Senior Associate
Lisa Mishraky, LMSW, is a Senior Associate working to advance the Center of the Study of Social Policy’s public system reform efforts, focusing on the use of data and research to inform policy, decision making, and best practices. She is an expert in child welfare policy and practice, and positive youth development. Lisa’s systems reform work includes providing technical assistance to state and local child welfare systems operating under federal consent decrees. She also leads a national initiative to promote well-being outcomes for expectant and parenting young in foster care, with a focus on promoting the protective and promotive factors that children, youth, families, and communities need to thrive.