Speaker's Profile

Lisa is a Vice President, Health Consultant and Boston Office Leader, based in Segal’s Boston office. She has over 25 years of experience working in health and welfare benefits and is a Subject Matter Expert on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits.Lisa is part of the Segal Wellness Leadership team, with expertise in enhancing behavioral health benefits using peer support, targeted outreach strategies and EAP resources to reduce stigma and increase engagement. She is also on Segal's Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, a participant in the American Society of Addiction Medicine Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes program, certified in Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine, and a participant in Hazelden Betty Ford professional education webinars. She is an advocate for mental health parity and recognition of substance use disorder as a disease, sharing both professional and lived experience with numerous community, building trade and nonprofit groups.Lisa addresses the unique needs of public sector and collectively bargained populations in the building trades, service industries, education and public works. She works with a variety of clients in the public, multiemployer and corporate sectors, implementing a risk management approach that emphasizes employee well-being and heightened productivity. Lisa facilitates the process of promoting good health in the workplace through strategic planning, assessment of employee needs, regard for models of behavior change, and attention to vendor resources and financial status. Implementation of a wellness strategy and annual assessment of programs is facilitated using Segal expertise in communication, compliance and data analytics.