Spotlight on CASL Staff Member Lisa Perry

July 21, 2022

Enjoy the following Q&A with Lisa Perry, Department Accounting Clerk, Department of Behavioral Sciences.

Name:  Lisa Perry
Position:  Department Accounting Clerk Intermediate, Behavioral Sciences
Years at UM-Dearborn: 6 months and increasing

What does a typical workday look like for you? 

Numbers, heavy email communications and more numbers!

What do you enjoy most about your job?

The “family oriented” work environment.

What was your first job?

Cashier in my family’s business.

What do you do to relax?

Laugh and watch “The Negotiator.”

If you could have any one skill or talent that you don’t already have, what would it be?

Art drawing

What’s the proudest moment of your life?

When I became a mother.

If we were to create a UM-Dearborn playlist, what song would you want to include?

Grateful by Hezekiah Walker

What’s one thing people would be surprised to know about you?

I am the 1^st recipient of the I’m Every Woman, “Woman of the Year” Award for our state. I was awarded in 2008-2009.

What’s one thing you wish you had known when you were a teenager?

I wish I would have known more about globalization, international trade, and diversity in the marketplace.