LisaMarie Lucas

LisaMarie Lucas is an executive construction, facilities, and infrastructure leader with more than 25 years of experience guiding complex capital programs, facility operations, civil infrastructure, water systems, and emergency management across federal, military, public, education, commercial, and recreational environments. As a Senior Construction Project Director supporting National Parks and other public recreation facilities, she leads capital improvement, infrastructure modernization, water and wastewater systems, facility renovation, asset lifecycle planning, and sustainability initiatives. Her multidisciplinary educational background spans Bachelors’ and master’s degrees in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Sustainability, and Geological Engineering, including doctoral studies adding a PhD in Construction Sciences with emphasis on Geological Development and Engineering. This combination of education and field experience gives her a unique perspective on how infrastructure, environmental systems, engineering, construction, and human needs intersect. A PMP and LEED AP, Lucas brings a systems-based approach to the built environment—connecting engineering, water management, construction, environmental stewardship, safety, accessibility, and long-term resilience. Her experience includes managing large-scale water and wastewater infrastructure, utility systems, environmental compliance, capital planning, and infrastructure lifecycle programs. Her professional focus increasingly centers on design engineering for inclusion: creating facilities and public spaces that are accessible, safe, sustainable, resilient, and responsive to the diverse ways people experience the built environment. She is particularly interested in advancing ADA compliance, universal design, sensory-conscious sustainable environments, and inclusive infrastructure for neurodiverse communities, especially within national parks and other public spaces. Lucas believes accessibility should be integrated into design from the beginning—not treated as a compliance requirement at the end of a project. She is passionate about applying engineering and sustainable design principles to help create national parks where people of different abilities, ages, sensory needs, and lived experiences can participate, explore, learn, and connect with the outdoors with greater independence and dignity.