About me
Lisa D. Copeland is a 1993 graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a BA in
Criminal Justice. She earned her Master's in Public Safety Administration in 2025 from
Columbus State University. She began her career in the criminal justice system with the Nevada
Division of Parole and Probation in November 1994, where she supervised a caseload of sex
offenders and a specialized caseload of DUI inmates. In May 1998, she relocated to Florida
and became a Correctional Probation Officer. In December 1999, she moved to Georgia, joining
the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. As a parole officer, she supervised sex offenders and
was the liaison for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative. In May 2003, she was promoted
to Chief Parole Officer in Monroe, Ga. Then, in July 2005, she transferred to the Clemency
Division as a Hearing Examiner, responsible for reviewing sex offender cases, problem
residence cases, and Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) cases. In November
2012, she was promoted to the position of Senior Hearing Examiner, a role she held until her
promotion to Deputy Director of the Pre-Release Considerations Division in January 2019.
Lisa is a graduate of the Correctional Leadership Institute (CLI), the American Probation and
Parole (APPA) Leadership Institute, and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Chief
Executive training program. She is also a P.O.S.T. certified Senior Instructor
