Lisa has been a K9 handler with Mason-Dixon Search Dogs since 2000. She has certified K9 Cleo (GSD - deceased) in Area Search, K9 Zildjian (GSD - deceased) in HRD, K9 Noble in HRD, and K9 Pan (Current K9) in HRD. She has assisted with numerous searches, and has had multiple successful finds on both live and cadaver searches.

Lisa is an Evaluator for the American Rescue Dog Association for both Area Search and HRD. She is also a Lead Evaluator for the National Association for Search and Rescue for HRD-Land. Lisa has instructed at MDSD's annual Advanced HRD Seminar since it began in 2015, the North Penn K9 Seminar since 2021, the All-Search Burn Workshop since 2022, the K9Sensus MUTC seminar since 2024, along with many other private events and outside agency trainings.