Mayor-Elect Dan Rivera has named senior campaign advisor Lisa Torrisi as Chief of Staff for his new administration that will take office in January. Ms. Torrisi earned her Masters in Business Administration from Suffolk University and currently serves as Director of Resource Development for Lawrence CommunityWorks, a local Community Development Corporation, where she has raised nearly $2 million in critical program funding for the organization annually. Torrisi’s family has owned and operated a long-standing Lawrence business, Jackson Lumber & Millwork, since 1946, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors.
“Lisa has been a strategic advisor on all my campaigns, and has put together exceptional volunteer field operations to ensure each victory. She is an organized leader that really knows how to build a successful team,” said Mayor-Elect Rivera. “Lisa grew up in the Merrimack Valley and developed her amazing work ethic and her love of this city by watching the generations before her. She is committed to Lawrence and its success, and I am fortunate to have her serve in my administration.”
“It is a privilege to serve in this role, and I am looking forward to the new opportunities for Lawrence that will be created under the Rivera administration,” said Torrisi. “Dan is an incredible leader that will bring Lawrence residents together, ensure professionalism throughout city government, and make thoughtful and smart investments to improve the city. I am honored and excited to be part of his team and look forward to getting started.”
Prior to her current position, Ms. Torrisi was a Sales Executive at Grossman Marketing Group where she built a highly successful portfolio of clients. She also served as a political consultant and campaign organizer for a number of candidates. She has volunteered her time on the Board of Directors of Family Services of the Merrimack Valley and the Essex Art Center, and she was a 2010 YWCA Tribute to Women honoree. Torrisi graduated from the Brooks School in North Andover and received her undergraduate degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
