Lisa has worked closely with Los Angeles City Council Members who have been examining the possible mis-selling of interest rate swaps in 2006 to the City on its Wastewater System bond deal. Lisa has also played a critical role in the campaign to Fix LA--performing research documenting that last year, the City of Los Angeles paid over $340 million in fees alone to Wall Street. Prior to her employment with SEIU, Lisa worked for over 5 years for two of the largest committees in the U.S. House of Representatives--Energy and Commerce and Oversight and Government Reform. As a congressional investigator, Lisa developed and coordinated Committee action and strategy regarding over 50 investigations and 30 hearings on a variety of issues including the largest oil spill in American history; billions in Recovery Act spending on green energy programs; and the Federal bailout of financial institutions such as AIG.