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Lisa A Cooney

Woman to Woman
Woman to Woman
Episode • Mar 13, 2023 • 25m
Lisa Cooney is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Day and Zimmermann.

Lisa is an experienced, business-minded General Counsel who subscribes to the vision that attorneys are partners, not impediments, to lawful business operations.

Lisa is the first female General Counsel in the Company’s 120-year history. She also is Chair of the Ethics and Compliance Committee, the designated Senior Official for the Company’s Insider Threat Program, and a member of the nine-person Leadership Council, which makes decisions regarding strategy and policy. Day and Zimmerman on-boards and off-boards tens of thousands of employees and consultants each year in high-threat, blue-collar, white-collar, and safety-sensitive environments. Lisa intimately understands these environments and balances multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment to meet statutory and regulatory obligations.

Lisa is on Staffing Industry Analyst’s 2022 Global Power List of 150 Women in Staffing.

Lisa also advocates for diversity and inclusion; she is the Executive Sponsor of the Company’s LGBT + Allies Employee Resource Group and a standing member of its Executive Diversity and Inclusion Board.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from Rutgers University and a JD in Law from Rutgers Law School.