 Lisa was
brought to Ojai by the Ojai Valley Inn in early summer 1999. She was recruited from the
Four Seasons San Diego for a junior executive position at the
Inn where she
served until early 2003.
After a total of 15 years in hotel management, she intrepidly
jumped off the glamorous roller coaster of celebrity, champagne, and
Egyptian cotton linens in 2003. Looking for an opportunity
to learn something new, do something more meaningful, and work less
than 70 hours a week, she took a government job where
she served as the right hand to the
County of
Santa
Barbara’s Housing and
Community Development Director until October of 2006 when she went
to work for the Ventura Housing Authority.
Lisa
grew up in the rural backcountry of
San
Diego
County
where her keen appreciation for small town life and a passion for
writing were first nurtured. So it was only natural that
it was love at first sight when she came to Ojai. The quirkiness of the town
and the eccentricities of the hotel business have given her much
fodder for writing.
Lisa has a passion for writing, particularly in a local
format, and has found her voice in self-deprecating
humor. Her publishing successes
include several local print media, a national writing award, regular
assignments with Santa
Barbara Wine and Dine magazine, the Sierra Club’s local paper,
the VC Reporter and a quarterly column in Ojai.
Her latest project, writing, producing and directing the
documentary, The Price of Paradise, yielded her first foray
into filmmaking.
Lisa holds a
Bachelor of Science from Cal
Poly
University,
Pomona. She volunteers from time to
time for local non-profit special events. She is thirtysomething and
is married to her husband, Bill, of 17 years. Together they enjoy
vacations abroad, dinner with friends and playing fetch with their
14-year-old Labrador Retriever, Sydney.
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