Lisa is a managing director of The Mercadien Group and a principal of Mercadien, P.C., CPAs. She has more than twenty years of experience in the field of public accounting including a full range of accounting, tax and management advisory services. She works extensively with nonprofit organizations in the performance of audit services including yellow book and single audit compliance and tax services including Form 990, 990-T and multi-state charities reporting. She has a perceptive view and in-depth knowledge of a wide array of for-profit

industries as well, such as retail, medical and construction. She regularly performs tax planning, preparation and reporting for these industries as well as nonprofit organizations and individuals.

Lisa is co-chair of the firm’s Nonprofit Services Group and is a frequent speaker on such topics as Form 990, board governance and budgeting. She sometimes authors articles for the firm’s electronic newsletter, the Nonprofit Examiner, as well as a variety of other publications.

Lisa currently serves as President of the Board of Trustees of Millhill Child and Family Development Corporation and a member of its executive and finance committees and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Dress for Success Mercer County. Both are local nonprofit organizations serving children, families and women of the Mercer County area.  Lisa is an active member in the New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJSCPA). During the past seven years she served the Mercer Chapter in many roles and positions, among those, one term as president and one term as committee chair for their annual tax seminar. She currently serves on the Chapter’s scholarship committee. Lisa has also served on various state level committees including the Financial Literacy Committee and the Chapter Operations Manual Advisory Group. Lisa is a former adjunct instructor at The Center for Continuing Studies at Mercer County Community College, where she taught the Certified Bookkeeper Program for three years. 

A graduate of Rider University, she is licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey. She is a member of both the American Institute of CPAs and the New Jersey Society of CPAs. Lisa is a lifelong resident of Hamilton, New Jersey where she resides with her husband and son.