Summary
Lisa Jennings is a seasoned project management specialist with nine years of focused experience in program delivery, data systems, grants management, and nonprofit leadership, particularly supporting children and adults with disabilities. She blends practical database administration and workflow engineering with hands-on advocacy—serving as an educational consultant, workshop leader, and former executive director of a rare-disease nonprofit—to turn complex legal, educational, and healthcare requirements into actionable plans. Her background includes compliance leadership at State Street, research data processing for Harvard, and building custom client/funder databases that supported funding and audit needs. Known for convening communities and facilitating parent/caregiver education, she repeatedly bridges policy, research, and direct service to improve outcomes for families. Based in Weymouth, MA, she also brings an academic perspective in conservation physiology and population genomics from her GitHub bio, signaling a breadth of interests that inform a data-driven, multidisciplinary approach.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associates Degree, Information Systems, Associates Degree, Information Systems at New England Banking Institute
Nonprofit management, Nonprofit management at Harvard University
Consumer Services and Advocacy, Consumer Services and Advocacy at Federation for Children with Special Needs
Information Systems, Information Systems at College of Management, University of Massachusetts