Our Staff

Lisa Caruthers is the senior director of CASE for Kids at HCDE. She holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a master's degree in social work from Washington University, and a doctorate from the University of Houston's Graduate School of Social Work. Before joining HCDE in 2001, she worked as an organization development coordinator at the Houston Arts Alliance. Her professional affiliations include the American Leadership Forum and the Texas Partnership for Out-of-School Time.