Reviews

PROYECTO PASTORAL | Los Angeles, California

"Lisa's process of developing grant proposals is so much more than just writing a proposal. She brings together teams to think through the project planning and design that serves us well beyond submitting the proposal. She has the ability to take large amounts of information from multiple sources and/or people and condense it from something messy and daunting into something clear, relatable, and easy to understand. Lisa's skills and expertise in understanding multiple issue areas, getting to the heart of an organization's impact, and figuring out how best to show that impact is second to none! Lisa is thoughtful, intentional, methodical and always calm - even in the most stressful of situations. She helps take organizations to the next level.” - Sophia Sleep, Director of Development

PROMESA BOYLE HEIGHTS | Los Angeles, California

"Lisa came in under a very fast timeline to support the design, logic model, research and evaluation of our federal Promise Neighborhood application. Lisa was able to quickly understand both our work and the grant requirements. She listened and took time to understand our vision, model, and values. She continuously went above and beyond in generating tools, posing questions, and guiding the process to ensure that we had a solid application. She was an instrumental part of the proposal development team and helped us score perfectly by three of three reviewers in our application. Her research on evidence-based practices and the logic model she created has been a tool that we continue to use and refer to in our work." – Deycy Hernandez, Managing Director

DEBORAH'S PLACE | Chicago, Illinois

"Lisa was the primary architect of Deborah’s Place continuous improvement cycle. She not only built the policies, procedures and processes, but was the champion in integrating continuous improvement into the culture of the organization. Lisa is skilled at communicating the importance of data beyond reporting. She demonstrated how data can be used by direct service staff to improve service delivery to people in our programs. Lisa has excellent project management and leadership skills. She is able to communicate the importance of continuous improvement to a variety of audiences including the residents in our programs, direct line program staff, executive staff and board members. Her work enhanced the reputation of Deborah’s Place as an organization that can demonstrate quality services and outcomes."  – Audrey Thomas, CEO

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR URBAN RESEARCH AND LEARNING | Chicago, Illinois

"I have worked with Lisa on a number of research projects, both programmatic evaluations and studies to inform policy regarding issues related to homelessness, especially to the lives of homeless women. Her understanding of both program and organizational development and her experience conducting research combines together to make her an effective organizational consultant and organizational leader. I highly recommend her." – Christine George, Lead Research Faculty