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Lisa began her career at Peru State College in 1997. She has held a variety of roles that include work with database management, assessment system design and teaching computer and management information systems. Prior to her work at Peru State her business experience was in accounting, merchandising and inventory systems.

Lisa is a Peru State alumnus; she completed the Bachelor of Science in Management and Accounting, and the Master of Science in Organizational Management. She holds the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification and is a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator.

Lisa has been serving as the Peru State College High School Business Contest Director since 2015. The college has been sponsoring this event for area high school students since 1973. Approximately 30 high schools and 450 students participate each year.

The Parriott family shares over 100 years of history with Peru State College as the first Parriott graduated in 1895. The Parriott family came to Peru in 1865, and still own the original family farm. Lisa continues to make her home in Peru.

Current Technologies, office application software, database design and website development.

Educational Research: When Technology Becomes a Student Lifeline: Impacts of a Pandemic on Student Success

Publication: Parriott, L., Grotrian, S., Griffin, B., Cole, R., Granfors, S. & Becker, A. (2020). Identifying Discrepancies between Student Technology Expectations and Current Resources. Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 31(1), 1-6.

Publication: Grotrian, S., Parriott, L., Grotrian, J., Cole, R. & Harlow, L. (2019). Insight into Recruitment and Retention Efforts in Business Education. Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 30(1), 42- 45. Presented at Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association in Denver, CO. October 10, 2019.