Alisa Hardison is the Administrative Coordinator. In this role, she is responsible for providing administrative support to the Foundation’s Grants Management team. She also works with the Program Officers for the Spinal Cord Injury Research on the Translational Spectrum (SCIRTS), Psychosocial Research/Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowships (PSR/SCIMF), Creating Opportunity & Independence (CO&I), and Neilsen Scholarship Program (NSP) portfolios to facilitate meeting planning and logistics.

Alisa’s background consists of working in non-profits focused on economically empowering survivors and those at risk of human trafficking. She has a wealth of experience in managing fundraising data and reporting, as well as overseeing the planning and execution of non-profit events. Alisa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from University of California Santa Barbara.

In her free time, Alisa loves to spend time outside, travel the world, relax at the beach, catch up with family, play sports with friends, and paddleboard.