Lisa has worked for 20 years in health and social care, moving from the private sector to the voluntary sector in 2014 to manage the integration of charity services into the NHS.

Lisa specialises in cross-sector working and is passionate about working in partnership to support the development of systems that truly meet the needs of the people that use them. She is Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East (VONNE)’s Health & Wellbeing Programme Director, and lead for the VCSE Partnership Programme, the alliance which brings together the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector across the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS), working with NHS England to support the development of the programme in partnership with the NHS. She is also North East, North Cumbria and Yorkshire regional lead for ALLiance42, a national group of VCSE alliance leads working together to amplify collective voice and support the inclusion of the VCSE sector within national policy.

Lisa sits on the NENC Integrated Care Board as the VCSE representative, ensuring the VCSE sector’s input into the NENC ICS at strategic level and championing integration from a VCSE perspective. Her work also spans health research, leading VCSE input for a nationally recognised project supporting improved cross-sector working between the VCSE and research sectors.