Lisa joined EIP in 2009, and her primary focus area is coal litigation and policy, specifically coal combustion waste (or "coal ash"). Just before taking maternity leave this summer, she was the lead attorney in an action that lead to the closure of the nation's largest coal ash impoundment, FirstEnergy's Little Blue Run, in western PA. Lisa graduated cum laude with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis and Clark Law School, and she earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Colgate University.