Lisa has over 13 years of interior design experience with furniture dealerships and architectural/design firms in the Richmond area. She has worked as a designer for Network Business Furniture (formerly the Richmond Knoll dealer) and Teamworks (formerly the Teknion dealer). She specialized in space planning and specifying systems furniture. While Lisa was at Teamworks, she also marketed products and services to the A & D community in southeastern Virginia.

Lisa was a designer at Moseley Architects where she designed and specified furniture for schools, courthouses, and detention facilities. Her most recent position was the head of the design department at Odell Associates which specializes in healthcare design.

Lisa has lived in Richmond since 1993. Her husband, John is an attorney and has his own law practice. Her grown son, Tyler, also lives in Richmond and attends college.