Alumna Lisa Crawford is Promoted

Alumna Lisa Crawford, ’10, was promoted Jan. 29, 2020, to the rank of sergeant in the Nebraska Army National Guard where she serves as a mass communications public affairs specialist in the 111th Public Affairs Detachment, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Crawford enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2014, attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and went on to the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland to earn her military occupational specialty.
Since July 2016, she has worked full-time for the Nebraska National Guard’s State Public Affairs Office as a public affairs specialist. In 2017 she supported Hurricane Irma relief operations in Florida and was named National Guard Bureau’s Outstanding New Writer. In March 2019, she helped manage and provide public affairs support for the rescue response, relief and recovery operations following historic flooding across Nebraska, resulting in multiple video and print products being shared across every major national news outlets.