Lisa Weissler has over seven years of experience with the Alaska Coastal Management Program with both the legislative and executive branches of government. As legislative staff to Representative Ethan Berkowitz she worked with legislators and coastal districts to track and respond to the 2003 legislative changes in the ACMP. As Assistant Attorney General to the coastal program, she provided legal counsel to the Office of the Governor and the Coastal Policy Council and authored numerous legal opinions specific to the ACMP. As a Project Analyst for the Division of Governmental coordination, she dealt with timber issues under the ACMP, advised staff on coastal management program and policy issues, and oversaw implementation of projects funded by the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, including developing and implementing a competitive grant program for coastal related projects. Lisa has also worked as a law clerk for a superior court judge and as a special assistant for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources where she adjudicated administrative appeals to the commissioner.

Lisa holds a bachelor degree in forest resource management and a law degree with an emphasis on natural resource law. She is a member of the Alaska Bar Association.