Executive Director, Louisiana Highway Safety Commission
Lisa Freeman is a native Louisianan. She attended Louisiana State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. She later graduated the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where she received her Juris Doctorate Degree. While in law school, she was a member of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy Law Review, and she also worked for minorities and indigents in D.C. Superior Court as a clinical law student.
In 2021, Freeman was named as a member of the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Alumni Council. In 1990, Freeman began 29-year legal career in the Capital Region of Louisiana, where she served as an assistant prosecutor and DWI Section Chief and Domestic Violence Section Chief, and then as First Assistant Prosecutor, and was later appointed Chief City Prosecutor for Baton Rouge, during which time, Freeman was recognized as "Prosecutor of the Year" by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. She subsequently served as a Senior Special Assistant Parish Attorney, in the capacity of Governmental Affairs Section Chief and then as the Legal Advisor for the Baton Rouge Police Department, prior to entering State government.
In February, 2018, Freeman was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards as the Governor's Highway Safety Representative for Louisiana and as Executive Director of Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. She has since been re-appointed in both these positions by the current Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry. Freeman also serves as Chair of the Governor's Task Force on Impaired Driving and as a member of the Louisiana Drug Policy Board and Louisiana Child Death Review. Ms. Freeman represents Louisiana in the National Governors Highway Safety Association, and has served on its Board since 2021, most recently as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Region VI Representative to GHSA. In September, 2024, Ms. Freeman was elected to the GHSA Executive Board and now serves as GHSA Secretary.