her awards include ProStart Educator Excellence awards for Iowa in 2008 and 2011, Iowa Family & Consumer Sciences Educator of the Year in 2011, Iowa ACTE Career & Technical Educator of the Year in 2012, ACTE's Region III Award of Merit in 2013. She received the 2015 Post-secondary Educator of the year from Iowa ACTE, 2020 Lifetime Achievement awards from Iowa Family & Consumer Sciences Educators (IFCSE), Iowa ACTE (2021), ACTE's Region III (2022), National ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award (2023) She is currently serving as the coordinator for an ACTE Opportunity grant Symposium for advancing preservice or alternatively certified Career & Technical Educators.
Interests
cte teacher recruitment and retention, cte, work-based learning, policy and advocacy, family & consumer sciences