We are honored to announce that Lisa Clarke has accepted the position of the Advocacy Team Chair for the JDRF New Jersey Metro and Rockland County Chapter.

The Advocacy Team Chair (“ATC”) is JDRF Advocacy’s lead volunteer organizer at the Chapter level. The ATC’s role is to support the legislative and policy priorities set forth by JDRF Advocacy by engaging and growing the local base of advocates, taking action on alerts, building relationships with Members of Congress, participating in virtual campaigns and sharing information on social media.

Within the various roles Lisa held in her life, it has always been her mission to make a difference in the lives of others.

After graduating college with a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University in 1996, Lisa held various positions in the medical education industry, combining her love of science and medicine with business for over 12 years. It was in this work she learned the value of relationship building, refined her account management skills, and excelled at team management while developing pharmaceutical marketing strategies and educational programs. Improved patient health outcomes were the ultimate goal of every project, and this was the motivation behind her success.

When Lisa’s 10 year old son, Connor, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2013 at the age of 3, her mission in life became personal. The same determination and purpose that guided her in the past, led her to JDRF, an organization that provides hope and optimism for the future against type 1.

In 2014, Lisa’s family started Connor’s Club, an annual JDRF One Walk team that has raised thousands of dollars. She has comforted and counseled newly diagnosed families as an outreach mentor, helped run our Blue Crew (the elementary school aged support group for children with T1D), volunteered at the JDRF Golf Classic, and will lean in everywhere and anywhere that is needed.

In 2020, Lisa and Connor told their story as part of the Promise to Remember Me Campaign, inspiring her to become a member of the JDRF Advocacy Committee. She answers every action alert, advocating for government support of research and new therapies, and calling on Congress to understand the physical, emotional and financial burden of T1D.

Lisa has shown that her true passion lives in advocacy and she is a true JDRF T1D Champion.

To join Lisa as an advocate, go to:
www.jdrf.org/join