Lisa Sherman Luna is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC). She joined TIRRC in October 2015 and served as Policy Director for nearly five years before stepping into the role of Executive Director as the first Latina to lead the organization. Lisa is an executive committee member of the board of the National Partnership of New Americans (NPNA) and also serves as a board member of the National Immigration Law Center Immigrant Justice Fund (NILC IJF).
As Policy Director at TIRRC, Lisa developed a track record of success in winning policy victories through research and analysis, strategic communications, lobbying, and working with colleagues across programs to mobilize our base and develop community leaders to lead our campaigns. Victories under her leadership include passing the first pro-immigrant law in Tennessee, winning the governor's consent to continue to welcome refugees, and pressuring the Davidson County Sheriff to terminate a rent-a-bed agreement with ICE.
Prior to joining the TIRRC team, Lisa worked in the international human rights field in New York, London, and Senegal. Lisa holds a Masters degree in Conflict, Security, and Development from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and she is fluent in Spanish and English.