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About Us
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 STAFF (Please note, to prevent spam, e-mail addresses are not written out. Please click on the link in a staff member's name to e-mail that person.) Lissy joined Discovering Justice in July, 2008, after having served as Executive Director of the Women’s Bar Association and Women’s Bar Foundation. For ten years prior to joining the Women’s Bar, Lissy worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She also served as a law clerk in the United States District Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and spent three years teaching in the Legal Practice Skills Program at Suffolk University Law School, where she is currently an adjunct faculty member. Lissy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her law degree in 1985 from Northeastern University School of Law.
Sarah oversees all educational aspects of Discovering Justice's programming and writes educational materials, including the Children Discovering Justice curriculum. She holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the Tufts University/Shady Hill School joint program. Prior to joining Discovering Justice, Sarah was a classroom teacher for 12 years.
Jo manages Discovering the Bill of Rights and Stand Up for Your Rights and develops other educational materials for Discovering Justice. Jo has a B.A from the University of Illinois and an Ed.M. in Education from Harvard. Jo taught middle and high school English for six years. Meryl develops content and works with law firms involved in the Mock Trial program. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. Meryl has worked as a litigator in private practice and taught first-year legal research and writing and created moot court cases at Harvard Law School. Cora is responsible for all foundation grant proposals and reports as well as major donor research. She is also the Discovering Justice Board of Trustees and Board of Visitors liaison. Cora has a B.A. in Spanish and Art History from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Allie is responsible for all aspects of office management and assists with the Children Discovering Justice and Mock Trial programs. She has a B.A. in anthropology from Wellesley College. Prior to joining Discovering Justice, she worked as an Account Specialist for Greenough Communications.
Philip manages programming and Courthouse Tours at the John Joseph Moakley and John Adams Courthouses. He has a B.A. in Sociology from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.
Dianne is responsible for all financial record keeping and reporting for Discovering Justice. Dianne worked for Discovering Justice as a consultant before joining the staff. |
