Lisa Crook

Lisa Crook currently serves as the Chief Program Officer at Covenant House New York since January 2023. Prior to this role, Lisa was the Vice President of Justice for Youth and Families Programs at Rising Ground from December 2013 to January 2023. Lisa's experience in the field includes various leadership positions at the City of New York's Administration for Children's Services, where responsibilities ranged from Executive Director of Juvenile Justice Performance Evaluation and Improvement to Chief of Staff for the Division of Youth and Family Justice, beginning in April 2010. Previous roles also include positions within the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice and advisory work with the Kansas State Advisory Board on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Lisa holds a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Social Work from The University of Kansas.