She graduated from Tennessee Tech University with a BA in English in 1987 and began her career in the real estate field with Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation in 1988. While working at Lawyers Title, she attended Nashville School of Law and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1996. Following law school, she joined Highland Rim Title and served as their closing attorney until 2000. In 2000, she began a solo real estate practice as a closing agent for Lawyers Title. In 2016, she merged her practice with Bankers Title and Escrow, Dickson LLC.

Lisa is a member of the Dickson Community Choir and Walnut St. Church of Christ. She and her husband, Joey, have two sons.